Reservists remember victims of Pony 1-2 crash
The Davis-Monthan Air Force Base (Ariz.) Honor Guard posts the colors at a memorial ceremony March 8, 2009. More than 300 people, including current and former Airmen, gathered at Heritage Park to honor and remember the people who died in the line of duty during a nighttime training mission March 12, 1989. Four aircrew members from the Air Force Reserve's 71st Special Operations Squadron, forerunner of the 943rd Rescue Group, at Davis-Monthan AFB and 11 Soldiers from the 5th Special Forces Group from Fort Bragg, N.C., died in the crash of a CH-3E Jolly Green Giant helicopter, call sign Pony 1-2, in a desolate desert region 20 miles northwest of Tucson. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Bryan Ripple)