2009 Fort Campbell Week of the Eagles Airshow Part 1
August 17, 2009
Fort Campbell’s Week of the Eagles Airshow was held August 15th at 10:00am. Festivities included inflatables, face painting and more. The Airshow featured the Army Aviation Heritage Foundations Sky Soldiers Cobra Demonstration Team.
A video used to be embedded here but the service that it was hosted on has shut down.“Band of Brothers” Regiment to honor fallen warriors
June 30, 2009
506th Airborne Infantry Regiment Association
Fort Campbell, KY – The U.S. Army unit that includes the famous “Band of Brothers,” the 506th Airborne Infantry Regiment, has announced a new monument to honor soldiers of the unit killed in service to their country. The 506th Airborne Infantry Regiment Association, a nonprofit veterans’ organization dedicated to the active duty soldiers and veterans of the 506th Infantry, is acting on behalf of the regiment to collect contributions in support of the memorial.
The granite monument will be funded totally by private contributions, according to COL John P. “Pete” Johnson, commanding officer of the 101st Airborne Division’s 4th Brigade Combat Team at Fort Campbell,. A Nashville cement contractor, Glenn Goodwin of Roy Goodwin Contractors, is contributing all the materials and labor needed for the foundation of the monument. COL Johnson made the announcement as part of a ceremony welcoming the regiment home from a combat tour of duty in Afghanistan. [Read more]
