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Military Helicopters in Action

Dynamic images of military helicopters conducting various operations, showcasing capabilities and training scenarios.

December 1, 2012 - Members of the Czech Air Force train in an Afghan Air Force Mil Mi-17 helicopter during a mission from Kabul, Afghanistan.

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.

A U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, conducts an air-insertion during Resolute Dragon 22 on Kamifurano Maneuver Area, Hokkaido, Japan, Oct. 5, 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.

DA-ST-86-04138. Subject Operation/Series: URGENT FURY Country: Grenada (GRD)

ANDERSON AIR BASE, Guam (April 7, 2010) - Marines with Special Operations Training Group (SOTG) fastrope from a HH-60S Naval helicopter during a Realistic Urban Training Exercise (RUTEX) rehearsal at landing zone Pavilion, April 6. SOTG and the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) are working together to ensure a successful RUTEX.

030904-F-7685H-153. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

A U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 263 (Reinforced), 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, provides aerial support for a combined forces event during exercise Alexander the Great 2022, Skyros, May 16, 2022. Alexander the Great 22 strengthens interoperability and force readiness between the U.S., Greece, and Allied nations, enhancing strategic defense and partnership while promoting security and stability in the region.

An air-to-air front view of 10 Spanish helicopters in flight. (Substandard image). Base: Rota Country: Spain (ESP)

DN-SN-88-00503. Subject Operation/Series: UPWARD KEY '87 Country: Antigua And Barbuda (ATG)

An Iowa Army National Guard, CH-47 Chinook helicopter takes off from Camp Stephenson with a sling load of supplies. The supplies from Combined Task Force Falcon will be flown to an outlying site, supporting this first combined humanitarian and civic assistance exercise conducted between the United States and Guyana. Military personnel from the Air Force, Air Force Reserve and National Guard, Army, Army National Guard and Marine Corps participated in the exercise which included engineering and medical readiness training. Subject Operation/Series: NEW HORIZON '97 Base: Georgetown Country: French Guiana (GUF)

An Alaska Army National Guard UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter assigned to the 1-207th Aviation Regiment makes a tactical insertion at Malemute Drop Zone on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Dec. 2, 2022. The AKARNG aviators conducted air assault training with the University of Alaska Army ROTC detachment during its end-of-semester field training exercise. The AKARNGs General Support Aviation Battalion routinely trains with all branches of the military as well as civilian agencies to hone its operational interoperability and maintain readiness for a wide range of state and federal missions.

U.S. Army Boeing CH-47 Chinook from 3rd Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, flies from Pohakuloa Training Grounds back to Oahu, Hawaii, Nov. 7, 2022. Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center 23-01 is a realistic training rotation that allows us to rehearse strategic movement, and train in unique environments and conditions where they are most likely to be employed in the event of crisis or conflict.

USMC SEA STALLION HELICOPTER FLYING BY WATERFALL

United States Marine Corps aircraft maintenance specialists working on an engine housed inside an engine nacelle of an MV-22 Osprey, Camp Bastion, Helmand Province, Afghanistan

The 1-228 Aviation Regiment Sugar Bears assigned to Joint Task Force-Bravo conduct a multi-ship CH-47 Chinook launch Sept. 15, 2022, as part of a training exercise at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras. This exercise builds readiness and postures JTF-Bravo to provide the best support to our Central American partners whenever and wherever help is needed.

Bo-105 helicopters, on exercise with the army. MBB stands for Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm.

An Iowa Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk crew air drops a box of Meals-Ready-to-Eat during an air drop and sling load exercise as part of a U.S. Pathfinder course at Camp Dodge in Johnston, Iowa, on Sept. 8, 2022. Nearly 30 Soldiers graduated the course, which was taught by a mobile training team at the Army National Guard Warrior Training Center in Fort Benning, Georgia. Each Soldier was assigned an MRE package and tasked with coordinating an air drop at a specific location. Army Pathfinders are trained to provide navigational aid and advisory services to military aircraft in areas designated by supported unit commanders. During the Pathfinder course, students are instructed in aircraft orientation, aero-medical evacuation, close combat assault, ground to air communication procedures, control center operations, all three phases of a sling load operation, helicopter landing zone and pick up zone operations, and drop zone operations dealing with U.S. military fixed and rotary wing a

