Welding students inspect the damaged rotor from the first Black Hawk helicopter shot down in the Battle of Mogadishu in The students are creating a permanent steel base for the rotor to sit on inside the ASOM in downtown Fayetteville. Welding students at Fayetteville Technical Community College are using their trade skills to honor Special Operations troops who fought in the deadly Battle of Mogadishu in the African country of Somalia in The project is slated to be finished this month.
S Army Sgt. Anthony Morga, one of the students working on the base. A welding student grinds a piece of steel that will be a base for the damaged rotor from a Black Hawk helicopter that was shot down during the Battle of Mogadishu in For display purposes, the rotor has rested on a plywood base but that base has deteriorated over the years.
A new base was needed. A close up view of the rotor from a Black Hawk helicopter that was in the Battle of Mogadishu in Two civilian students who are also taking the welding course are participating. The new base will consist of mild carbon steel and four-by-four inch tubing, and will measure around 52 inches wide and inches long.
He served in the Army for 15 years and worked as a welder for the military branch. Why not have soldiers who are earning a trade build a project for the museum? The students are really excited about this.
American troops had been in Somalia for months as part of a United Nations humanitarian mission, which was continually disrupted by warring local factions.
