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F Company, 1st Battalion, 126th Aviation Regiment

RIAHOF — Sat, 19 Nov 2016 20:54:34 +0000

From 3 March 2011 to 24 December 2011, F Company, 1st Battalion,126th Aviation Regiment (Air Ambulance), a newly formed unit which deployed only 12 months after its conversion from a legacy UH-1 medical evacuation detachment, provided extremely effective and continuous MEDEVAC coverage in the complex and harsh terrain of western Afghanistan. On 3 March 2011, […]

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126th Aviation Regiment, RIANG

RIAHOF — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 20:49:17 +0000

In 2007, the RI Aviation Hall of Fame provided Special Recognition awards to the men and women of the 1st Battalion, 126th Aviation Regiment of the Rhode Island Army National Guard, which was named the Outstanding Army National Guard Aviation Unit of the Year nationwide for 2005. Flying in the Iraqi theater for virtually the […]

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The Allen Family of Aeronauts

RIAHOF — Sat, 23 Oct 2004 21:46:27 +0000

The Allen Family of Aeronauts: according to New York-based aeronautical researcher Chris Lynch, “If there was a founding family of RI aviation, they are it.”

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James & Ezra Allen

RIAHOF — Tue, 16 Dec 2003 22:22:56 +0000

Barrington natives James Allen (1824-1897) and his younger brother Ezra Allen (1840 - 1902) distinguished themselves through a lifelong commitment to aeronautics in the 19th century.

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Sidney R. Amylon

RIAHOF — Sat, 23 Nov 2019 17:50:55 +0000

Each year, we highlight a China service candidate for recognition. The selection for 2019 is 1/LT Sidney R. Amylon, who served in the China-Burma-India Theater as a B-25 bomber pilot from the autumn of 1944 through mid-1945. Born and raised in Warwick’s Hillsgrove neighborhood, he graduated from Aldrich High School at the top of his […]

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MG Bill Anders, USAF (Ret)

RIAHOF — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 21:52:07 +0000

Retired Air Force Major General, Apollo 8 Astronaut and former Textron executive Bill Anders is one of the first three humans to view the dark side of the moon. Anders described his experiences and his famous photograph, “Earthrise,” which he took on Christmas Eve, 1968. Along with the first pictures taken of the earth from […]

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