DF-ST-88-05638. Base: King Salmon State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A 71st Air Rescue Squadron (71st ARS) HH-3E Jolly Green Giant helicopter flies near Pike's Peak en route to the Aircraft Maintenance and Regeneration Center at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona. Helicopters from the 71st ARS are being relocated in preparation for the squadron's deactivation on June 1, 1991. The 210th Air Rescue Squadron, Air National Guard, will take over Alaskan rescue missions. State: Colorado(CO) Country: United States Of America(USA)

An Army CH-47D Chinook helicopter assigned to the 159th Aviation Regiment out of Fort Eustis, Va., hovers over an 11-meter rigid-hull inflatable boat (RHIB) during a maritime external air transportation system along the Pearl River in Mississippi Feb. 14, 2008. Special warfare combatant-craft crewmembers aboard the RHIB secured the boat to the helicopter with specter slings and used a caving ladder to board. CH-47D Chinook helicopters can transport RHIB's over land or water.

Marines assigned to Force Reconnaissance Platoon, Maritime Raid Force, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct military freefall parachute operations from UH-60 Black Hawks assigned to Alpha Company, 1-189th General Support Aviation Battalion from the Montana Army National Guard in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility, Sept. 5, 2013. The 26th MEU is a Marine Air-Ground Task Force forward-deployed to the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility aboard the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group serving as a sea-based, expeditionary crisis response force capable of conducting amphibious operations across the full range of military operations.

Three Dutch air force Alouette III helicopters are readied for flight on the ramp. Base: Bitburg Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

HH-60Gs from the U.S. Air Force Fighter Weapons School, Nellis AFB, Nev., fly above the ranges north of Nellis and areas of Lake Mead during training missions while participating in the extensive course. Base: Nellis Air Force Base State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA)

ESU Incident Command Post New Orleans - Commandant Thomas H. Collins and President George W. Bush Visit - 26-HK-304-39. Hurricane Katrina

A MV-22 Osprey, attached to the Aviation Combat Element, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, lands in a field during a bilateral training event in 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.

US Army helicopters from the 10th Aviation Brigade, Fort Drum, NY, fly toward Belet Uen during the joint US/Canadian seizure of the airfield. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Country: Somalia (SOM)

An Iowa Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk crew air drops a box of Meals-Ready-to-Eat during an air drop and sling load exercise as part of a U.S. Pathfinder course at Camp Dodge in Johnston, Iowa, on Sept. 8, 2022. Nearly 30 Soldiers graduated the course, which was taught by a mobile training team at the Army National Guard Warrior Training Center in Fort Benning, Georgia. Each Soldier was assigned an MRE package and tasked with coordinating an air drop at a specific location. Army Pathfinders are trained to provide navigational aid and advisory services to military aircraft in areas designated by supported unit commanders. During the Pathfinder course, students are instructed in aircraft orientation, aero-medical evacuation, close combat assault, ground to air communication procedures, control center operations, all three phases of a sling load operation, helicopter landing zone and pick up zone operations, and drop zone operations dealing with U.S. military fixed and rotary wing a

A Soldier assigned to 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division conducts a helocast water insertion jump during the brigade Mungadai at the Bellows Beach, Hawaii on Jan. 25, 2022. The brigade Mungadai is a multi-day training event for senior leaders in the brigade designed to test them physically and mentally while building esprit de corps and camaraderie. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Alan Brutus)

U.S. Army Soldiers conduct fast rope insertion and extraction training during Exercise Southbound Trooper IX at Fort Pickett, Va. Feb. 16, 2009.

CH-47 Chinook helicopters move guns and supplies in as joint Australian, New Zealand and U.S. soldiers participate in an airborne assault during exercise Kangaroo '81. Subject Operation/Series: KANGAROO '81 Base: Shoalwater Bay State: Queensland Country: Australia (AUS)

020413-A-8359B-140. Country: Nevis (KNA) Scene Major Command Shown: Southwest

DN-SC-04-09609. Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

DA-ST-87-08584. Subject Operation/Series: BRIM FROST Base: Kodiak State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Aircrafts - Sand Baggers - 26-HK-57-85. Military helicopter in flight with sand bag over personnel, row of sand bags and digger truck on waterfront-- 050929. Hurricane Katrina

040627-M-8096M-021. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Oruzgan Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

220824-N-EV253-1581 An MH-60S Sea Hawk attached to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 21 deploys an Airborne Mine Neutralization System (AMNS) in Pyramid Cove during a mine countermeasure (MCM) live fire training exercise off the coast of San Clemente Island, Aug. 24, 2022. The MCM live fire is realistic, relevant training that enables our joint, multi-domain forces to integrate and rehearse a critical capability and complex skillset.

