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Former area man home from Iraq

Jun- 1-2004 » Filed Under: 3/2 SBCT

Here's another article profiling a TFO soldier home on leave.

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By BRIAN P. HEFFRON, Times Staff Writer

VARICK — A local man who flies Army helicopters in Iraq is heading home for a two-week leave.

Chief Warrant Officer 2 Aaron E. Teichner, the son of Town Supervisor Joan Teichner and the late Dr. Herbert Teichner, was deployed to Kuwait in early November and to Iraq a few weeks later. For most of that time, he has been stationed at an air base about 40 miles south of Mosul in northern Iraq.

Since January, Teichner and the Times have been exchanging sporadic e-mails. Last week, Teichner wrote that he was looking forward to visiting friends and family after the long separation.

Teichner left Iraq over the weekend and will spend a few days with his mother. She plans to let him relax, adding that she won’t plan a welcome reception unless he wants one. Mostly, she’ll just enjoy having her only child home.

Teichner, who lives in Evans Mills, just north of Watertown, is part of the 10th Mountain Division’s 3-17 Cavalry Squadron, although his unit is temporarily attached to the 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division. He flies an OH-58D Kiowa Warrior, an armed reconnaissance helicopter also used to guard convoys and bases.

On each side, the helicopter can carry a pod of 2.75-inch rockets, a .50-caliber machine gun, an air-to-air Stinger missile or an air-to-ground Hellfire missile. The two-pilot helicopter is made by Bell, which based its Model 407 civilian helicopter on the Kiowa Warrior.

“The KW is a wonderful aircraft to fly. Its agility and mission equipment, such as the weapons and sight systems, make it very well suited for conducting its two primary missions, reconnaissance and security,” Teichner said.


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