Military Helicopter Operations

Dynamic scenes of helicopters in action, showcasing sling load operations and various military training exercises, highlighting the aerial capabilities of armed forces.

October 28, 2004 - An OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopter takes off from Forward Operating Base MacKenzie in Iraq after being armed and refueled.

U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 8, 2d Marine Logistics Group load a M777 towed 155 mm howitzer to a U.S. Army Boeing CH-47 Chinook during exercise Rolling Thunder on Fort Drum, New York, March 27, 2023. This exercise is a live-fire artillery event that tested the 10th Marine Regiments ability to operate in a simulated littoral environment against a peer threat in a dynamic and multi-domain scenario.

U.S. Army Soldiers from 350th Tactical Psychological Operations, 10th Mountain Division conduct a leaflet drop over several villages surrounding Hawijah in Kirkuk province, Iraq, March 6, 2008. The leaflets are intended to promote the idea of self-government to area residents.

U.S. Marines with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, watch MV-22B Ospreys with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 164, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, approach a landing zone prior to conducting an air assault as part of Steel Knight 23 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Dec. 5, 2022. Steel Knight is an annual combined arms live-fire exercise which ensures 1st MARDIV is optimized for naval expeditionary warfare in contested spaces, and is purpose-built to facilitate future operations afloat and ashore.

A Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 363 (HMH-363) CH-53D Sea Stallion helicopter delivers a load of grain to a field outside the village of Maleel during the multinational relief effort OPERATION RESTORE HOPE. The grain, donated by Australia, is being flown in instead of driven because it is suspected that the roads lading to the village have been mined. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Country: Somalia (SOM)

Soldiers from 101st Combat Aviation Brigade (CAB), 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), travel to Little Rock Air Force Base for their mission Operation Lethal Shadow, on September 27, 2022, at Ft. Campbell, Ky. The purpose of the mission was to test the capabilities of 101 CAB by conducting a long-range air assault.

U.S. Marines with the Maritime Special Purpose Force, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), load into a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter during a Fast Rope Masters course at Stone Bay, on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Nov. 16, 2022. This training prepares service members for helicopter-borne insertion and extraction operations and certifies them to oversee rope operations with their respective units. The Fast Rope Masters course is one of several Expeditionary Operations Training Group taught courses Marines and Sailors of the MEU receive prior to deployment.

U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 6 (CLB-6), Combat Logistics Regiment 2, 2nd Marine Logistics Group and Finnish Soldiers with Helicopter Battalion, Utti Jaeger Regiment, conduct a cargo lift during a helicopter support team resupply in preparation for exercise Freezing Winds 22 in Syndalen, Finland, Oct. 18, 2022. Task Force Red Cloud, headquartered by elements of CLB-6, is deployed to Finland in support of Exercises SYD 2022 and Freezing Winds 2022 to enhance U.S. and Finnish select interdependence in the maritime domain; solidify bilateral maritime maneuver within the Finnish littoral environment; and foster strong relationships between U.S. Marine Corps and Finnish Defense Force sustainment units.

020822-A-6414T-012. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Khowst Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, secure a landing zone for Afghan Air Force Mi-17s outside of Hesarak, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, May 14, 2013. Mi-17s are used to transport Afghan forces back to Forward Operating Base Connolly.

A UH-60 Blackhawk prepares to land for an air assault mission during Exercise Combined Resolve 17 (CbR 17) at Hohenfels Training Area, Joint Multinational Readiness Center (JMRC) in Hohenfels, Germany, June 1, 2022. CbR 17 is a United States Army Europe-Africa directed, 7th Army Training Command executed exercise that takes place at JMRC from 20 May to 19 June 2022. The event is designed to evaluate and assess 1/3IDs ability to conduct operations in a complex, multi-domain simulated battle space. The focus of the rotation is to exercise combined arms operations in a multinational environment.

