Tsai salutes corps’ feats at relaunch of battalion
NATIONAL HEROES: The president said the battalion’s reactivation is the culmination of six years of work to train pilots and crews, equip the helicopters and build a hangar
By Hung Chun-hung and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, with staff writer and CNA
President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) yesterday lauded the contributions of the National Airborne Services Corps to Taiwan as she officiated at a ceremony to reactivate the 1st Battalion of the 3rd Brigade in Kaohsiung.
The ceremony also marked the completion of a new battalion hangar and base, and the mission readiness of the unit’s six UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters, which have been specially equipped for search and rescue missions.