Special to the Chronicle

Airport HIgh School’s Army JROTC drill team brought home another top honor last weekend. They finished first overall in the 4th Brigade Best of the Best Drill Team Championship.

It’s a title the Golden Talon team has held since the 2014-15 school year.

Airport’s team competed against top Army JROTC drill teams from South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, West Virginia, Delaware and Washington, DC at the event, held in Hickory, N.C.

In addition to the first place overall, the team placed in several other events, including:

• 1st place, platoon regulation unarmed

• 1st place, platoon inspection armed

• 1st place, regulation drill overall

• 2nd place, platoon exhibition armed

• 2nd place, solo exhibition armed

• 2nd place, platoon regulation armed

• 3rd place, duet exhibition armed

• 3rd place, exhibition drill overall

• 5th place, color guard

• 5th place, platoon exhibition unarmed

The Golden Talon team has received numerous other state, regional and national honors. Last year, the team finished second in the nation at the National High School Drill Team Championship.