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Brody Green, 15th Air Support Operations Squadron (ASOS) joint terminal attack controller (JTAC), kneels after exiting a South Carolina National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during a joint training exercise at Poinsett Range near Wedgefield, South Carolina, Feb. 26, 2020. U.S. Army National Guard Soldiers with Company A, 1-111th General Support Aviation Battalion and 1-151st Attack Reconnaissance Battalion, train with U.S. Air Force F-16 pilots from Shaw Air Force Base and U.S. Air Force JTACs with the 15th ASOS from Fort Stewart, Georgia.

060515-N-4772B-083. Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD 2006 Base: Hat Yao, Sattahip State: Chon Buri Country: Thailand (THA)

A civilian search and rescue exit a CH-47F Chinook helicopter operated by New York Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to B Company, 3rd Battalion, 126th Aviation Regiment during a mission to Sanibel Island, Florida on October 2, 2022. At the direction of Governor Kathy Hochul, the New York National Guard deployed 2 CH-47F aircraft and 11 Soldiers to assist the Florida National Guard in responding to the destruction caused by Hurricane Ian. ( U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Samuel Sacco)

U.S. Army Spouses apart of the 10th Combat Aviation Brigade participate in the brigade spouse flight on Fort Drum, NY May 12, 2022. Spouses had the oppurtunity to fly in UH-60M Black Hawk and CH-47F Chinook helicopters.

100118-F-2034C-089Pallets of relief supplies exit a C-17 Globemaster III over Haiti Jan. 18, 2010. The C-17, crewed by Airmen from the 437 Airlift Wing, Charleston Air Force Base, Charleston, South Carolina, departed Pope AFB, North Carolina and delivered 40 pallets of food and water. To ensure the safety of the Haitian people, Joint Task Force-Haiti secured an area in which to airdrop the supplies. Once on the ground, supplies were distributed by JTF-Haiti, USAID and other relief personnel.

An MV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft with Marine Medium Tiltrotor squadron 265, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, picks up tires from Combat Logistics Battalion 4 Marines standing by at Kin Blue, Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Aug. 25, 2022. The purpose of the training was to increase Helicopter Support Team proficiency and to practice Expeditionary Advanced Base concepts in preparation for future operations. 3rd MLG, based out of Okinawa, Japan, is a forward-deployed combat unit that serves as III MEFs comprehensive logistics and combat service support backbone for operations throughout the Indo-Pacific area of responsibility.

An aerial view from a UH-60 (Blackhawk) helicopter during a morale flight on July 16, 2022 on Fort Drum. More than 2,500 Soldiers are participating in the training event, which enables brigade combat teams to achieve the trained platoon readiness necessary to deploy, fight, and win.

U.S. Army role players carry a notional casualty to a waiting UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter belonging to the U.S. Army Aviation Center of Excellence during a demonstration of lifesaving care as part of the U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Commands Capability Days event, Fort Detrick, Md., April 6, 2023. Medical development industry representatives joined the USAMRDC team here to learn about the continuum of combat casualty care, from moment of injury through aerial medical evacuation, and the capabilities USAMRDC and its subordinate units are currently developing for the U.S. Joint Force. The USAMRDC Capability Days event is the culmination of months of planning between the command and teams with its subordinate units and is an opportunity for the U.S. Armys premier medical development commands - under the USAMRDC umbrella - to showcase the latest technologies under development for Americas Warfighters.

A U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey assigned to Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1) conducts live hoist exercises during Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course 1-23 at San Clemente Island, California, Oct. 28, 2022. WTI is a seven-week training event hosted by MAWTS-1, providing standardized advanced tactical training and certification of unit instructor qualifications to support Marine aviation training and readiness, and assists in developing and employing aviation weapons and tactics.

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Cameron Morrison, a landing support specialist with Combat Logistics Battalion 6 (CLB-6), Combat Logistics Regiment 2, 2nd Marine Logistics Group and Finnish Soldiers with Helicopter Battalion, Utti Jaeger Regiment, discuss helicopter support team operations during a helicopter support team resupply in preparation for exercise Freezing Winds 22 in Syndalen, Finland, Oct. 18, 2022. Task Force Red Cloud, headquartered by elements of CLB-6, is deployed to Finland in support of Exercises SYD 2022 and Freezing Winds 2022 to enhance U.S. and Finnish select interdependence in the maritime domain; solidify bilateral maritime maneuver within the Finnish littoral environment; and foster strong relationships between U.S. Marine Corps and Finnish Defense Force sustainment units.

