Press Release
☷Oklahoma National Guard Aviation Unit Deploying to Kosovo
National Guard ( By Press Release office)
Jan 04,2024
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Loved ones came together with around 50 Oklahoma Army National Guardsmen for a deployment ceremony on Dec . 30 in Tulsa . The members of Charlie Company , 1st Battalion ( Assault Helicopter Battalion ) , 244th Aviation Regiment , 90th Troop Command , are heading to Kosovo to support Operation Joint Guardian ( KFOR ) . This is a NATO - led international peacekeeping force with 27 partner nations . Col . Robert Walker , commander of 90th Troop Command , expressed gratitude for their service and thanked their families for their support . The 1 - 244th AHB will provide medevac coverage and air movement and assault capabilities in Kosovo using UH - 60M Black Hawk helicopters . The unit will train in Fort Cavazos , Texas , before going overseas and is expected to return in the fall .
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