Technical Sergenat Bob Durham films the landing of a UH-1H Iroquois helicopter during exercise Patriot Samaritan. Base: Macdill Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

030904-F-7685H-169. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad International Airport Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

Combat control team members land by an Army UH-1H Iroquois helicopter to begin training. The team members are from the 1ST Special Operations Wing. Base: Hurlburt Field State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Right side view of a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter transporting members of the Eastern Caribbean Defense Force during Operation URGENT FURY. Subject Operation/Series: URGENT FURY Country: Grenada (GRD)

US Marine Corps CH-46 Sea Knight makes a final landing approach to an expeditionary airfield at the Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, Bridgeport, California, USA

970510-M-0000G-001. State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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 UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter flies over an M893 ambulance during Operation GOLDEN PHEASANT. Subject Operation/Series: GOLDEN PHEASANT Country: Honduras (HND)

January 18, 2010 - Approximately 40 pallets of relief supplies are air delivered from a C-17 Globemaster III over Haiti.

U.S. Marines assigned to Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1), participate in a forward arming and refueling point during Weapons and Tactics Instructors (WTI) course 1-23 at Landing Zone Bull (LZ Bull), Chocolate Mountain Gunnery Range, California, Oct. 19, 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.

The Second Indochina War, known in America as the Vietnam War, was a Cold War era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. This war followed the First Indochina War and was fought between North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and the government of South Vietnam, supported by the U. S. and other anti-communist nations. The U. S. government viewed involvement in the war as a way to prevent a communist takeover of South Vietnam and part of their wider strategy of containment. The North Vietnamese government viewed the war as a colonial war, fought initially against France, backed by the U. S. , and later against South Vietnam, which it regarded as a U. S. puppet state. U. S. military advisors arrived beginning in 1950. U. S. involvement escalated in the early 1960s, with U. S. troop levels tripling in 1961 and tripling again in 1962. U. S. combat units were deployed beginning in 1965. Operations

S69-21037 (26 May 1969) --- A member of the Apollo 10 crew is hoisted up to a helicopter from the prime recovery ship, USS Princeton. Splashdown occurred at 11 53 a.m., May 26, 1969, about 400 miles east of American Samoa.

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

Two U.S. Air Force CV-22B Ospreys with the 352d Special Operations Wing, take off during a bilateral training exercise at Utti Air Base, Finland, March 30, 2023. Grounded in shared values and unflinching commitment to the defense and security of the Arctic, the U.S. highly regards our strong, strategic, and enduring relationships in the High North.

ESU Incident Command Post New Orleans - Commandant Thomas H. Collins and President George W. Bush Visit - 26-HK-304-38. Hurricane Katrina

A CV-22 assigned to the 8th Special Operations Squadron, prepares to land 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.

US. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Nathan Dolan, a UH-1Y Venom pilot from Hoffman, Illinois, with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Training Squadron (HMLAT) 303, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing conducts a mass flight at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, April 28, 2022. HMLAT-303 is the fleet replacement squadron for the H-1 series aircraft, responsible for training Marines to safely fly the Marine Corps attack helicopters. The Marines with HMLAT-303 demonstrated the tactical capabilities and combat power of the H-1 platform by completing this mass flight and continue to train the next generation of warriors.

A formation of various helicopters fly over the Washington Monument during the National Victory Celebration honoring the coalition forces of Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Helicopter releasing anti-missile flares

U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 3 Brian Lightbourne, pilot in command, with 3rd Battalion, 1st Aviation Regiment, 1st Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, supporting 3rd Infantry Division, explains the capabilities of a UH-60M helicopter to an Estonian Defense Force Soldiers family during a community event at Camp Taara, Estonia, Jan. 21 2024. The 3rd Infantry Divisions mission in Europe is to engage in multinational training and exercises across the continent, working alongside NATO Allies and regional security partners to provide combat-credible forces to V Corps, Americas forward deployed corps in Europe.

