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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans""><img width="624" height="147" style="width:6.5in;height:1.5312in" id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.png@01D6FA0F.80E12320"></span><span class="xeop"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans"">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans"">February 3, 2021<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><u><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans"">Gov. Little issues half-staff flag directive in honor of three guardsmen killed<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans"">Boise, Idaho – Governor Brad Little has ordered flags to be flown at half-staff in honor of the three Idaho Army National Guard pilots killed in a helicopter crash near Boise Tuesday
night.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans"">"Our hearts are heavy today as we mourn the loss of three brave and talented pilots killed during service to our state and nation. Their tragic deaths
leave an emptiness in the lives of their families and loved ones, the entire National Guard community, and all of us. Our women and men in the Idaho National Guard bravely take on the inherent dangers of their work to serve the people of Idaho and the United
States whenever called upon. As Idahoans, let's quiet ourselves and reflect on their courage and sacrifice. Please join me in prayer for the heroes we lost and seek to comfort all the lives they touched,” Governor Little said.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans"">The full text of the Governor's flag directive follows:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans"">Please be advised that flags should be lowered to half-staff starting Wednesday, February 3, 2021, for the tragic loss of three Idaho Army National Guard
personnel who lost their lives during a training flight. <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans"">The flags will be at half-staff Wednesday, February 3, 2021, until the day following the final memorial service, per
<a href="https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/Title67/T67CH8/SECT67-820/">
Idaho Code 67-820</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans"">The Governor's Office will send out an additional notification and update the web site at
<a href="https://gov.idaho.gov/flag-status/">https://gov.idaho.gov/flag-status/</a> when the date of the final memorial service is identified.
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans"">Directive:
</span></i></b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans"">American flags and State of Idaho flags shall be flown at half-staff from Wednesday, February 3, 2021, until the day following the final memorial service. </span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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