First Lt. Bethany Barden, from Highpoint N.C., helps with the preventative checks and services maintenance on the Apache her husband, Chief Warrant Officer Chance Barden, will be flying the evening of Dec. 5, at Contingency Operating Base Basra, Iraq. ?Obviously we live together, which is a nice thing, but being pilots we?re on two different schedules,? said Bethany, from Highpoint N.C.
Chief Warrant Officer Chance Barden, from Highpoint N.C., checks and gathers his gear needed for a night recon mission on Dec. 5, at Contingency Operating Base Basra. ?It?s a very expensive aircraft and somebody else?s priceless life is in your hands and that?s the biggest responsibility you have.? Chance said.