An SH-60F Sea Hawk helciopter from Helicopter Anti-submarine Squadron 10 (HS-10) lowers a dipping sonar into the waters off Point Loma, California. HS-10 provides readiness/transition training for West Coast helicopter anti-submarine squadrons. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

Super Garuda Shield, a part of Operation Pathways and a longstanding annual, bilateral military exercise conducted between the U.S. military, Indonesia National Armed Forces, has now expanded to a multinational exercise encompassing 14 Nations. This exercise reinforces the U.S. commitments to our allies, and other regional partners reinforcing joint readiness, and the interoperability to fight and win together.

Nebraska Army National Guard soldiers fly a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter over wildfire-damaged areas near Cambridge, Neb., May 3, 2022.

An Mh-60S Knighthawk helicopter attached to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 5 flies a daytime familiarization flight at Naval Air Station Fallon, April 28, 2022. Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 7 is the offensive air and strike component of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 10 and the George H.W. Bush CSG. The squadrons of CVW-7 are Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 143; VFA-103; VFA-86; VFA-136; Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 140; Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 121; HSC-5; and Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 46.

020528-F-4219L-001. Base: Normandy Country: France (FRA)

A member of the 437th Combat Controllers, Charleston Air Force Base, guides an HH-53 Super Jolly helicopter onto the runway at Georgetown Municipal Airport during exercise Thunderhog II '80. Subject Operation/Series: THUNDERHOG II '80 Base: Myrtle Beach Air Force Base State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

PHILIPPINE SEA (Jan. 30, 2021) U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (Reinforced) 262, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), fly over the Philippine Sea, Jan. 30, 2021. Marines and Sailors aboard the amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) regularly conduct flight operations while underway to maintain their readiness to respond to contingencies. The 31st MEU is operating aboard ships of the America Expeditionary Strike Group in the 7th fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

Afghanistan, 04/30/2013. Transfer in convoy with aerial accompaniment of Tigre Chinookl and Cougart helicopters from the Qala I Naw base to the Herat air base through the Sabzak gorge of part of the Spanish contingent stationed in Afghanistan. Photo: Jaime García. ARCHDC.

220721-N-FG807-1038 SAN DIEGO - (July 21, 2022) - Multinational service members assigned to Combined Task Force 177 as part of Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022 in Southern California pose during a photo exercise which included MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopters, attached to the Blackhawks” of Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron (HM) 15 and the Vanguards” of HM-14, an MH-60S Sea Hawk attached to Blackjacks” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 21, and two U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress long-range, heavy bombers. 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 i

030403-F-2034C-001. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: CENTCOM

An Mh-60S Knighthawk helicopter attached to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 5 flies a daytime familiarization flight during a training detachment at Naval Air Station Fallon, April 21, 2022. Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 7 is the offensive air and strike component of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 10 and the George H.W. Bush CSG. The squadrons of CVW-7 are Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 143, VFA-103, VFA-86, VFA-136, Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 140, Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 121, HSC-5, and Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 46.

Bölkow BO-105C Helicopters from 299 Squadron on exercise in the area of 3GGW in Blomberg, West Germany.

CH-53E Super Stallions land during a Military Operations in Urban Terrain (MOUT) training exercise, Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 31, 2022. CH-53E Super Stallions were used to provide support for Dutch Marines during their training scenarios.

PACIFIC OCEAN (July 29, 2022) An AH-1Z Viper, attached to Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 169, conducts flight operations with U.S. Navy Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) as part of Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022, July 29, during an amphibious raid. 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.

DA-SD-05-00580. Base: Fort Mcnair State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

nhq201704100044 (April 10, 2017) --- Russian support personnel work around the Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft shortly after it landed with Expedition 50 Commander Shane Kimbrough of NASA and Flight Engineers Sergey Ryzhikov and Andrey Borisenko of Roscosmos near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Monday, April 10, 2017 (Kazakh time). Kimbrough, Ryzhikov, and Borisenko are returning after 173 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 49 and 50 crews onboard the International Space Station.

U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 38th Rescue Squadron perform a combat search and rescue demonstration at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, Sept. 9, 2022. The 23rd Maintenance Group and 347th Rescue Group have successfully postured the HH-60W Jolly Green II capabilities for maximum combat readiness and full integration in rescue operations alongside the HC-130J Combat King II aircraft.

