Apache Photo Contest

Shortly after Apache News announced its first-ever photo contest in the 2009 edition of the magazine, the entry photos started trickling in. Within weeks, we had received nearly 100 photos from aviation photographers who represent most of the Apache operators around the world, plus defense photographers who like to follow and document the Apache's performance in the field.

It was a difficult selection process, but in the end, the images shown on these pages won the day. Apache News thanks each entrant for submitting their photos and for helping tell the Apache story in pictures.

 

1St PLACE WINNER

1LT David Daniels captured "Skies of Afghanistan," a photo of his wingman flying at 12,000 MSL over the Pech Valley in north-east Afghanistan in early 2009. Daniels is a platoon leader with B/3-101AVN and when the image was submitted he was forward deployed to Jalalabad, Afghanistan, with Task Force Palehorse (7-17CAV).

2nd PLACE

CW3 Corey J.Kaczmarek is the unit training officer for Charlie Company, 1-104th Attack Reconnaissance Battalion, Pennsylvania Army National Guard based in Johnstown. This image was captured in late 2008 during drill in the unit's tactical training area. Kaczmarek says, "We currently are flying Alpha models – which we love – and are anxiously awaiting our transition to the Apache Longbow."

3rd PLACE

CPT Randy Stillinger, Rear Detachment Commander with 2-149th Aviation Regiment, Texas Army National Guard based at Ellington Field in Houston. Stillinger photographed "Powell Wedge Leveled" over Lake Powell in Arizona when his unit was returning to Texas from annual training in Idaho in 2005.

4th PLACE

CW2 Eduardo Alomar with 1-4 ARB, 4th CAB was deployed with his unit in Taji, Iraq when he submitted a collection of his images to Apache News. "Sunrise", a was captured while Alomar was flying as the co-pilot/gunner with pilot CW2 Mark Davis over southern Baghdad in late 2008. The image captures the AH-64D Apache flown by Apache aviators, CPT Philip Cain and CW2 David Beaumont as they patrol the skies and keep watch over allied forces on the ground.

Honorable Mention

Several Honorable Mention photos. strategically used throughout this edition (watch for the "Honorable Mention" certificate on the photo), help illustrate how difficult the judging process was. Honorable mention photos ,the photographers and locations, include:

LTC Mike Slocum
Commander, 1st Battalion, 10th Aviation Regiment, Fort Drum, N.Y.

CW4 Dan McClinton
Apache pilot, 1-227 Attack Recon Battalion, Fort Hood, Texas

CW2 Sam Lazarus
1-3 TACOPS, Hunter Army Airfield, Ga.

SFC Jose Ramon Jr.
AVIM Troop 4/3 ACR - Fort Hood, Texas

WO Jan Stuve
Royal Netherlands Air Force

Anthony Osborne
Wiltshire, United Kingdom

Robert Deckers

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