Military Helicopter Operations

Photos showcase various military helicopters in action, from refueling to operational maneuvers, emphasizing their roles in air support and logistics.

DA-ST-85-13082. Subject Operation/Series: REFORGER Base: Amsterdam Country: Holland / Netherlands (HOL)

A CH-54 Tahre helicopter is refueled on the flight line before airlifting an A-7 Corsair II aircraft. Base: Sheppard Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Two CH-53 Super Stallion helicopters in use during Operation URGENT FURY. Subject Operation/Series: URGENT FURY Base: Point Salines Country: Grenada (GRD)

Z.K.H. Prince Bernhard visits as an Inspector General of the Royal Netherlands Air Force visits the Group of Technology and Material Guided Weapons (GTMGW) in Hesepe (Germany). The prince leaves per Alouette II.ggw.

A Westland Wasp Mk.1, Series 2 & 2A (AH-12A) submarine control helicopter (1966-1981) on the flight deck of a frigate.

DA-ST-85-13082. Subject Operation/Series: REFORGER Base: Amsterdam Country: Holland / Netherlands (HOL)

Soldiers wearing Mission-Oriented Protective Posture response level 4 (MOPP-4) gear climb out of a UH-1 Iroquois helicopter. Country: Unknown

DA-SC-85-06436. Subject Operation/Series: OPPORTUNE JOURNEY 4-84 State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DA-ST-85-10019. Country: Unknown

Hr.Ms fly camp vessel. Karel Doorman (2) (1948-1968), American drowning on deck while travel from Smaleeld 5, consisting of Hr.Ms. Karel Doorman, Gelderland, Amsterdam and Sea Lion, to Lounyport, Key West, Tampa, Netherlands Antilles, Guantanamo and Bermuda

DN-SN-90-01103. Base: USS Independence (CV 62) Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

The Westland SH-14D Navy Lynx submarine control helicopter 264 (1977-) on the flight deck of a ship.

An AH-1W Super Cobra attack helicopter from the amphibious assault ship USS GUADALCANAL (LPH-7) in flight over snow covered mountains during NATO Exercise Teamwork '92. Subject Operation/Series: TEAMWORK '92 Base: Trondheim Fjord Country: Norway (NOR)

The Royal Navy during the Second World War Sikorsky IV helicopters of the British Naval Air Arm being used for instructional purposes at Floyd Bennett, New York, where Naval pilots are under instruction. One of the helicopters is just a couple of feet off the ground whilst the other looks to be at an altitude of around forty feet. In machine A are Sub Lieutenant Page, from Lennoxville, Quebec, Canada, and Lieutenant Sharpe, from Bradford, Yorks, England; and in machine G Sub Lieutenant Penfold, from Cardiff, Wales, and Flight Lieutenant Bradbury from Southampton, England (of the Royal Air Force).

An SH-2F Seasprite light airborne multi-purpose system (LAMPS) helicopter hovers above the aft deck of the guided missile destroyer USS DEWEY (DDG-45) to refuel during exercise Unitas XX. The helicopter is assigned to Light Helicopter Anti-submarine Squadron 36 (HSL-36). Subject Operation/Series: UNITAS XX Base: Rio De Janeiro Country: Brazil (BRA)

A member of a combat camera crew videotapes a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during Operation SAND EAGLE '88. Subject Operation/Series: SAND EAGLE '88 Base: Macdill Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

The crew chief of a Marine Utility/Attack Helicopter Squadron 167 (HML/A-167) UH-1N Iroquois helicopter talks to passengers aboard the helicopter after it has landed aboard the aviation logistic ship USNS WRIGHT (T-AVB 3) during exercise OCEAN VENTURE '88. Subject Operation/Series: OCEAN VENTURE '88 Country: Caribbean Sea

DA-ST-88-05976. Subject Operation/Series: SAND EAGLE '88 Base: Macdill Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-SN-85-11081. Country: Unknown

Project 26 - Operation Dominic (Johnston Island/Christmas Island/Maui, Hawaii) Test Activities. Helicopter delivers instrumentation to Johnston Island. Photographs of Atmospheric Nuclear Testing at Pacific Island and Nevada Test Sites.

The Sikorsky HSS-1N (SH-34J, UH-34J) submarine control helicopter 137 (1962-1971) increases from the flight deck of a supply vessel.

