Chinook flight engineers from Spain’s army air force crossed the pond to train with some of the Army National Guard’s finest before deploying to Afghanistan. Georgia’s Army National Guard Chinook unit out of Savannah hosted the Spaniards and conducted a variety of training including sling load operations, pinnacle landings, dust landings, confined area operations, and water bucket operations. Here the Georgia CH-47F Chinook Helicopter crew conducts water bucket operations vicinity Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah, Ga.