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Air-to-Air left rear view of a UH-1N Iroquois helicopter with a camouflage paint scheme, as it performs low level rocket firing. The UH-1N is assigned to the 20th Special Operations Squadron (20th SOS). State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Army Paratroopers assigned to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, partake in multiple events during Eagle Week on Fort Bragg, NC, June 14, 2022. Eagle Week is a week-long event commemorating past and current 37th Engineer Battalion Paratroopers with activities to honor the history, tradition, and heritage of the37th Engineer Battalion.

Today the 10th Mountain Division honored the Soldiers from Task Force 2-14 by participating in the Mogadishu Mile. The original mile was a route taken by Soldiers from a Blackhawk helicopter crash site to a rally point held by the 10th MTN DIV on National Street during the Battle of Mogadishu on October 4, 1993.

A UH-60 Medivac helicopter from Fort Carson, Colo. comes in for a landing at the site of a simulated C-130 aircraft crash. Emergency personnel from the Fire Department, Search & Recovery, Bioenvironmental, Mobil Command and Control and the Medical group all responded to this part of the 21st Space Wing's Operational Readiness Inspection that was conducted at Cheyenne Mountain Air Station and Peterson AFB, Colo., 13 to 17 February 1996. The Inspector General's Team tested their ability to respond to battle conditions, power outages, mobility deployments, aircraft and automobile accidents, hostage situations, bomb threats, armed robbery, terrorism, and communication disruptions. Base: Peterson Air Force Base State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Naval MH-53 Helicopter crew chiefs from HC4 Black Stallions, Sigonella Naval Air Station, Sicily and Army soldiers from A Company, 1-508th Airborne Infantry Battalion escort American civilians and foreign national non-combatants to a MH-53 Helicopter. They are being evacuated from the exercise country "Anglia" during the multinational training exercise VENETO RESCUE '01, in northeast Italy and Slovenia. Veneto Rescue is an exercise that helps to train military units to conduct the safe evacuation of non-combatant civilians and other designated evacuates from a country or a region that has the potential for hostilities or danger. This type of operation is known as a non-combatant .... Complete Scene Caption: Naval MH-53 Helicopter crew chiefs from HC4 Black Stallions, Sigonella Naval Air Station, Sicily and Army soldiers from A Company, 1-508th Airborne Infantry Battalion escort American civilians and foreign national non-combatants to a MH-53 Helicopter. They are being evacuated from

A U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter conducts a mission over Baghdad, Iraq, June 15, 2007.

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.

Canadian Air Force personnel load a MK46 exercise torpedo onto a CH-148 Cyclone at the Canadian Forces Maritime Experimental and Test Ranges facility Feb. 13, 2024. CFMETR is a joint Canadian-US test facility situated on the east side of Vancouver Island in the sheltered Nanoose Bay.

980311-F-7910D-008. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH 1998 Base: Camp Doha Country: Kuwait (KWT)

Firefighters hanging a 5000-liter water tank under a CH-53 helicopter of the German armed forces, during an exercise, Laupheim, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

An MC-130J aircraft from the 193rd Special Operations Wing aircraft follows closely behind a KC-135 aircraft from the 171st Air Refueling Wing as both fly over historic landmarks in Pennsylvania as they celebrate the 100 year anniversary of Air Refueling June 27, 2023. The 100 year anniversary followed the 75th anniversary of the Pennsylvania Air National Guard unit in Pittsburgh now known as the 171st Air Refueling Wing.

The Honduran military perform a demonstration for visiting officials during the Fuerzas Comando 2022 competition in La Venta, Honduras on June 21, 2022. Fuerzas Comando is a Foreign Military Interaction exercise designed to enhance multinational and regional cooperation, mutual trust and confidence, and to improve the training, readiness, interoperability, and capability of regional Special Operations Forces.

