Flag line for Chief Warrant Officer Brady Rudolf


Posted October 1, 2008 by Nate Billings Comment on this article Leave a comment
The hearse carrying the body of Chief Warrant Officer Brady Rudolf passes by Chase Smith, 6, a friend of the family, as Smith stands in a flag line outside the Oklahoma Air National Guard base at Will Rogers World Airport for the return home of Chief Warrant Officer Brady Rudolf's body, in Oklahoma City, Friday, September 26, 2008. Rudolf was killed in a helicopter crash Sept. 18 in Iraq. BY NATE BILLINGS, THE OKLAHOMAN
The hearse carrying the body of Chief Warrant Officer Brady Rudolf passes by Chase Smith, 6, a friend of the family, as Smith stands in a flag line outside the Oklahoma Air National Guard base at Will Rogers World Airport for the return home of Chief Warrant Officer Brady Rudolf's body, in Oklahoma City, Friday, September 26, 2008. Rudolf was killed in a helicopter crash Sept. 18 in Iraq. BY NATE BILLINGS, THE OKLAHOMAN

The hearse carrying the body of Chief Warrant Officer Brady Rudolf passes by Chase Smith, 6, a friend of the family, as Smith stands in a flag line outside the Oklahoma Air National Guard base at Will Rogers World Airport for the return home of Chief Warrant Officer Brady Rudolf’s body, in Oklahoma City, Friday, September 26, 2008. Rudolf was killed in a helicopter crash Sept. 18 in Iraq. BY NATE BILLINGS, THE OKLAHOMAN

Here are some photos I took on Friday from a flag line to honor Chief Warrant Officer Brady Rudolf who died in Iraq on Sept. 18. One of these photos appeared in our bulldog edition. The others were unpublished in the paper because of space constraints.

A supporter places an American flag in the ground at the flag line outside the Oklahoma Air National Guard base at Will Rogers World Airport honoring the return home of Chief Warrant Officer Brady Rudolf's body, in Oklahoma City, Friday, September 26, 2008. Rudolf was killed last week in Iraq. BY NATE BILLINGS, THE OKLAHOMAN
A supporter places an American flag in the ground at the flag line outside the Oklahoma Air National Guard base at Will Rogers World Airport honoring the return home of Chief Warrant Officer Brady Rudolf's body, in Oklahoma City, Friday, September 26, 2008. Rudolf was killed last week in Iraq. BY NATE BILLINGS, THE OKLAHOMAN
Friends of the family Madelin Altom, left, and Tiffany Banks, both of Moore, Okla., place American flags in the ground for the flag line outside the Oklahoma Air National Guard base at Will Rogers World Airport honoring the return home of Chief Warrant Officer Brady Rudolf's body in Oklahoma City, Friday, September 26, 2008. Rudolf was killed last week in Iraq.
Friends of the family Madelin Altom, left, and Tiffany Banks, both of Moore, Okla., place American flags in the ground for the flag line outside the Oklahoma Air National Guard base at Will Rogers World Airport honoring the return home of Chief Warrant Officer Brady Rudolf's body in Oklahoma City, Friday, September 26, 2008. Rudolf was killed last week in Iraq.
A supporter who declined to give her name waits along the flag line outside the Oklahoma Air National Guard base at Will Rogers World Airport for the return home of Chief Warrant Officer Brady Rudolf's body, in Oklahoma City, Friday, September 26, 2008. Rudolf was killed last week in Iraq. BY NATE BILLINGS, THE OKLAHOMAN
A supporter who declined to give her name waits along the flag line outside the Oklahoma Air National Guard base at Will Rogers World Airport for the return home of Chief Warrant Officer Brady Rudolf's body, in Oklahoma City, Friday, September 26, 2008. Rudolf was killed last week in Iraq. BY NATE BILLINGS, THE OKLAHOMAN
The headlights of a vehicle in the procession shine thorough an American flag held by a supporter in the flag line outside the Oklahoma Air National Guard base at Will Rogers World Airport honoring the return home of Chief Warrant Officer Brady Rudolf's body, in Oklahoma City, Friday, September 26, 2008. Rudolf was killed last week in Iraq. BY NATE BILLINGS, THE OKLAHOMAN
The headlights of a vehicle in the procession shine thorough an American flag held by a supporter in the flag line outside the Oklahoma Air National Guard base at Will Rogers World Airport honoring the return home of Chief Warrant Officer Brady Rudolf's body, in Oklahoma City, Friday, September 26, 2008. Rudolf was killed last week in Iraq. BY NATE BILLINGS, THE OKLAHOMAN

-Nate Billings

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