Military Helicopter Operations

This collection features various helicopters in flight, focusing on tactical missions, medical evacuations, and operational training in diverse environments.

October 21, 2005 - A U.S. Army AH-64D Longbow Apache provides ground forces with air support from Forward Operating Base Speicher Iraq, during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

A U.S. Marine Corps AH-1Z Viper attack helicopter with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 773, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Forces Reserve in support of Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task UNITAS LXIII, prepares to take off at São Pedro da Aldeia, Brazil, Sept. 11, 2022. UNITAS is the world's longest-running annual multinational maritime exercise that focuses on enhancing interoperability among multiple nations and joint forces during littoral and amphibious operations in order to build on existing regional partnerships and create new enduring relationships that promote peace, stability, and prosperity in the U.S. Southern Commands area of responsibility. Benton is a native of Vero Beach, FL.

A sailor stands on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS TARAWA (LHA-1) near an AH-1W Sea Cobra helicopter armed with an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile during the combined Thai/U.S. joint exercise Thalay Thai '89. The helicopter is assigned to Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 163 (HMM-163), the reinforced aviation combat element of the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (11th MEU). Subject Operation/Series: THALAY THAI '89 Country: Gulf Of Thailand

Members from the 106th Rescue Wing New York Air National Guard transfer fuel from a C-130 to a California Air National Guard HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter over Kinston, N.C. Sept. 16, 2018.

Recording the nose of an Apache combat helicopter with infrared camera and laser target conducting equipment.

Left side air-to-air view of an SA-342 Gazelle aircraft during exercise Bright Star '82. Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR '82 Country: Egypt (EGY)

HOHENFELS, Germany - Soldiers hook a water blivet onto a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter for a sling load during Saber Junction 22. Saber Junction 22 is a multinational rotational exercise designed to assess the readiness of the U.S. Army's 173d Airborne Brigade to execute unified land operations in a joint, combined environment and to promote interoperability with more than 4,500 participants from the U.S. and Allied and partner nations at the U.S. Army's Grafenwoehr and Hohenfels training areas from August 29 to September 20, 2022. U.S. Army Reserve Photo by SSG Jeff Daniel

Aviation Training Center - Mobile Aircrew - Aftermath and Rescue - 26-HK-278-7. Hurricane Katrina

U.S. Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing conduct landing drills with MV-22B Ospreys on Camp Betsukai, Hokkaido, Japan, Oct. 12, 2022. Resolute Dragon 22 is an annual bilateral exercise designed to strengthen the defensive capabilities of the U.S.-Japan Alliance by exercising integrated command and control, targeting, combined arms, and maneuver across multiple domains

020412-A-8359B-021. Base: Bird International Airport Country: Antigua And Barbuda (ATG) Scene Major Command Shown: USSOUTHCOM

An Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crew operates a Black Hawk on July 26, 2022, at the Sparta-Fort McCoy Airport at Fort McCoy, Wis., during a training mission. Several Black Hawk crews and helicopters operated from the airport during July to support a myriad of training events at Fort McCoy, including for the 78th Training Division's Warrior Exercise 78-22-02.

President Bush attends wreath-laying ceremony at the Pentagon, commemorating 5th anniversary of 911 attacks

A U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk lands on the runway during a cultural-exchange flight held at Tampere, Finland, Aug. 4, 2022. For the next few weeks, U.S. Soldiers and Finnish troops will be conducting multiple training exercises to strengthen relations and help build interoperability between the two nations.

Ground crews of the 305th Rescue Squadron, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, re-position an MH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter outside a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft after the cargo load had been tested. Base: Davis-Monthan Air Force Base State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

An AH-1Z Viper with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron - 773, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Forces Reserve in support of Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force UNITAS LXIII, sits on the flight lines at sunset at São Pedro da Aldeia, Brazil, during exercise UNITAS LXIII, Sept. 7, 2022. UNITAS is the world's longest-running annual multinational maritime exercise that focuses on enhancing interoperability among multiple nations and joint forces during littoral and amphibious operations in order to build on existing regional partnerships and create new enduring relationships that promote peace, stability, and prosperity in the U.S. Southern Commands area of responsibility.

