Michael Kovacevic News Today

The 3rd Security Force Assistance Brigade gathered to bid farewell to one commander and welcome a new one June 8 during a change of command ceremony on Veterans Field.

st Airborne Division (Air Assault), marked the 35 th anniversary of the loss of 248 Screaming Eagle Soldiers who lost their lives in an airline crash on December 12, 1985. The Arrow Air Flight crashed shortly after take-off in Gander, Newfoundland with Soldiers on board from several different military units at Fort Campbell, all attached to the 3 rd Battalion, 502 Infantry Regiment of the 2 nd Brigade Combat Team “Strike.” Along with the Soldiers, eight crew members on the aircraft also die...

Retired 502nd Battalion Commander Colonel Mark Armstrong Family members, friends and local leaders gathered in Hopkinsville Saturday afternoon for the annual Gander Memorial and Wreath Laying Ceremony to remember the Fort Campbell soldiers who were killed in a plane crash in Newfoundland over three decades ago. 2 nd Brigade Combat Team Commander Colonel Michael Kovacevic and retired 502nd Bravo Commander Colonel Mark Armstrong were the guest speakers at the memorial hosted by the Hopkinsville-...