Unit identity request

[Bob]

Hoping somebody here who understands US Army unit structure better
than I (this would include most everyone on the planet as well as many
multi-cellular lifeforms...) might help on the operator for this
UH-60L that came through Boeing Field a couple days ago.

I'm guessing it might be based at Fort Lewis a few tens of miles south
of Seattle, and perhaps Army Reserve or Washington Army National Guard
- and thinking the patch on the engine housing is a Big Clue - but I'm
still drawing a blank.

Coinkydinkally, one web source indicates this aircraft served with the
Colombian Air Force for a spell in the 1990s, which might account for
the repainted patch on the tail boom and unusually located "United
States Army" text.

Thanks for any help you can provide.

Bob ^,,^

[Maple1]

Bob wrote:
> Hoping somebody here who understands US Army unit structure better
> than I (this would include most everyone on the planet as well as many
> multi-cellular lifeforms...) might help on the operator for this
> UH-60L that came through Boeing Field a couple days ago.
>
> I'm guessing it might be based at Fort Lewis a few tens of miles south
> of Seattle, and perhaps Army Reserve or Washington Army National Guard
> - and thinking the patch on the engine housing is a Big Clue - but I'm
> still drawing a blank.
>
> Coinkydinkally, one web source indicates this aircraft served with the
> Colombian Air Force for a spell in the 1990s, which might account for
> the repainted patch on the tail boom and unusually located "United
> States Army" text.
>
> Thanks for any help you can provide.
>
> Bob ^,,^
>
>


Best Guess

101st airborne division

[John Szalay]

Bob > wrote in
:

>
> Hoping somebody here who understands US Army unit structure better
> than I (this would include most everyone on the planet as well as many
> multi-cellular lifeforms...) might help on the operator for this
> UH-60L that came through Boeing Field a couple days ago.
>
> Thanks for any help you can provide.
>
> Bob ^,,^
>
>

Based at Ft Lewis 4-6 ACS

http://flickr.com/photos/mooresark/2384397490/sizes/l/

notice the tailnumber in this picture taken in Iraq..

[Bob]

On Sun, 22 Feb 2009 14:37:54 -0600, John Szalay
> wrote:

>Bob > wrote in
:
>
>>
>> Hoping somebody here who understands US Army unit structure better
>> than I (this would include most everyone on the planet as well as many
>> multi-cellular lifeforms...) might help on the operator for this
>> UH-60L that came through Boeing Field a couple days ago.
>>
>> Thanks for any help you can provide.
>>
>> Bob ^,,^
>>
>>
>
> Based at Ft Lewis 4-6 ACS
>
> http://flickr.com/photos/mooresark/2384397490/sizes/l/
>
>notice the tailnumber in this picture taken in Iraq..

Excellent! She's a ve, no less.

Thanks much, John!

Bob ^,,^

[Bob]

On Sat, 21 Feb 2009 20:36:39 -0700, Maple1 > wrote:

>Bob wrote:
>> Hoping somebody here who understands US Army unit structure better
>> than I (this would include most everyone on the planet as well as many
>> multi-cellular lifeforms...) might help on the operator for this
>> UH-60L that came through Boeing Field a couple days ago.
>>
>> I'm guessing it might be based at Fort Lewis a few tens of miles south
>> of Seattle, and perhaps Army Reserve or Washington Army National Guard
>> - and thinking the patch on the engine housing is a Big Clue - but I'm
>> still drawing a blank.
>>
>> Coinkydinkally, one web source indicates this aircraft served with the
>> Colombian Air Force for a spell in the 1990s, which might account for
>> the repainted patch on the tail boom and unusually located "United
>> States Army" text.
>>
>> Thanks for any help you can provide.
>>
>> Bob ^,,^
>>
>>
>
>
>Best Guess
>
>101st airborne division

Thanks, Bill!

Looks like John nailed it.

I love usenet...

Bob ^,,^

[John Szalay]

Bob > wrote in
:
>>Best Guess
>>
>>101st airborne division
>
> Thanks, Bill!
>
> Looks like John nailed it.
>
> I love usenet...
>
> Bob ^,,^
>

He also may have been right, while not a 101st unit, the serial fits into
the birds first assigned to the 160ST SOAR NightStalkers Group based at FT
Campbell. however in your photo and the photo I found, shes a Blackhorse
bird now...