Air-to-air right side view of a Navy SH-3D Sea King helicopter assigned to Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron 84 during flight operations. The helicopter is towing the AQS-13 dipping sonar. Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

U.S. Marines from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit unload food and supplies to Pakistanis in support of the flood relief effort in Pano Aqil, Pakistan, Sept. 11, 2010. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jason Bushong/Released)

Russian search and rescue crews wave farewell to a departing helicopter as an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) with Expedition 36 Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy of NASA drops Cassidy off to from the Soyuz TMA-08M landing zone in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan to Karaganda on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013. Cassidy, Commander Pavel Vinogradov of Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), and Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin of Roscosmos returned to Earth in a Soyuz TMA-08M capsule after five and a half months on the International Space Station.

California Air National Guard HH-60G Pave Hawk rescue helicopter and crew, from the 129th Rescue Wing collect water in preparation for bucket drops over the Jawbone Complex Fire in Kern County, Calif., Aug. 15, 2012. In support of the Bureau of Land Management, the 129th aircrews have performed more than 120 bucket drops.

DF-ST-86-09786. Base: Clark Air Base State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL)

USMC UH-1 Huey serves as a base for Marines rappelling during fas-roping training

Russian Search and Rescue helicopters are parked near the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft shortly after it landed with Expedition 57 crew members Serena Auñón-Chancellor of NASA, Alexander Gerst of ESA (European Space Agency), and Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018. Auñón-Chancellor, Gerst, and Prokopyev are returning after 197 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 56 and 57 crews onboard the International Space Station.

Helicopter-tank operation in Afghanistan. Courtesy of Soviet Military Power, 1984. PHOTO No. 130, page 116. Country: Unknown

A UH-60 Black Hawk (Blackhawk) air ambulance helicopter takes off from the 41st Hospital. It is en route to a village called "Eyes of the Water" to deliver doctors and supplies as part of a Medical Civil Action Program (MED CAP), during the joint U.S./Honduras Exercise Ahuas Tara II (Big Pine). Subject Operation/Series: AHUAS TARA II (BIG PINE) Base: 41st Hospital, Comayagua Country: Honduras (HND)

U.S. Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 363 prepare to land an MV-22 Osprey during a 1st Battalion, 12th Marines training event at Marine Corps Training Area Bellows, Hawaii, Jan. 18, 2023. Marines with 1/12 completed a navigation and patrolling confidence lane to maintain lethality at the squad level.

U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Ospreys with Marine Medium Tilt Rotor Squadron 165, Marine Air Group 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW), land at the forward arming and refueling point during Steel Knight 23 Dec. 1, 2022, on Camp Wilson, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California. The exercise provides 3rd MAW an opportunity to refine Wing-level warfighting in support of I Marine Expeditionary Force and fleet maneuver.

A UH-1N Huey from Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 461 (Reinforced), takes off from Landing Zone Argonaut, Carrefour, Haiti, Feb. 11, 2010, with the USNS Comfort in the background. Marines from Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, and United Nations Security Forces are assisting Adventist Development Relief Agency and the World Food Program during their major two-week distribution over the first half of February 2010.

U. S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters fly a mission during the multinational relief effort OPERATION RESTORE HOPE. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Country: Somalia (SOM)

020628-F-4219L-006. Base: RAF Mildenhall Country: Great Britain / England (GBR)

020218-N-3236B-068. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Bagram State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

UH-60 Blackhawk and Apache. International Military Training Saber Strike 2017", Adazi, Latvia, from 3 to 15 June 2017. US Army Europe-led annual International military�exercise Saber Strike Field Training Exercise�in Latvia.

Soldiers refuel a UH-60A Black Hawk (Blackhawk) helicopter from 1ST Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment, during Operation Just Cause. Two 500-gallon fuel bladders are in the foreground. Subject Operation/Series: JUST CAUSE Base: Howard Air Force Base Country: Panama (PAN)

A crewmember of an HH-60G Pave Hawk from the 512th RQS out of Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, survey's the landing zone as their wingman flies overhead during a training sortie.

Aviation Training Center - Mobile Aircrew - Aftermath and Rescue - 26-HK-278-97. Hurricane Katrina

Norwegian and American Firemen Fight a Fire as an HH-43 Helicopter Arrives. Norwegian and American Firemen Fight a Fire as an HH-43 Helicopter Arrives. "Bodo, NorwayNorwegian and American firemen fight a fire as an HH-43 helicopter arrives to give aid during Polar Express, a NATO exercise deploying troops and equipment to remote areas of Europe." Photographer: Sgt. John A. Lolli

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