A Marine Corps CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter lands to pick up troops during an exercise. Country: Philippines (PHL)

An Alaska Army National Guard UH-60L Black Hawk operated by air crew assigned to the 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Troop Command, transports Anchorage Police Department and Alaska State Troopers Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Team members at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, July 13, 2022. JBERs expansive and austere training areas provided an ideal setting for local law enforcement SWAT Teams as they honed their rural operations skills, task planning, reconnaissance, helicopter safety procedures, land navigation, team movement and patrolling.

U.S. Marines with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 361, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing conduct landing drills with a CH-53E Super Stallion at Yausubetsu Maneuver Area, Hokkaido, Japan, Sept. 30, 2022. Resolute Dragon 22 is an annual bilateral exercise designed to strengthen the defensive capabilities of the U.S.-Japan Alliance by exercising integrated command and control, targeting, combined arms, and maneuver across multiple domains.

A U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 268 reinforced, Air Combat Element (ACE), Marine Rotational Force-Darwin (MRF-D) 22, participates in a formation flight over Darwin, NT, Australia, during an administrative movement April 12, 2022. VMM 268 flew the Ospreys from Darwin Port to Royal Australian Air Force Base Darwin, strengthening the squadrons support of MRF-D 22 by fully equipping and staging a capable ACE.

Soldiers assigned to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) and the Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Armored Division, conduct sling load operations during a combined arms maneuver live fire exercise (CAMLFEX) on Dec. 11, 2022, at Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany. Our commitment to defending NATO territory is ironclad and the United States will continue to bolster our posture to better defend our NATO allies. (U.S. Army photos by Staff Sgt. Malcolm Cohens-Ashley, 2nd Brigade Combat Team Public Affairs.)

An aircrew guides a Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey aircraft in for a landing July 13, 2022, at Sparta-Fort McCoy Airport at Fort McCoy, Wis. In a rare training event at Fort McCoy, aircrew with the Marine Corps Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 162 of Marine Corps Air Station New River, N.C., flew a pair of MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft July 12-14 at the installation for aerial gunnery training at the impact area on North Post.

Two United States Marine Corps AH-1W Super Cobra attack helicopters hover above the Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina flight line as they await permission to take-off. The AH-1W's are assigned to Marine Corps Air Station New River, North Carolina. United States Marine Corps CH-46E Sea Knights and AH-1Ws were hot pit refueled by a USMC KC-130 of Marine Aerial Refueling/Transport Squadron Two Five Two (VMGR-252) from MCAS Cherry Point, NC. The hot pit refueling, where one or more aircraft refuel with their engines running, occured as the helicopters transited the area while deploying to Naval Air Station Atlanta, Georgia, for an exercise, 14 August 2000. Base: Shaw Air Force Base State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Four Marine helicopters from Composite Squadron 165 (VC-165) fly past the port side of the amphibious assault ship USS BELLEAU WOOD (LHA-3). The helicopters are, left to right, a CH-46E Sea Knight, an AH-1J Sea Cobra, a UH-1N Iroquois and a CH-53 Sea Stallion. Sitting on the flight deck is a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter with its rotor blades folded down. Country: Indian Ocean (IOC)

Col. Shane Finison, commander of the 16th Combat Aviation Brigade, flies an AH-64E Apache helicopter near Snoqualmie Pass, Wash. on Jul. 11, 2022. This was the final flight for Col. Finison as the brigade commander.

An Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crew operates a Black Hawk on July 26, 2022, at the Sparta-Fort McCoy Airport at Fort McCoy, Wis., during a training mission. Several Black Hawk crews and helicopters operated from the airport during July to support a myriad of training events at Fort McCoy, including for the 78th Training Division's Warrior Exercise.

U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter lands during Saber Junction 22 at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center, Hohenfels, Germany, September 11, 2022. Saber Junction 22 is a multinational rotational exercise designed to assess the readiness of the U.S. Army's 173d Airborne Brigade to execute unified and operations in a joint, combined environment and to promote interoperability with more than 4,500 participants from the U.S. and Allied and partner nations at the U.S. Army's Grafenwoehr and Hohenfels training areas from August 29 to September 20, 2022.

