Air Force uses C-17 to deliver Army assets overseas
Army Chief Warrant Officer Five John Jones, and Tech. Sgt. Charles Boulton help guide a UH-72 Lakota light utility helicopter into a C-17 Globemaster III at Columbus Air Force Base, Miss., April 12. This marked the first time the new light utility helicopters, which are manufactured by American Eurocopter, in Columbus, Miss., near Columbus AFB, were transferred directly overseas via Air Force transport. Chief Jones is the acceptance pilot for the Army Light Utility Helicopter Program and Sergeant Boulton is a C-17 loadmaster assigned to the Air National Guard’s 172nd Airlift Wing in Jackson, Miss. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jacob Corbin).