In 2011 , Blomberg was selected from among over 200 other artists and won the commission for the Nevada State Veterans Memorial . It includes 18 large bronze figures . He was chosen from among 49 other applicants to construct a memorial to the victims of the crash of Flight 5191 at Blue Grass Airport on August 27 , 2006 . He was selected by the Special Forces Association , the Foundation for U.S. Historical Monuments , and Special Operations Association to sculpt the new a life-and-a-half scale U.S. Army Special Forces Monument to be placed at Ft. Bragg , North Carolina and Washington D.C . Other commissions he has received include " The Birds of Valencia , " a 17-foot tall flock of birds for the Intertex Companies in Los Angeles , which was placed at the Bridgeport Marketplace shopping center in Valencia , California
Flight 5191
Comair Flight 5191
Douwe Blumberg