Antelope Island, Ranger & AirForce Memorial

[BruteForce]

I took the family out today and we drove to Antelope Island. While there, we visited the Ranger/Air Force Memorial, in memoriam of those Special Operations soliders who lost their lives on 10-29-92.

[rgrpuck]

Nice pics Thanks....

[coldsteal2]

WOW thats realy nice!!!!!!!

[Ranger Ron]

That is real cool, thanks for posting the pics.

[RTO]

Nice Pics BF, and that is an awesome memorial. Thanks for sharing.

[rgrokelley]

I took the family out today and we drove to Antelope Island. While there, we visited the Ranger/Air Force Memorial, in memoriam of those Special Operations soliders who lost their lives on 10-29-92.

My A Team was the support for that mission. We were in Sabre Hall down in Savannah, getting intel and plotting out targets for future missions. We had two teams inserted, and were working with the SEALs. This was a post-Desert Storm mission, so everything was focused on a Desert Storm type mission. Saddam was the ever present boogie-man until we eliminated him. The info that a helicopter went down in Salt Lake came into the TOC around the second or third day. Our training mission had taken real world casualties.

[stargazer]

At approximately 9:15pm on October 29th, 1992
a USAF Special Operations MH-60G Pave Hawk was flying across the Great Salt Lake towards an airfield at Dugway Proving Grounds. It was the middle of the night, there was a driving rainstorm, and the helo was flying very close to the surface when it impacted the causeway stretching to Antelope Island. The Blackhawk careened into the ten foot deep dark water and burst into flames.

Twelve of the thirteen special operators on the helo died in the crash.

They are US Army Rangers COL John Keneally, LTC Ken Stauss, 1SG Harvey Moore, Jr., SGT Blaine Mishak, SPC Jeremy Bird and US Air Force LTC Roland Peixotto, Jr., CPT Michael Nazionale, TSGT Mark Scholl, SSG Steven Kelley, SGT Philip Kesler, Sergeant Mark Lee and SrAMN Derek Hughes.

This year, the 20th anniversary of this tragedy we plan to Ride to Remember.
Danny (Doc) Cox, a medic at the time with the 1st Ranger Battalion is riding a bicycle from Luke Air Force Base (Phoenix) to Antelope Island, near Ogden Utah (see map below).

Here’s where you come in.

If you ride a motorcycle or a bicycle, we are rallying at 8:00 am at Timpanagos Harley, Linden Utah. This rally will accompany Doc Cox on the last 56 miles of the Ride to Remember. Cost to participate is $25, and you can register in advance (print and bring your receipt as proof of payment) or that morning (please bring exact amount). You will receive a GallantFew/Descendants of Sparta wristband to wear indicating your registration.

Following the Ride, at about 1:00pm there will be a memorial ceremony at the Antelope Island Special Operations Memorial. We hope to have some surviving family members participate. More details to follow soon about the memorial ceremony.

http://www.Gallantfew.org or Facebook https://www.facebook.com/ARideToRemember

Any question please call Heidi 801-367-8055