The divorcant commander of the Helicopterers, MVKKOOY, KTZ Poortman, Gludiek is driven from his command

A Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 5 (HC-5) HH-46A Sea Knight helicopter unloads supplies on the deck of the destroyer USS O'BRIEN (DD-975). Country: Unknown

DN-SN-86-00825. Country: Unknown

DF-ST-88-10385. Base: Palmerola Air Base Country: Honduras (HND)

Poll photo collection. Royal House / General. undated. The Netherlands

Flight deck crewmen prepare to chock and chain a UH-46D Helicopter from Helicopter Combat Support Squadron EIGHT (HC-8, "Dragon Whales") following its flight into Albania to deliver relief supplies (not shown). USS INCHON is operating in the Adriatic Sea in support of NATO humanitarian relief effort Operation Shining Hope. Subject Operation/Series: SHINING HOPE Country: Adriatic Sea

Norwegian military personnel board a British HC-2 Wessex helicopter during a joint forces cold weather airlift exercise. Country: Norway (NOR)

DF-SN-85-08886. Country: Unknown

A CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter on the flight line at Point Salines Airfield during the multiservice, multinational Operation URGENT FURY. Subject Operation/Series: URGENT FURY Country: Grenada (GRD)

DM-SN-87-12327. Base: Beirut Country: Lebanon (LBN)

LT. Kelly Franke of Detachment 2, Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 2 (HC-2), looks over her SH-3G Sea King helicopter prior to a flight during Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Bahrain (BHR)

DN-SC-04-09610. Base: San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Members of the 101st Airborne Division unload their gear from a CH-47D Chinook helicopter during Operation Sand Eagle '88. Subject Operation/Series: SAND EAGLE '88 Base: Mcdill Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

970419-F-8006R-004. Subject Operation/Series: ROVING SANDS 97 Base: Roswell State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A left front view of an HH-46A Sea Knight helicopter equipped with the 1400-watt AEM-SYS-2 sound system and related loudspeaker, visible here on the helicopter's exterior left front. The sound system is generally referred to as the Loud Hailer and is useful during search and rescue (SAR) operations. Base: Naval Air Station Patuxent River State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A North Carolina National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter is refuelded by members of the US Marine Corps Air Station, New River, North Carolina following Hurricane Bonnie. Base: Mcas, New River State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

An AH-1 Cobra helicopter flies over several UH-60 Black Hawk (Blackhawk) helicopters parked in a field at Point Salines Airfield during the multiservice, multinational Operation Urgent Fury. Subject Operation/Series: URGENT FURY Country: Grenada (GRD)

A right side view of an SH-3A Sea King helicopter, from Fleet Composite Squadron 5 (VC-5), as it airlifts bodies from near the beached and overturned Filipino frigate RPS DATU KALANTIAW (PS-76) during search and rescue (SAR) operations. The ship was overtaken by Typhoon Clara. Base: Calayan Island Country: Philippines

DN-ST-89-11269. Base: Naval Air Station, Oceana State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Marine reserves of Co. I, 3rd Bn., 24th Marines, 4th Mar. Div., run for cover after disembarking from U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk (Blackhawk) helicopters during a weekend drill. Base: Fort Campbell State: Kentucky (KY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter unloaded from the cargo ship LYRA for Exercise SHADOW HAWK is prepared for flight operations. Shadow Hawk is the segment of the multiservice Exercise BRIGHT STAR '87 that tests joint Jordan-US operations. Subject Operation/Series: BIRGHT STARSHADOW HAWK Base: Aqaba Country: Jordan (JOR)

A view of UH-1N Iroquois and AH-1 Cobra helicopters parked on the flight line at Lonesome Dove Expeditionary Airfield during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

Arrival Ceremonies for Urho Kekkonen, President of Finland, 11:00 AM. Arrival ceremonies for Urho Kekkenon, President of Finland. (L u2013 R): President Kekkonen; President John F. Kennedy; Sylvi Kekkonen, wife of President Kekkonen; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Naval Aide to the President Captain Tazewell Shepard, Jr.; others unidentified. South Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.

A Marine CH-53E Sea Stallion flies evasion patterns in and around hills and canyons during Weapons and Tactics Instructions Class (WTI) 2-99. Base: Marine Corps Air Station, Yuma State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Helicopter - Report from Europe. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Nha Trang, Vietnam: February 20, 1968 A U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter in a field meets up with several Vietnamese boys riding their water buffalos to nearby rice paddies.

A Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 464 (HMH-464) CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter warms up its engines on the flight deck of the amphibious transport dock USS RALEIGH (LPD-1). The RALEIGH and its embarked Marines are at sea in support of Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Northern Arabian Sea

Plane , Armories, Ordnance industry, Arms & armament, Fighter planes. Records of U.S. Army Operational

050711-F-7564C-018. Base: Volk Field State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Plane , Armories, Ordnance industry, Arms & armament, Fighter planes. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Helicopters bring in troops of 173rd Airborne Brigade during a search mission 40 Miles south of Saigon. Vietnam, 8/1965.

Artwork: "William Tell 1976" Artist: Roland Descombes. Country: Unknown

Presentation of the National Security Medal to Allen Dulles, 11:00AM. President John F. Kennedy arrives at the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) headquarters in Langley, Virginia, to present the National Security Medal to Allen W. Dulles and is greeted by Mr. Dulles. Walking behind the President are Naval Aide to the President Captain Tazewell Shepard and Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara. United States Army helicopters are visible in the background.

Members of Co. C, 1ST Bn., 23rd Marines, watch as Marine Corps CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters land during Operation Solar Flare. Subject Operation/Series: SOLAR FLARE Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Side view of an HH-53 helicopter of the 40th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron as seen from the gunner's position on an A-1 of the 21st Specialist Operations Squadron.

A view of an HH-3 Jolly Green Giant helicopter from the 106th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Group as it lands to pick up a "survivor" during Sentry Castle '81, a search and rescue exercise. Subject Operation/Series: SENTRY CASTLE '81 Base: Seneca State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 261 (HMM-261) CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter lifts off from the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) during a rehearsal for Operation Sharp Edge. The SAIPAN is on station off the coast of Liberia. Subject Operation/Series: SHARP EDGE Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

DF-SN-85-08887. Country: Unknown

Fire training with Westland Sh14a / B Lynx helicopter on Marine Air Camp De Kooy.

A UH-1N Iroquois helicopter of Marine Utility/Attack Squadron 367 (HMLA-367) moves inland during Exercise Imminent Thunder, part of Operation Desert Shield.. Subject Operation/Series: IMMINENT THUNDERDESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU)

Anefo photo collection. School children island Tengemeten school helicopter stay home week ice. February 24, 1986. Tiemeten, South Holland

Arrival ceremonies for Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India, 4:20PM. Departure via United States Army helicopter from Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland to the White House in Washington, D.C. President John F. Kennedy speaks with Military Aide to the President General Chester V. Clifton, Indira Gandhi is inside the helicopter, and Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru steps into the helicopter. All others unidentified.

DF-ST-89-00733. Subject Operation/Series: SHADOW HAWK Base: Azarq Air Base Country: Jordan (JOR)

DN-SN-90-02292. Base: USS Independence (CV 62)

Visit of Muhammad Ayub Khan, President of Pakistan, Newport, Rhode Island. President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (both on helicopter stairs) board a United States Marines helicopter, following the arrival President of Pakistan, Muhammad Ayub Khan, at Quonset Point Naval Air Station. Also pictured: Ambassador of Pakistan, Aziz Ahmed; U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Phillips Talbot; Naval Aide to President Kennedy, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr. North Kingstown, Rhode Island. Scratches on image are original to the negative.

DN-ST-85-04000. Subject Operation/Series: INTENSE LOOK Base: USS Shreveport (LPD 12) Country: Gulf Of Suez

A Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 6 (HC-6) UH-46A Sea Knight helicopter hovers over the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS FORRESTAL (CV-59) as a deck crewman reaches to attach a sling to its external cargo hook. Ordnance is being transferred from the FORRESTAL to the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN-71) during the allied forces exercise Team Work '88. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM WORK '88 Country: North Atlantic Ocean

A CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter brings supplies to the ammunition ship USS SHASTA (AE-33). Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

DN-SN-85-06111. Base: San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Long shot of US Marines from Second Battalion, Fifth Marines as they extract from CH-53 Sea Stallion to take security postitions during Operation Sea Horse Wind at Fort Hunter Liggett in Jolon, California. Subject Operation/Series: SEA HORSE WIND Base: Fort Hunter Liggett State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-85-13157. Subject Operation/Series: GRANADERO I Base: Cucuyagua Country: Honduras (HND)

Medevac of Injured Fisherman from Fishing Vessel ELUSIVE. This image depicts the medevac of injured fisherman from fishing vessel ELUSIVE by a Coast Guard helicopter piloted by Lieutenant Commander Roger Love.

