Air Assault students rappel from Black Hawk helicopters - Aug. 20, 2015

Active duty and U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers, along with Army and Air National Guardsmen, rappel from a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter Aug. 20, 2015, as part of the Air Assault Course, taught by a mobile training team from the Fort Benning-based Warrior Training Center, at Fort Pickett, Va. The two-week course trains Soldiers on U.S. Army rotary wing aircraft operations including combat air assault operations, rigging and sling load operations, as well as rappelling from a helicopter. Aerial support was provided by aviation crews from the Sandston-based 2nd Battalion, 224th Aviation Regiment.