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3rd SFAB changes hands

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.

Gander Memorial Ceremony honors and remembers 248 Fort Campbell Soldiers

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 died. The flight was bringing the Soldiers home from a six-month deployment and peacekeeping mission in the Sinai Peninsula. Due to COVID-19 safety concerns, the event was by invitation only. Over 250 guests, consisting of family members and friends of the Soldiers whose lives were lost, as well as many 101

Fallen Ft. Campbell Soldiers Honored at Gander Memorial Saturday

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-Christian County Chamber of Commerce. 2nd Brigade Combat Team Commander, Colonel Michael Kovacevic Colonel Kovacevic said 35-years ago on December 12, 1985 the entire community of Fort Campbell was shaken by the news that 248 soldiers and eight crew members aboard Arrow Air Flight 1285 died in a crash in Gander, Newfoundland as they were returning home.

Fallen Ft. Campbell Soldiers Honored at Gander Memorial Saturday

Fort Campbell remembers Gander plane crash victims on 35th anniversary