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Ty Dowdy, a plane captain, with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron - 773, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Forces Reserve in support of Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force UNITAS LXIII, conducts a hover test for a UH-1Y Venom at São Pedro da Aldeia, Brazil, during exercise UNITAS LXIII, Sept. 5, 2022. UNITAS is the world's longest-running annual multinational maritime exercise that focuses on enhancing interoperability among multiple nations and joint forces during littoral and amphibious operations in order to build on existing regional partnerships and create new enduring relationships that promote peace, stability, and prosperity in the U.S. Southern Commands area of responsibility. Dowdy is a native of Cedartown, GA.

Bundeswehr army helicopter with a helicopter bucket to fight fires, Bell UH1-D, operator has to lie down in the helicopter to empty the bucket with a cable control, PublicGround

MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII, Hawaii (July 16, 2022) A U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey conducts operations support airlift at Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022, July 16. Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, four submarines, more than 170 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 29 to Aug. 4 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The world's largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world's oceans. RIMPAC 2022 is the 28th exercise in the series that began in 1971.

Aircrafts - Miscellaneous - 26-HK-56-76. Military helicopter with personnel in doorway flying over parking lot and pallets of water. Hurricane Katrina

030919-A-XXXXX-8930. Base: Mosul Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Soldiers from 2nd General Aviation Support Battalion, 211th Aviation Regiment, Utah National Guard, fuel a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter as part of the training scenarios during Western Strike 22, at Orchard Combat Training Center, Idaho, June 7, 2022. Western Strike 22 is an eXportable Combat Training Capabilities exercise led by the 65th Field Artillery Brigade, Utah National Guard, that provides National Guard Soldiers immersed training similar to a Combat Training Center and aims to increase participating unit's readiness and lethality.

Three CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters from Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 4 (HC-4) roll along a taxiway prior to a flight. Base: Naval Air Station, Sigonella State: Sicily Country: Italy (ITA)

A crew from the 63rd Chemical Company, 101st Airborne Division, prepares to sling load an (M-56 Coyote) Smoke Generator mounted on M1113 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV), with a CH-47 Chinook helicopter. This is the first lift of this type of vehicle Army wide. The 63rd Chemical Company is an air assault dual-purpose chemical company that provides smoke, decontamination and flame field expedient weapons support to the 101st Airborne Division. Base: Fort Campbell State: Kentucky (KY) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: MACOMS

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, aides touring Lake Tahoe area following Secretary's participation in annual Lake Tahoe Restoration Forum events at Nevada's Sand Harbor State Park

Yellow Sea, April 6, 2010 - A diver is lowered from an SH-60B Seahawk helicopter to commence a medical evacuation training exercise.

Air assets of the California Army National Guard along with California State Guardsmen team up with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) to participate in an annual wildfire training exercise, Mather, Calif., Apr. 22-24, 2022. The three-day training kicked off Friday with classroom instruction and concluded with two days of practical water drop exercises at Pardee Lake near Mather, Calif., in preparation for heightened fire activity during the summer and fall months.

An OH-58 Kiowa, of the Colorado Army National Guard, lifts off from the edge of a cliff at 11,000 feet in Colorado's Rocky Mountains.

KUBINKA, RUSSIA - May, 15, 2021: attack helicopters Mil Mi-28, STRIZHI Aerobatic Team 30TH Anniversary Event KUBINKA, RUSSIA - May, 15, 2021: attack helicopters Mil Mi-28, STRIZHI Aerobatic Team 30TH Anniversary Event. Copyright: xZoonar.com/AlexanderxStrelax 18312101

Front view of an AH-1 Sea Cobra helicopter armed with two Sidearm missiles. Base: Nav Weapons Center, China Lake State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A UH-1 Huey hovers over a landing zone during Combat Survival Training (CST) for Academy cadets on June 28, 2022 at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo. More than 1,000 Academy cadets are learning to lead in intense war-fighting environments, taught by cadet cadre and supervised by SERE specialists during June and July 2022, receiving training on medical care, food preparation, aircraft signaling, and navigation.

