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PAGE 15 Knife Two One Litho Donated to ACA Eric Bowman, MSgt,


USAF (Ret), member, corpo- rate partner, and volunteer of the ACA, donated “Knife Two One” to the ACA this past year. Eric is the owner of Cre- ative Awards and Framing in Mary Esther, FL. Along with


the 21st Special Operations Squadron


was re-activated


in 1988 at RAF Woodbridge, United Kingdom assigned to the 39th SOW and equipped with the MH-53J Pavelow III helicopter. The squadron moved home station twice in the intervening years, eventu- ally being stationed at RAF Mildenhall and assigned to the 352 SOG. As the only heavy verti-


Eric Bowman this special donation, Eric


continues to help the ACA throughout the year and is also a corporate partner supporting the ACA and the Air Com- mando Foundation (ACF).


Pavelow History 21st SOS After being de-activat- ed in the post Vietnam era,


cal lift special operations plat- form in the EUCOM theater of operations, the 21 SOS was responsible for support- ing US and Allied SOF during numerous named operations from 1988 until its deactiva- tion on 7 Oct 2007 including DESERT


SHIELD/STORM,


PROVIDE COMFORT, DE- LIBERATE FORCE, JOINT ENDEAVOR, ASSURED RE- SPONSE, JOINT GUARD, ALLIED FORCE, ATLAS RESPONSE, and


IRAQI


FREEDOM among many oth- ers. Courtesy of www.usafhpa. org/21stsos/21stSOS88to07.html


C M Y CM ENHANCED SITUATIONAL AWARENESS. MY CY CMY K


Knife Two One hangs in the halls of the ACA headquarters in Mary Esther.


The original oil painting was commissioned by Chuck “Guts” Gutshall as a com- memoration of the 21 SOS and the Pavelow. As an additional


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tribute to the squadron, Guts commissioned 21 lithograph reproductions of his original painting, and donated #3 to the ACA.


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