archives foundation through the generous support of bell helikapter and now you'll hear from general richard a. cody. he graduated at west point in 1972. he's a master army aviator, rated in over 19 helicopters and has over 5,000 hours of flight time. during his 36 plus years of service, general cody served in six of the army's combat divisions. during operation desert storm, then lieutenant colonel cody led task force normandy, a patch of eight apache helicopters to iraq prior to the start of the allied air campaign. general cody is currently it senior vice president and officer for l3 technologies incorporat incorporated, washington operations, board trustee of the intrepid fallen. heroes fund, george w. marshal foundation, on the advisory board for hope for warriors and operation flying heroes, an organization that provides flights for iraq and afghanistan wounded warriors. general cody has received distinguish graduate award from george c. marshal and it is an inductee in the army aviation hall of fame. please welcome general richard a. cody. >> thank you everybody. for our vietnam veterans and

now you'll hear from general richard a. cody, required of united states army. he graduated from west point in 1972. he's a master army aviator, over 19 helicopter and has over 5,000 hours of flight time. during his 36 plus year of service, he served in six of the army's combat divisions. during operation desert storm, cody let task force norm di, a flight of eight apatchy helicopters into to iraq and destr destroyed them prior to the start of campaign. cody is currently the senior vice president, the chairman of the borld for homes of our troops, board trustee of the intrepid fallen heroes fund, trustee of the bob hope foundation and founder and lead pilot for operation flying heroes an organization that provides flights for our iraq and afghan wounded warriors. general cody received the united states military academy distinguished graduate award and george mar chal pastor award. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome general richard a. cody. >> thank you, everybody. for our vietnam veterans and their families, you know, sometimes saying thank you for your service

a tracking more attention. about threend learn .riginal vietnam helicopters this displays presented in part from the national archives foundation through generous of bell helicopter. now you will hear from general richard cody, retired u.s. army. general cody graduated from the u.s. military academy at west point in 1972. he is a master army aviator. over 19 helicopters and has over 5000 hours of flight time. during his years of service, general cody served in six of the army's combat divisions. during operation desert storm, lieutenant colonel cody led task force normandy, a flight of eight apache helicopters, into iraq and destroyed two critical iraqi satellite sites prior to the start of the allied air campaign. general cody is currently the senior vice president and officer for l3 technologies incorporated. he is the chairman of the board for homes of our troops. board of trustee of the intrepid fallen heroes fund. board of trustees of the george c marshall foundation. on the advisory board for the hopeful warriors, and the founder and lead pilot for operation flying heroes, an organization that provides flights to iraq and afghanistan 's wounded warriors. general cody received a distinguished graduate