DN-SN-89-04845. Base: USS Belleau Wood (LHA 3)

Three-quarter left front view of a Sikorsky H-5G Dragonfly (S/N 48-536). Three technicians work on the nose of the helicopter, while another examines the engine.. Three-quarter left front view of a Sikorsky H-5G Dragonfly (S/N 48-536). Three technicians work on the nose of the helicopter, while another examines the engine..

Near Granada. Flight operations take place aboard the amphibious assault ship USS GUAM (LPH 9) during Operation URGENT FURY. Visible in the background is the tail of a UH-1 Iroquois helicopter and the front of a CH-46 Sea Knight. Subject Operation/Series: URGENT FURY Country: Caribbean Sea

DN-ST-87-12612. Country: Persian Gulf

An O-2 Skymaster aircraft flies over Kilo Btry., 1ST Bn., 12th Marines, as it returns from a reconnaissance mission. The partly-camouflaged gun is a 105mm howitzer. This activity is a part of the battalion's combat readiness evaluation at the Pakalula Training Area. Base: Pakalula Training Area State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

President Kennedy arrives on the Ellipse by helicopter. President John F. Kennedy walks across the Ellipse, following his arrival via United States Marines helicopter. Also pictured: Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; White House Secret Service agent, John Campion. President's Park South, Washington, D.C.

S65-61828 (18 Dec. 1965) --- Astronaut James A. Lovell Jr., pilot of the Gemini-7 spaceflight, is hoisted from the water by a recovery helicopter from the Aircraft Carrier USS Wasp. Astronaut Frank Borman, command pilot, waits in the raft to be hoisted aboard the helicopter.

Civilian medical personnel carry a "casualty" away from a West Virginia Army National Guard UH-1 Iroquois medical evacuation helicopter during Exercise Wounded Eagle '83. The exercise is designed to test the Civilian-Military Contingency Hospital System, a program for transferring wartime casualties to civilian hospitals in the event they overflow military facilities. Subject Operation/Series: WOUNDED EAGLE '83 Country: Unknown

"A U.S. Army helicopter transports troops during a military operation in Vietnam. The photograph captures the activity of American forces during the Vietnam War in July 15, 1966. Helicopters played a crucial role in transportation and support functions for troops deployed in the challenging terrain of Vietnam."

A CH-54 Flying Crane helicopter transports an F-100 Super Sabre aircraft on its last flight. The aircraft, from 388th Tactical Fighter Wing at Hill Air Force Base, Utah will be placed on static display near the headquarters building. Base: Great Salt Lake State: Utah (UT) Country: United States Of America (USA)

President Kennedy Departs Andrews Air Force Base for the White House, 5:00PM. President John F. Kennedy climbs into a United States Army helicopter at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland. A crowd looks on.

Arrival ceremonies for Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India, 4:20PM. President John F. Kennedy, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, Indira Gandhi (stepping into helicopter), and Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru prepare to board a United States Army helicopter to the White House in Washington, D.C. All others unidentified. Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland.

Trip to South America: La Morita, Venezuela agrarian reform site, 12:15PM. First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy and First Lady of Venezuela Carmen Valverde de Betancourt (both at left) and others arrive at a land grant ceremony at La Morita Resettlement Project in La Morita, Venezuela. Naval Aide to President John F. Kennedy Captain Tazewell Shepard walks to right of Mrs. Betancourt.

Marine Corps CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters from the 34th Marine Amphibious Unit, embarked aboard the amphibious assault ship USS GUADALCANAL (LPH-7), fly near the Italian tank landing ships during the NATO exercise Display Determination '81. Subject Operation/Series: DISPLAY DETERMINATION '81 Base: Doganbey Country: Turkey (TUR)

Welcoming ceremony upon the return of the US Delegation to the Punta del Este Conference in Uruguay, 8:00PM. Assistant Special Counsel to the President Richard Goodwin walks in front of a United States Army helicopter on the White House Lawn, Washington, D.C.

Commencement Address at the US Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, 11:04AM. (L-R) President John F. Kennedy (wearing sunglasses) and Under Secretary of the Navy Paul B. "Red" Fay sit in a helicopter on the South Lawn of the White House en route to the commencement ceremony at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland.

Aviation ordnancemen use an HLU-196A/E bomb hoist to lift an AGM-88 high-speed anti-radar missile (HARM) they are securing the the wing pylon of a Strike Figther Squadron 147 (VFA-147) F/A-18C Hornet aircraft on the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS NIMITZ (CVN-68). Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

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