Hovering with only the rear wheels touching the edge of a cliff, pilots from Company B, 2nd General Support Aviation Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, perform a maneuver called a pinnacle in a CH-47F Chinook helicopter during a training flight, here, Aug. 26. The pinnacle allows the pilots to drop of ground forces in areas too dangerous or too difficult to fully land in.
| Date Taken: | 08.26.2010 |
| Date Posted: | 09.01.2010 18:29 |
| Photo ID: | 314799 |
| VIRIN: | 100826-A-7195H-253 |
| Resolution: | 1800x1200 |
| Size: | 843.12 KB |
| Location: | FORT HOOD, TEXAS, US |
| Web Views: | 297 |
| Downloads: | 37 |
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