SSGT Rodney Chaplin and CPT Wallace Jenkins, left to right, walk on the flight line during exercise Ocean Venture '82. The men are members of the 17th Air Cavalry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division. Subject Operation/Series: OCEAN VENTURE '82 Base: Camp Santiago State: Puerto Rico (PR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. Walter Coronado, bulk fuel specialist with Marine Wing Support Squadron 373, Marine Air Control Group 38, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW), controls the flight line while a U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey refuels at a forward arming and refueling point during Steel Knight 23 Dec. 1, 2022, on Camp Wilson, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms. Exercise Steel Knight 23 provides 3rd MAW an opportunity to refine Wing-level warfighting in support of I Marine Expeditionary Force and fleet maneuver. Harris is a Houston native.

GUIUAN, Eastern Samar, Republic of the Philippines (Nov. 15, 2013) Civilians exit an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter from the Golden Falcons of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 12 after being airlifted from an area of the Philippines affected by super Typhoon Haiyan. The George Washington Carrier Strike Group supports the 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade to assist the Philippine government in Operation Damayan in response to the aftermath of the super typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda in the Republic of the Philippines.

U.S. Marines with 3rd Transportation Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 3, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, offload ammunition from a CH-53E Super Stallion with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 361 during exercise Resolute Dragon 22 at Kamifurano Maneuver Area, Hokkaido, Japan, Oct. 1, 2022. Resolute Dragon 22 is an annual 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.

MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII, Hawaii (Aug. 1, 2022) U.S. Navy MV-22 Ospreys take-off in support of an amphibious raid during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022. Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, three 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. (Royal New Zealand Air Force photo by Cpl. Dillon Anderson)

050622-A-9665L-012. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Tikrit State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION (AA)

An AH-64D Apache Longbow Helicopter assigned to the 1st Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment (Attack Reconnaissance), 12th Combat Aviation Brigade, displays the aircraft's weapons capabilities during the Viper Battalion family day event at Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, August 6, 2022.

050916-F-4970D-069. Base: Belle Chasse State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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The 2022 Leadership of Wyoming class grabbed a ride in a UH-60 Black Hawk while touring the Army Aviation Support Facility as part of their Military Day tour in Cheyenne on May 25, 2022. The program is aimed at enhancing the leadership skills of local leaders. Those who complete the program continue to lead not only their community but the State of Wyoming.

040116-F-0381R-003. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT FORGE Base: Sarajevo Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH) Scene Major Command Shown: SFOR

A UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter launches from a high altitude landing zone in Colorado's Rocky Mountains.

Montana National Guards 3rd Platoon, A Company, 1-163rd Combined Arms Battalion prepares to board a CH-47 Chinook flown by pilots from B Company, 1-168th General Support Aviation Battalion of the Washington National Guard on Orchard Combat Training Center, Boise, Idaho June 14, 2018. The eXportable Combat Training Capability rotation provides realistic training to certify platoon combat readiness.

U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters conduct a flight exercise April 7, 2022 at Camp Rudder, Eglin Air Force Base. Camp Rudder hosts the final phase phase of the United States Army Ranger Course, and the Black Hawk helicopters are provided by the U.S. Army Aviation Center of Excellence, Fort Rucker, Alabama.

Firefighters from the 355th Civil Engineer Squadron Fire and Emergency Services Flight extinguish a fire during a training exercise at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., April 6, 2023. DM firefighters train regularly to maintain readiness and ensure safety of the base

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010508-F-9753B-004. Complete Scene Caption: A competition judge takes a bucket from the take-off site at the "Helicopter Hover Competition." During this competition, Pilot's and Co-Pilot's rely their flight engineers to guide the helicopter with a dangling bucket of water through numerous obstacles without spilling the contents. GUARDIAN CHALLENGE, the world's premier space and missile competition, is a four-day event hosted annually at Vandenberg AFB, CA "to recognize the best and demonstrate the commands warfighting skills. GUARDIAN CHALLENGE creates competition-tough crews; improves readiness and combat capabilities through preparation, innovation and sharing; enhances esprit de corps and strengthens teamwork across all mission areas in the command." Subject Operation/Series: GUARDIAN CHALLENGE Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AFSPC