221002-N-LH674-1266 SAN FRANCISCO (Oct. 2, 2022) An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the Wildcards” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 23 sits on the flight deck of guided-missile cruiser USS Princeton (CG 59) at pier 30/32 in San Francisco to participate in San Francisco Fleet Week (SFFW) 2022. SFFW is an opportunity for the American public to meet their Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard teams and experience America's sea services. During Fleet Week, service members participate in various community service events, showcase capabilities and equipment to the community, and enjoy the hospitality of the city and its surrounding areas.

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Abraham Castaño, an MV-22 Osprey crew chief assigned to the Aviation Combat Element, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, poses for a photo during a bilateral exercise in Bardufoss, Norway, April 17, 2022. The 22nd MEU, embarked aboard the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group, is participating in a bilateral training event with the Kingdom of Norways Armed Forces to strengthen U.S. and Norway interoperability, ensuring collective capabilities and steadfast partnerships among NATO allies and partners.

U.S. Marines with II Marine Expeditionary Force take off from the landing zone in MV-22 Ospreys during an assault support demonstration for Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps (NROTC) Midshipmen during their Summer Training Program at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, August 2, 2022. NROTC Midshipman Summer Training develops and trains Midshipmen in order to provide the Fleet a competent and professional Naval Service Commissioned Officer.

Corpus Christi Army Depot UH60V production line.

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Logan Vaughan, and Capt. Samuel Wolborsky, both pilots with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing fly an MV-22 Osprey over Hokkaido, Japan, Oct. 7, 2022. Resolute Dragon 22 is an annual bilateral exercise designed to strengthen the defensive capabilities of the U.S.-Japan Alliance by exercising integrated command and control, targeting, combined arms, and maneuver across multiple domains.

U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to Attack Company, 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, conduct sling load operations with a CH-47 Chinook helicopter, from 6-101 GSAB, 101 CAB, Illesheim, Germany, during exercise Eagle Talon, Monte Romano, Italy, Jan 20, 2021.

Mk48 Sea King search and rescue helicopter of the Belgian Air Force.

Rotors spin on a U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter assigned to the California Army National Guard's B Company, 1st Battalion, 126th Aviation Regiment, as members of a firefighting hand crew begin to board at a helibase in Red Bluff, California, on their way to work the Red Bank Fire, Sept. 9, 2019. By midday, the Chinook and its crew had taken nearly 40 firefighters to work the fire lines in remote areas with rugged terrain.

A pararescueman and "downed" pilot are hoisted aboard a 38th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron HH-3E Jolly Green Giant helicopter during exercise Team Spirit '85. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '85 Country: South Korea

Bundeswehr, federal army, helicopter Bell UH-1D HUEY with water tank in fire-fighting operation, in flight, PublicGround

Attendees tour a CV-22 Osprey static display assigned to the 21st Special Operations Squadron during Range Day at Draughon Range near Misawa Air Base, Japan, Oct. 28, 2022. The event allowed families and the community to see the 35th Fighter Wing mission up-close through flight and equipment demonstrations.

Mexican Marines sit aboard a Mexican Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter to practice Helocast jumps during exercise Tradewinds 2022 (TW22), at Bacalar lagoon, Mexico, May 11, 2022. TW22 is a U.S. Southern Command-sponsored Caribbean-focused multi-dimensional exercise conducted in the ground, air, sea, and cyber domains, designed to provide participating nations opportunities to conduct joint, combined, and interagency training focused on increasing regional cooperation and interoperability in complex multinational security operations.

DM-SN-88-07506. Subject Operation/Series: WILD BOAR Base: Fort Hunter Liggett State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

110212-N-ZC343-015SAN DIEGO (Feb. 12, 2011) Aircraft simulate refueling operations as they fly over San Diego Bay and the Coronado Bridge during the Centennial of Naval Aviation Open House and Parade of Flight at Naval Air Station North Island. The Navy is observing the Centennial of Naval Aviation with a series of nationwide events celebrating 100 years of heritage, progress and achievement in naval aviation.

