Before pulling the pins that hold a main rotor blade in position, Sgt. Russell Neal (right), from Lexington, Ky., an AH-64D Apache attack helicopter crew chief in Company A, 4th Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad, and Cpl. Calvin Tran (left), from Garden Grove, Calif., also a crew chief in Co. A, position a blade sling so it can be lifted off for a 125-hour inspection, here, Aug. 22.