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Home Screaming Eagle families gathered in remembrance of the 248 Soldiers who lost their lives at Gander during Fort Campbell’s memorial ceremony at 10:30 a.m. Friday, December 12th 2014 (Sgt. 1st Class Eric Abendroth/U.S. Army) Screaming Eagle families gathered in remembrance of the 248 Soldiers who lost their lives at Gander during Fort Campbell’s memorial ceremony at 10:30 a.m. Friday, December 12th 2014 (Sgt. 1st Class Eric Abendroth/U.S. Army)

Screaming Eagle families gathered in remembrance of the 248 Soldiers who lost their lives at Gander during Fort Campbell’s memorial ceremony at 10:30 a.m. Friday, December 12th 2014 (Sgt. 1st Class Eric Abendroth/U.S. Army)

Screaming Eagle families gathered in remembrance of the 248 Soldiers who lost their lives at Gander during Fort Campbell’s memorial ceremony at 10:30 a.m. Friday, December 12th 2014 (Sgt. 1st Class Eric Abendroth/U.S. Army)

Screaming Eagle families gathered in remembrance of the 248 Soldiers who lost their lives at Gander during Fort Campbell’s memorial ceremony at 10:30 a.m. Friday, December 12th 2014 (Sgt. 1st Class Eric Abendroth/U.S. Army)

Strike Soldiers and Screaming Eagle families gathered in remembrance of the 248 Soldiers who lost their lives at Gander during Fort Campbell’s memorial ceremony at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Dec. 12. (Sgt. 1st Class Eric Abendroth/U.S. Army)
Col. Peter N. Benchoff and Command Sgt. Maj. John Brady pay tribute, to the 248 Soldiers who lost their lives in a plane crash in Gander, Newfoundland at the 29th Gander Memorial Ceremony. Twenty nine years  ago  this  morning,  Arrow  Airlines  flight  1285  took  off  from  Gander  Newfoundland  in  Canada  with  eight  crew  members  and  248  Soldiers,  noncommissioned officers,  and  officers  from  units  across  this  division,  the  majority  from  3rd  Battalion  of  the  502nd  Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division. The flight crashed  immediately following takeoff and  there  were  no  survivors. The soldiers were returning home from a peace keeping mission in Sinai, Egypt.  Strike Soldiers and Screaming Eagle families gather yearly in remembrance. (Sgt. 1st Class Eric Abendroth/U.S. Army)