Louisiana National Guardsmen from Delta Company, 2-151st Aviation Regiment conduct recertification training on a LUH-72 Lakota helicopter hoist system used for rescue operations at the Hammond Regional Airport ahead of Hurricane Laura, Aug. 25, 2020. Guardsmen continue to prepare to respond to the citizens of Louisiana prior to landfall of Hurricane Laura.

Sgt. Aaron Smith, a native of Fort Thomas, Ky., the crew chief of a CH-53 Super Stallion helicopter piloted and crewed by Marines with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 461, a unit based out of Marine Corps Air Station New River, N.C., assists the helicopter pilot on board through commands and signals in shutting down the aircraft after landing in Boston Common May 3. The Marines exhibited their aircraft they flew in on during the first day of Marine Week Boston, which honors and recognizes the contributions of Marines, including Boston-based hometown heroes and their families.

U.S. Army National Guard UH-60 Blackhawks park on the flight line at the 185th Air Refueling Wing at Sioux City, Iowa, August 6, 2022. The Blackhawks transported distinguished guests, including Maj. Gen. Benjamin J. Correll, Adjutant General of the Iowa National Guard, of the Iowa Army and Air National Guard to the 185th ARW for the units Change of Command ceremony.

A US Marine Corps (USMC) CH-53D Sea Stallion Helicopter from Heavy Marine Helicopter Squadron 463 (HMH-463) flies a familiarization flight over the countryside near Osan AB, Korea in preparation for the Korean Incremental Training Program. Base: Osan Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

U.S. Marines assigned to Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1) conduct a preflight check on a CH-53E Super Stallion before a Noncombatant Evacuation Operation (NEO) exercise during Assault Support Tactics (AST-3), Weapons and Tactics Instructors (WTI) course 1-23, at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, Oct. 21, 2022. AST-3 is a multi-mission evolution consisting of a NEO as well as Foreign Humanitarian Assistance (FHA) operations. This evolution allows the prospective WTIs to plan, brief and execute both missions while shifting their focus towards an in-depth review and dissection of rules of engagement, military authorities and civil considerations.

A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor assigned to the 71st Fighter Squadron takes off at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, March 29, 2023. The 71st Fighter Squadron recently took over the 43d FS mission of training F-22 pilots, meaning each F-22 must relocate to Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia.

Iraq, As Samawah, Camp Smitty, February 5, 2004 © Jens Grijpstra, Royal Navy Meeting Command Group Discussion on Camp Smitty. A meeting will take place once every three weeks between the commanders of the divisions. Under the leadership of General Stewart (General Officer Commanding of the Multinational Division South East) The meeting is held in the lungroom, present: CO 20TH Army Brigade, CO ARIET BRIGATE (IT), CO 2NLBG, GOC with staff. Photo: The GOC and various cos arrive per Chinook and Cougar Note: The description This photo is the original description by the photographer. At a later stage this description will be revised if necessary.

030828-F-6701P-024. Subject Operation/Series: JTF LIBERIA Base: Lungi Country: Sierra Leone (SLE)

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Pima County, Arizona's border area with Mexico, where he joined U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel for meetings, tours, flights, inspections

An MV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft extracts pararescumen from Gulf of Aden during Exercise Bull Shark on June 21, 2022. Exercise Bull Shark, led by Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa, is a joint training between U.S. service members and partner forces to strengthenpersonnel recovery capabilities and interoperability in support of the Warfighter Recovery Network Initiative throughout Africa.

Alaska Army National Guardsmen with the 2-211th General Support Aviation Battalion travel from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson to Nome, Alaska, via UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter April 11, 2022. The UH-60L Black Hawk helicopters will remain in Nome for Golf Company, Detachment 1, 2-211th GSAB to conduct annual training and aide in River Watch if needed this spring. Should there be significant flooding or other emergency in the vicinity, the helicopters will provide support as requested by the State. (Alaska National Guard photo by 1st Lt. Balinda ONeal)

A sniper takes a shot from a UH-72 Lakota during the European Best Sniper Team Competition at the Hohenfels Training Area, Germany, Aug. 6, 2022. The annual European Best Sniper Team Competition is a U.S. Army Europe and Africa competition that tests marksmanship skills, physical prowess, and mental agility while developing relationships and sharing skills between sniper teams across Europe.

