Helicopter Operations

Photographs of naval helicopter operations on warships, highlighting takeoffs, landings, and military personnel in action during various exercises.

DM-SN-85-02978. Base: Marine Corps Air Station El Toro State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
DM-SN-85-02978. Base: Marine Corps Air Station El Toro State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Flight deck crewmen and medical personnel remove a wounded serviceman from a US Army OH-6A Cayuse helicopter on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS GUAM (LPH 9). The serviceman was wounded during the multiservice, multinational Operation URGENT FURY. Subject Operation/Series: URGENT FURY Country: Grenada (GRD)
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Chinook Helicopter and X-40
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CMDR. Michael J. Menth, commanding officer of Attack Squadron 35 (VA-35), gestures to the awaiting crowd from the cockpit of his A-6E Intruder aircraft upon his arrival on base. Members of Carrier Air Wing 3 and Carrier Air Wing 17 are returning home after serving in the Persian Gulf during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Naval Air Station, Oceana State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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DF-SN-86-09235. Base: Howard Air Force Base Country: Panama (PAN)
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Arrival ceremony for Roberto F. Chiari, President of Panama, 11:00AM. President John F. Kennedy arrives aboard a United States Army helicopter at the Military Air Transport Service (MATS) terminal for the arrival ceremony in honor of President of Panama, Roberto F. Chiari. Left to right: two unidentified men; White House Secret Service agent, Floyd Boring (on helicopter stairs); Commandant of the Marine Corps, General David M. Shoup (shaking hands with President Kennedy); U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke; Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; and President Kennedy (holding hat). Washington National Airport, Washington, D.C.
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Marines are suspended underneath a CH-46E Knight helicopter during a demonstration of the special patrol insertion/extraction (SPIE) rig. Country: Unknown
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DF-SN-86-12868. Base: Tyndall Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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A Marine CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter drop off survival rations and prepares to land for medical evacuation of "injured" personnel during exercise Team Spirit '82. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '82 Base: Pohang Country: Korea
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U.S. Marines, along with French and Italian soldiers, stand guard at a gate during the multinational peacekeeping operation. Base: Beirut Country: Lebanon (LBN)
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Anefo photo collection. Navy Navy Anefo London series. HR. Ms. "Flores" Mediterranean sea area. Dutch naval officer English lieutenant army Buitakten german railroad wagon Naples. September 1943. Naples
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DA-SN-88-00660. Subject Operation/Series: ARDENT GROUND '87 Country: England / Great Britain (ENG)
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Flight deck crewmen of the amphibious assault ship USS GUADALCANAL (LHP-7) continue to shovel snow from the flight deck. Snow removal is a constant problem while operating in the Baltic as part of NATO Exercise Teamwork '92. Subject Operation/Series: TEAMWORK '92 Base: Trondheim Fjord Country: Norway (NOR)
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Rear View of HH-53 Approaching an HC-130P for Aerial Refueling. Rear View of HH-53 Approaching an HC-130P for Aerial Refueling. "VietnamRear view of a U.S. Air Force HH-53 of the 37th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron approaching an HC-130P for aerial refueling of the coast." Photographer: Sgt. Peter Seel
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A member of Attack Squadron 122 (VA-122) performs a preflight inspection on one of the squadron's A-7E Corsair II aircraft. Base: Naval Air Station, Lemoore State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Crewmen spread the crash barricade across the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67) as part of a drill held during Fleet Ex 1-90. Subject Operation/Series: FLEET EX 1-90 Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)
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DN-SN-88-00255. Base: Naval Air Station, Cubi Point State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL)
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Photo made for promotional purposes: "Women at the Klu". On the background a F-16.
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S70-35606 (17 April 1970) --- Rear Admiral Donald C. Davis, Commanding Officer of Task Force 130, the Pacific Recovery Forces for the Manned Spacecraft Missions, welcomes the Apollo 13 crewmembers aboard the USS Iwo Jima, prime recovery ship for the Apollo 13 mission. The crewmembers (from the left) astronauts Fred W. Haise Jr. (waving), lunar module pilot; John L. Swigert Jr., command module pilot; and James A. Lovell Jr., commander; were transported by helicopter to the ship following a smooth splashdown only about four miles from the USS Iwo Jima. Splashdown occurred at 12 07 44 p.m. (CST), April 17, 1970, to conclude safely a perilous space flight.
