The Ramblings of a Crusty Old Sailor - Honoring Air Force Reserve's 71st Special Operations Squadron, 943rd Rescue Group, 5th Special Forces Group

On Sunday evening, March 12, 1989, while participating in a joint-service training exercise, four aircrew members from the Air Force Reserve's 71st Special Operations Squadron, now known as the 943rd Rescue Group, and 11 soldiers from the 5th Special Forces Group from Fort Bragg, N.C., died in the crash of a CH-3E Jolly Green Giant Helicopter, tail number 65-05692, call sign PONY 1-2. The crash happened in a desolate desert region 20 miles northwest of Tucson. Please help me honor them so that they are not forgotten.