U.S. Marine Corps CH-53 Super Stallions with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 162 (VMM-162) Reinforced, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, taxi the runway before takeoff at Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Field Bogue, North Carolina, Dec. 13, 2022. Marines with VMM-162 conducted flight operations heading to a forward arming and refueling point (FARP) during Marine Expeditionary Unit Exercise I. FARPs are designed to supply fuel and ordnance necessary during helicopter and fixed-wing operations.

Russian Search and Rescue teams deploy by helicopter from Karaganda, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017 to prepare for the Soyuz MS-05 landing with Expedition 53 Commander Randy Bresnik of NASA and Flight Engineers Paolo Nespoli of ESA (European Space Agency) and Sergey Ryazanskiy of the Russian space agency Roscosmos near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan. Bresnik, Nespoli and Ryazanskiy are returning after 139 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 52 and 53 crews onboard the International Space Station.

A crewman climbs atop one of two CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters from Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 466 (HMH-466) that sit idle at a landing zone during Exercise Gallant Eagle '88. The Marines who will later be transported by the helicopters have staged their packs on the ground nearby. Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE '88 Base: Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Col. Andrew J. Campbell, 374th Airlift Wing commander, waves from a UH-1N Iroquois helicopter assigned to the 459th Airlift Squadron during his fini flight, at Tama Hills, Japan, June 10, 2022. Campbell is scheduled to leave Yokota to become Air Mobility Commands deputy director of Operations at Scott Air Force Base, Ill.

A U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 265 conducts low altitude tactics (LAT) training in vicinity of Northern Japan, Oct. 13, 2022. Resolute Dragon 22 is an annual bilateral exercise designed to strengthen the defensive capabilities of the U.S.-Japan Alliance by exercising integrated command and control, targeting, combined arms and maneuver across multiple domains.

A US Army, AH-1F HueyCobra helicopter sights targets in preparation to fire it's rockets during the Combined Arms Live Fire Exercise (CALFEX) practice, part of Exercise COBRA GOLD '97, Tak Province, Thailand, 22 May 1997. Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD '97 State: Tak Province Country: Thailand (THA)

110624-N-HN991-372 IMPERIAL BEACH, Calif. (June 24, 2011) Explosive ordnance disposal technicians assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 11 demonstrate a fast roping evolution for attendees of the annual Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group (EODGRU) 1 all-family day at Naval Outlying Landing Field, Imperial Beach, Calif. The picnic showcased the activities, facilities and equipment of EODGRU-1 to family and friends.

A Bundeswehr helicopter lands on the Elbe meadows in Bad Schandau on the Elbe, after a day of fire-fighting operations

U.S. Soldiers with Echo Company, 2-104th General Support Aviation Battalion, 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade sling load simulated heavy equipment to UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters, operated by Soldiers with Alpha Company, 2-14th GSAB.

DEU, Germany, Essen, 23.11.2005 : SWAT team of NRW Police special forces at a fastroping training from a EC 155 helicopter. |, Europe

Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge - MSO St. Louis Operations - 26-HK-390-54. Hurricane Katrina

Pakistani men unload construction supplies delivered by a U.S. Army CH-47 chinook helicopter from 16th Combat Aviation Brigade to rebuild flood victims homes in Matlatan, Pakistan on Sept. 28.

An Alaska Air National Guard HH-60 Pave Hawk waits for the weather to clear before making another attempt to reach the survivors of a plane crash Aug. 8, 2010, five miles from the Knik Glacier crash site. (Alaska National Guard photo/Master Sgt. Sean Mitchell)

The French rocket team competing in the United Kingdom Rocketry Challenge pose for a photo at the Farnborough International Airshow in Farnborough, England, July 21, 2022. U.S. military support in the British-sponsored event demonstrates its strong European presence and strengthens ties with NATO allies and partners.

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