Former sailor killed in Iraq helicopter crash

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Former sailor killed in Iraq helicopter crash
The Associated Press
Posted : Tuesday Nov 18, 2008 18:16:21 EST

FALLON, Nev. — An Army pilot killed in a helicopter crash in Iraq spent about two years at the Fallon Naval Air Station where the former sailor was remembered Tuesday as a “funny, nice guy” who loved to fly.

Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Christian P. Humphreys, 28, who listed his hometown as Fallon, died Saturday when his OH-58 Kiowa helicopter crashed while on a mission over Mosul in Iraq.

Humphreys flew with the Fallon Naval Air Station Search and Rescue Longhorns from June 6, 2004, to May 5, 2006. He left the Navy and joined the Army as part of the “Blue to Green” program to become a helicopter pilot.

At the time of his death, he was assigned to the 6th Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, Task Force 49, U.S. Army Alaska, Fort Wainwright, Alaska.

“He was a great guy, always happy and had a joke,” said Sean Whitney, a flight medic, told the Lahontan Valley News on Tuesday. He said Humphreys lived in a rented house on the northwest side of Fallon.


Rest of article at: http://www.navytimes.com/news/2008/11/ap_humphreys_111808/%2e



uhc comment: Humphreys is included in the four thousand two hundred one soldiers killed in the invasion and occupation of Iraq --> http://icasualties.org/oif/