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Flight deck personnel prepare a SH-2F Sea Sprite helicopter for launch on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS GUADALCANAL (LHP-7) in preparation for flight operations during NATO Exercise Teamwork '92. Subject Operation/Series: TEAMWORK '92 Base: Trondheim Fjord Country: Norway (NOR)
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Crewmen release chains securing an F-4 Phantom II aircraft away to the deck of the aircraft carrier USS MIDWAY (CV 41). The F-4 was damaged when the MIDWAY collided with the Panamanian freighter CACTUS. Base: Naval Station, Subic Bay State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL)
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CPT Richard Peters stands before a C-160 Transall during a training course on the aircraft's operation. The C-160 is a joint German-French design which serves as the primary strategic tactical support for the German Air Force. Base: Wunsdorf Air Base, Landsberg Country: West Germany (FRG)
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US military personnel, armed with M16A1 rifles, move out during Operation URGENT FURY. Subject Operation/Series: URGENT FURY Country: Grenada (GRD)
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S61-02731 (5 May 1961) --- Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. arrives at Grand Bahamas Island and is greeted by astronaut Virgil I. (Gus) Grissom after the first American suborbital flight. He will participate in a press conference with Grissom and Donald Slayton.
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DN-SN-85-09041. Base: Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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DF-ST-85-13534. Subject Operation/Series: WOUNDED EAGLE '83 Country: Unknown
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Visit from a German Admiral (second from the right) at the Navy Base Den Helder in 1989. The commander of naval power in the Netherlands (1987-1990) is left in the Netherlands (1987-1990) Vice-Admiraal J.D.W. Van Renesse (1934). The German admiral arrived in a (German) Dornier DO 28 D1 Skyservant.
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DN-SN-85-05726. Base: Naval Air Station, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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A view of damage caused to the tail section of an F-4 Phantom II aircraft when the aircraft carrier USS MIDWAY (CV 41) when it collided with the Panamanian freighter CACTUS. Base: Naval Station, Subic Bay State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL)
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Sailors once again start to shovel snow clear of the CH-46E Sea Knight helicopters of Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 263 (HMM-263) on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS GUADALCANAL (LPH-7) following a late morning snow storm during NATO Exercise Teamwork '92. Subject Operation/Series: TEAMWORK '92 Base: Trondheim Fjord Country: Norway (NOR)
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President Kennedy departs the White House via helicopter, 12:35PM. A United States Marine Corps helicopter, with Washington Monument in the background, takes off from the South Lawn of the White House, Washington, D.C.
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Army Presidential Flight crew portrait photo. The United States Army Presidential Flight crew (Executive Flight Detachment) poses with an Army helicopter at Davison Army Airfield, Fort Belvoir, Virginia.
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Military and civilian evacuees from the Philippines disembark from a Boeing 737 aircraft. The evacuees have been transported from Subic Bay Naval Station and Clark Air Base following the eruption of Mount Pinatubo, a volcano that came alive on June 10 for the first time in over 600 years. More than 20,000 evacuees have been removed from the area as part of the U.S. military's Operation Fiery Vigil. Subject Operation/Series: FIERY VIGIL Base: Mcchord Air Force Base State: Washington(WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Marines assigned to Marine Helicopter Squadron 1 (HMX-1) usher a presidential aide aboard a VH-1N Iroquois helicopter at the conclusion of the Venice Summit. President Ronald Reagan will be embarking aboard the helicopter shortly. Base: Venice Country: Italy (ITA)
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Third Air division commander and vice-commander check unit insignia.Brigadier Gen, Joseph D Caldara (standing), commander of the new Strategic Air Command Third Air Division, and Col. Robert B. Miller, vice-commander, examine a board displaying the division insignia, after the new division replaced Far East Air Forces Bomber Command during ceremonies this morning at Yokota Air Installation. General Caldara and Colonel Miller were commander and vice-commander respectively of Bomber Command. The new air division, which will be similar to the Fifth and Seventh Air divisions now operating in North Africa and England, will be based at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. Bomber Command U. S. Air Force B-29 Superforts supplied FEAF's heavy-punch during more than three years of aerial warfare in Korea. June 18, 1954. (U.S.Air Force Photo)