Having served with the 101st ABN (AASLT) Division for nearly half of my career in the Army, I just could not justify not building a Black Hawk with the 101st patch on it. This was an old kit when I bought it and it had a few issues but they were easily tackled. I was not able to find any aftermarket 101st decals so I ended up using the ones the kit had which were very problematic due to their age. Although they had a few flaws, they turned up okay on this workhorse of a chopper. I made my own 101st color decal and used it in the front of the bird instead of the midget black decal included with the kit.
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This was an OOB build and for improvements I only opened up a few of the air vents on the fuselage. I made the machine guns completely articulating as the brackets and the MG could be moved up, down and sideways. I have plenty of fond and "hooah" memories with this helicopter as well a few sad memories, and I dedicate this build to my unlucky buddies. "Though times don't last, BUT though men do" was written on a plaque at one of my former units with the 101st and everybody in the unit slapped it as we went out to training or into harm's way.