Nebraska Army National Guard soldiers in a CH-47 Chinook helicopter drop bales of hay to cattle isolated by the historic floods of March 2019. Guard helicopters i Nebraska and across the country have been grounded this week because of an Army-wide safety standdown following two recent fatal crashes.
LISA CRAWFORD, NEBRASKA NATIONAL GUARD
A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter from the Nebraska National Guard prepares for a mission in Texas during Hurricane Irma in 2017. The recent nationwide safety stand-down has grounded nine Black Hawks in Nebraska.
CHRIS MACHIAN, THE WORLD-HERALD
A Nebraska National Guard helicopter drops water on the brush fire last month in Cass County.
CASS COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
A Nebraska National Guard CH-47 Chinook helicopter crew loads sandbags on a sling near Nemaha, Nebraska, during the March 2019 floods. In Nebraska, seven CH-47 Chinooks have been affected by the Army-wide safety stand-down.
All Nebraska Army National Guard helicopters and crews have been grounded for the past week because of an Army-wide safety stand-down, but they could be back in air by this weekend, Guard officials say.
Photos: Nebraska Army National Guard brigade welcomed home
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Master Sgt. Brent Benes hugs his wife, Megan, and son, Asher, 1, during a welcome home event for soldiers of the Nebraska National Guard’s 67th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade on Friday at the Nebraska Army National Guard base.
GWYNETH ROBERTS photos, Lincoln Journal Star
Nebraska Army National Guard welcome home
Trina Wells (center) scans the sky as she waits with her sister Heather Kaiser (left) and mom Loretta Bellows (right) to welcome home her brother Capt. Trevor Bellows and the Nebraska National Guard's 67th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade on Friday at the Nebraska Army National Guard base.
GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star
Nebraska Army National Guard welcome home
Mary Benes (left), of Raymond, waves to the plane carrying her son, Master Sgt. Brent Benes, and the Nebraska National Guard's 67th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade on Friday at the Nebraska Army National Guard base.
GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star
Nebraska Army National Guard welcome home
Friends and family wait to welcome the return of the Nebraska National Guard's 67th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade on Friday at the Nebraska Army National Guard base.
GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star
Nebraska Army National Guard welcome home
Friends and family wait to welcome the return of the Nebraska National Guard's 67th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade on Friday at the Nebraska Army National Guard base.
GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star
Nebraska Army National Guard welcome home
Sgt. E5 Tyler Shreve hugs his daughter Shea SS, 13, during a welcome home event for soldiers of the Nebraska National Guard's 67th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade on Friday at the Nebraska Army National Guard base.
GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star
Nebraska Army National Guard welcome home
Sgt. E5 Tyler Shreve hugs his daughter Shea SS, 13, during a welcome home event for soldiers of the Nebraska National Guard's 67th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade on Friday at the Nebraska Army National Guard base.
GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star
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Maj. Elizabeth Davis poses for a photo and gets a kiss from her husband, Hugh. The Lincoln-based brigade was deployed to Djibouti, in East Africa.
Nebraska Army National Guard soldiers in a CH-47 Chinook helicopter drop bales of hay to cattle isolated by the historic floods of March 2019. Guard helicopters i Nebraska and across the country have been grounded this week because of an Army-wide safety standdown following two recent fatal crashes.
A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter from the Nebraska National Guard prepares for a mission in Texas during Hurricane Irma in 2017. The recent nationwide safety stand-down has grounded nine Black Hawks in Nebraska.
A Nebraska National Guard CH-47 Chinook helicopter crew loads sandbags on a sling near Nemaha, Nebraska, during the March 2019 floods. In Nebraska, seven CH-47 Chinooks have been affected by the Army-wide safety stand-down.
