DVIDS - News - A Life in the Clouds: Chief Warrant Office 4 Jason Rassi retires after 25 years of service
9 On an overcast day in late March, the hard thump of rotor blades beating down the air accompanied by the high-pitched whine of twin Lycoming turboshaft engines accompanied the normal din at the Peoria International Airport in Peoria, Illinois. It was the unmistakable sound of two CH-47 Chinook helicopters on approach to the Army Aviation Support Facility across the tarmac from the airport. As the two helicopters made their way to the ground and taxied back to the facility, a fire engine waited on the ramp, ready to douse the lead Chinook with a deluge from its water cannon....
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