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Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit's (MEU) helicopter raid company run off of two CH-46E Sea Knight helicopters before raiding a satellite station during a routine exercise at Udairi Range, Kuwait. (Substandard image). Base: Udairi Range Country: Kuwait (KWT)

Marines from Bravo Company, 1ST Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, storm out of a CH-46 helicopter in route to there first objective. Subject Operation/Series: Combined Joint Training Field Exercise (CJTFEX) 96 Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

An Alaska Army National Guard helicopter crew delivers Coast Guard members from Sector Anchorage to a remote community near Nome Alaska, July 28, 2022. Teams comprised of six Coast Guard marine inspectors visited a total of 15 communities and inspected approximately 55 bulk fuel storage facilities July 25-Aug. 2, 2022, with transportation from Nome to more remote communities provided by four Alaska Army National Guard members and two Civil Air Patrol Alaska Wing pilots.

Ohio state Rep. Timothy E. Ginther takes photo of a legislative staff member during an orientation flight and familiarization tour Aug. 12, 2022, at Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base in Columbus, Ohio. In addition to a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter flight, conducted by members of the 1-137th Aviation Regiment, attendees also received presentations and viewed static displays from the Ohio Homeland Response Force, 52nd Civil Support Team and Company B, 2-19th Special Forces Group. Orientation events provide an opportunity to educate key external stakeholders about the Ohio National Guards missions and capabilities.

DF-ST-85-03756. Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR '83 Country: Egypt (EGY)

U.S. Soldiers assigned to the Massachusetts National Guard, carry a patient to an HH-60M Blackhawk during Vigilant Guard 2016, at Camp Ethan Allen Training Site, Jericho, Vt., July 31, 2016. Vigilant Guard is a national level emergency response exercise, sponsored by the National Guard and NORTHCOM, which provides National Guard units an opportunity to improve cooperation and relationships with regional civilian, military, and federal partners in preparation for emergencies and catastrophic events.

Civic leaders from the city of Rehobeth learn more about Army Aviation during a training facility tour led by Billy Croslow, U.S. Army Aviation Center of Excellence command historian, as part of a Meet Your Army event at Fort Novosel, Ala., Jan. 16, 2024.

A CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter hovers above the U.S. Marine Corps encampment at Beirut International Airport. The Marines have been deployed in Lebanon as part of a multi-national peacekeeping force following confrontation between Israeli forces and the Palestine Liberation Organization. Base: Beirut Country: Lebanon (LBN)

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

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Victtor Dixon, a native of Chesterfield, South Carolina, and a field artillery cannoneer with 1st Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, launches a Puma small unmanned aircraft system during a Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, June 9, 2022. This type of training evolution is a culminating event designed to formally evaluate a unit's combat readiness and operation abilities.

Soldiers from the 2-211th General Support Aviation Battalion, Utah National Guard, were dispatched in support of the Utah County Sheriff's Office Search & Rescue efforts to find a missing 65-year-old motorcyclist in and around Mapleton Canyon, May 9, 2022. A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter and crew members transported search and rescue volunteers up Mapleton Canyon where they were dropped off to begin their search efforts and later returned back to the incident command center. The Black Hawk crew also conducted search efforts from the air. Local search and rescue support demonstrates Utah National Guard readiness and strengthens partnerships with local civilian agencies.

020821-M-0175R-111. Base: Fort Benning State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: 24 MEU

Baqubah, Iraq - An Iraqi Mi-2 helicopter sits on the flight deck abandoned at Camp Warhorse

030524-M-9812M-061. Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD 2003 Base: U Tapao Country: Thailand (THA) Scene Major Command Shown: USMC

A U.S. Air Force CV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft assigned to the 8th Special Operations Squadron prepares to launch Soldiers assigned to Alpha Company, 4th Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group during Emerald Warrior 2011 March 1, 2011, at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M. Emerald Warrior is an annual two-week joint/combined tactical exercise sponsored by U.S. Special Operations Command to provide realistic training opportunities to conventional and special operations forces.

