Minnesota National Guard Joins Flood Fight In North Dakota
Flooding problems continue in parts of Minnesota and North Dakota.
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Flooding problems continue in parts of Minnesota and North Dakota.
The Minnesota National Guard placed the pumps, which both weigh more than five tons and are leased from a private contractor, using a CH-47 Chinook helicopter.
Friday morning, five members of St. Cloud-based B Company, 1-171 Aviation Regiment flew a CH-47 Chinook helicopter to provide heavy-lift support for the flood response in North Dakota.
The mission is to stabilize a dam as flood risk persists.
The five New Hampshire Army National Guardsmen of C Company, 3rd of the 238th Aviation Regiment (Medevac) were wounded during a Jan. 8, 2020, attack at Al Asad Airbase in Iraq.