National Guard company due back in isles
About 125 Hawaii Army National Guard soldiers will return home later this week from nine months of duty in Afghanistan, the National Guard said.
B Company, 1st Battalion, 171st Aviation Regiment, out of Wheeler Army Airfield, deployed with 10 CH-47 Chinook helicopters to provide troop and equipment transport. The big twin-rotor helicopters are the workhorses of Afghanistan, able to fly at high altitudes and carry large payloads.
The Hawaii Guard soldiers operated primarily out of Kandahar Airfield but also five other forward bases.
The citizen soldiers are at Fort Hood, Texas, preparing for the return to Hawaii on a charter flight.
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