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U.S. Marine Maj. Daniel Lee, an AH-1Z Viper pilot, with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Training Squadron (HMLAT) 303, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, searches for a tracking collar in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California, Oct. 16, 2022. HMLAT-303 Marines and state, federal, and private agencies searched for missing endangered bighorn sheep. Due to the rugged terrain, Marines of HMLAT-303 executed advanced landing techniques.

Army National Guard officer candidates patrol Leschi Training Facility during Phase III of Officer Candidate School on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., July 17, 2022. During Phase III, candidates will receive their final leadership evaluations from the qualified instructors of 2nd Battalion, 205th Regimental Training Institute, Washington Army National Guard.

020419-A-9890P-013. Subject Operation/Series: BALIKATAN 2002 Base: Clark Air Base State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Major Command Shown: Pacific

U.S Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Devin Rockkett, a ropes and recovery instructor with II Marine Expeditionary Force, Expeditionary Operations Training Group (EOTG), escorts Marines with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) on to the CH-53E Super Stallion during the Fast Ropes Master Course (FRMC) aboard Marine Corps Base Stone Bay North Carolina, March 30, 2023. FRMC is an opportunity for the EOTG to train and certify the 26th MEU as fast rope masters, giving them the ability to expediently descend a rope into restrictive terrain where landing an aircraft is not possible. The EOTG staff consists of close-knit professionals, dedicated to ensuring that deploying MEUs are ready and capable to support geographic combatant commanders and respond to crises events around the globe.

DOMINICA (Sept. 23, 2017) MH-60S helicopters from Helicopter Sea Combat 22 (HSC-22) attached to the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) survey damage over the island of Dominica. The Department of Defense is supporting the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the lead federal agency, in helping those affected by Hurricane Maria to minimize suffering and is one component of the overall whole-of-government response effort.

040515-F-1342R-043. Base: Minot Air Force Base State: North Dakota (ND) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC

An HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter from the 66th Air Rescue Squadron (66th ARS) flies over the Nevada desert. The 66th ARS is the first rescue squadron to fly the HH-60G. Base: Nellis Air Force Base State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA)

AH-64 Apache Black Ops helicopters flying around a crop circle, which has a UFO at its center, and a crewmember walking around the site.

A pair of CV-22 Ospreys, assigned to the 8th Special Operations Squadron at Hurlburt Field, prepare to land as part of a training sortie Oct. 27, 2022. The primary mission of the 8th SOS is to provide rapid global response supporting long-range infiltration, exfiltration and resupply of Special Operations Forces in hostile or denied territories.

The 1st Cavalry Division celebrated its 101st birthday with friendly competitions and ceremonies to build camaraderie amongst First Team Troopers, Sept. 12-16 at Fort Hood, Texas.To conclude the week-long celebration, thousands of Troopers and local community members attended a ceremony that was held to pay respects to the history and tradition of the cavalry.

A Connecticut resident takes a video of a CH-47F Chinook helicopter, from the 2nd Battalion, 104th Aviation Regiment, Connecticut Army National Guard, lifting off at the Connecticut Army National Guard Army Aviation Support Facility in Windsor Locks, Connecticut, Sept. 8, 2022. Family and friends of service members deployed with the 142nd ASMC took to the tarmac and awaited the arrival of their loved ones returning from a nine month deployment to Poland in support of Operation Atlantic Resolve.

During the training scenario as in real life, the ground crew had 25 minutes or so to prepare the patient for transport. This is where one of those lessons learned came into play. Today a big issue we had was the spine board. Realizing that it doesnt fit is really good for us to know, so the next time something real happens we are prepared and have that patient on the bird a lot faster than we did today, explained Senior Medic Staff Sgt. Jonathan Harris.

Country music singer-songwriter Riley Green performs a musical set before a group of Soldiers at the home of Army Aviation, Fort Rucker, Alabama, Aug. 30, 2022.

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