1stRad2671
03-10-12, 08:26 PM
The U.S. Department of Defense announced that a Purcellville resident was among the Marines killed in the collision of two helicopters during a training exercise in Arizona on Feb 22nd 2012.
Capt. Michael M. Quin, 28, was a 2002 graduate of Loudoun Valley High School and a 2006 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy. A UH-1 Huey helicopter pilot, he was assigned to a Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron, HMLA 469, based at Camp Pendleton, CA.
The unit was training for a deployment to Afghanistan when a AH-1W Cobra and a Huey collided and crashed near the Chocolate Mountains. The helicopters were in a remote area of the 1.2 million-acre Yuma Training Range Complex as part of a two-week training called "Scorpion Fire" that involved a squadron of about 450 troops.
http://www.vafirenews.com/2012/03/help-honor-captain-michael-quin-usmc-and-son-of-purcellville-firefighter/
http://michaelquin.com/
Capt. Michael M. Quin, 28, was a 2002 graduate of Loudoun Valley High School and a 2006 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy. A UH-1 Huey helicopter pilot, he was assigned to a Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron, HMLA 469, based at Camp Pendleton, CA.
The unit was training for a deployment to Afghanistan when a AH-1W Cobra and a Huey collided and crashed near the Chocolate Mountains. The helicopters were in a remote area of the 1.2 million-acre Yuma Training Range Complex as part of a two-week training called "Scorpion Fire" that involved a squadron of about 450 troops.
http://www.vafirenews.com/2012/03/help-honor-captain-michael-quin-usmc-and-son-of-purcellville-firefighter/
http://michaelquin.com/