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Lt. Col. Rick Zampelli, 1st Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment commander, pins the Broken Wing award on Chief Warrant Officer 2 Gene Tidwell, Troop B, 1-17 CAV maintenance test pilot, during a ceremony at the 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, April 29. The award recognizes an individual who demonstrates a high degree of professional skill while recovering from an in-flight failure or malfunction requiring an emergency landing. Tidwell earned the award as a result of his actions on March 24, 2011, when, despite engine failure, he turned his OH-58D Kiowa Warrior Helicopter into the wind and completed autorotation, landing the aircraft upright in a grass field. His actions preserved the crash-worthiness of the aircraft and ensured survival of the occupants.
| Date Taken: | 04.29.2014 |
| Date Posted: | 05.01.2014 16:35 |
| Photo ID: | 1299850 |
| VIRIN: | 140429-A-LX078-009 |
| Resolution: | 3888x2592 |
| Size: | 2.06 MB |
| Location: | FORT BRAGG, NORTH CAROLINA, US |
| Web Views: | 74 |
| Downloads: | 3 |
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82nd Combat Aviation Brigade aviator earns the Army Broken Wing award
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