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Military Helicopters in Action

Dynamic images of various military helicopters in flight, demonstrating operational capabilities during exercises and missions over diverse landscapes.

Police Helicopter Midair Rescue Operation
Police Helicopter Midair Rescue Operation
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Helo Air Station - 26-HK-147-66. Hurricane Katrina
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Cezar, a military working dog assigned to the 28th Military Police Detachment at Fort Wainwright, Alaska, rides up to a medical evacuation helicopter on the aircrafts hoist.
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220520-N-EV253-2554 HILLSBORO, Ore. (May 20, 2022) - An MH-60S Seahawk helicopter, assigned to the "Merlins" of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 3, sits on display as fireworks erupt during the 2022 Oregon International Air Show in Hillsboro, Oregon, May 20. During the show, more than 100,000 attendees were able to observe and interact with an all-women team of U.S. Navy aviators and crew, and view Navy aircraft including the F-35C Lightning II, CMV-22 Osprey, EA-18G Growler, F/A-18E Super Hornet, C-2A Greyhound, EP-3E Aries II, and MH-60S and MH-60R Seahawk helicopters.
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Estonian soldiers identify targets from a downed UH-60 Blackhawk 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.
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A CH-54 Tahre helicopter airlifts an A-7 Corsair II aircraft. Base: Sheppard Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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A Virginia Army National Guard aviation crew from the Sandston-based 2nd Battalion, 224th Aviation Regiment delivers food, mail and medicine Feb. 19, 2015, to iced-in Tangier Island, Va. The 1.2 square mile island has been iced in since freezing temperatures blanketed the commonwealth last week, making routine seaport deliveries impossible. The state active duty mission was authorized by Governor Terry McAullife's Declaration of Emergency issued on Monday and coordinated by the Virginia Department of Emergency Management with Maryland public safety officials and the United States Coast Guard. The aviators first picked up Accomack County personnel to help move the needed cargo, then flew to Chrisfield, Md. to pick up the supplies before heading to Tangier Island where the aircraft and cargo were met by residents of island.
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Dana Rosso, Alaska National Guard chief of public affairs operations, photographs an Alaska Army National Guard UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter, assigned to the 1-207th Aviation Regiment, as it departs Malemute Drop Zone at 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.
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A Marine crew chief runs alongside a CH-46 helicopter with Helicopter Marine Medium Squadron 365 (Reinforced) near the Air Command Element Headquarters at Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. A CH-53 Sea Stallion sits on the ramp in the background. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar International Airport Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 26th MEU (SOC)
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A Texas Army National Guard UH-60 Blackhawk out of the Austin Army Aviation Facility helps fight wild fires threatening homes and property near Bastrop, Texas, Oct. 14, 2015.
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CAPE MAY, N.J. - Aircrews from U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City conduct a formation flight over Training Center Cape May's parade field, June 27, 2022.As the only military service operating in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Coast Guard proudly enables the Nations economic prosperity, enforces our laws at sea, protects the marine environment, and performs vital lifesaving missions to ensure the safety, security, and resiliency of Americas far-reaching maritime interests.U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Warrant Officer 2 Timothy Tamargo
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060325-N-4166B-063. Base: USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72)
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Disaster Assistance Response Teams (DART) - Marine Safety Office St. Louis - 26-HK-120-149. Hurricane Katrina
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Pennsylvania Army Soldiers with Alpha Company, 2-104th General Support Aviation Battalion perform training to pass the air gunnery qualification at Fort Indiantown Gap July 21, 2022. To be fully qualified, soldiers must pass the aircrew qualification tables four, five, and six.
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DF-ST-86-07907. Country: Egypt (EGY)
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Coast Guard Cutters - Spencer - Aftermath and Rescue - 26-HK-332-23. Hurricane Katrina
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Idaho Army National Guard pilots and crew members from the 112th Service and Support Battalion conducted night hoist rescue training with the UH-72 Lakota helicopters using night vision goggle equipment on July 21, 2020 near Gowen Field in Boise, Idaho. The unit regularly conducts nighttime rescue training to be ready when the call comes for an emergency situation during the night.
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Staff Sgt. Joel Hogan, 40th Helicopter Squadron special missions aviator instructor flight engineer, holds a tag line leading to a UH-N1 Huey helicopter Aug. 2, 2022, in Sluice Boxes State Park, Mont. In addition to search and rescue operations, the 40th HS ensures strategic security by providing flexible, rapid-response helicopter airlift support to the 341st Missile Wing.
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KAHUKU TRAINING AREA, Hawaii (July 21, 2022) Explosive Ordnance Disposal Teams from Australia, Republic of Korea, Netherlands, U.S. and Mexico descend from MH-60S Seahawk helicopters to carry out an infiltration with improvised explosive devices at 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. (Mexican Navy photo by Ensign Claudia Figueroa Ballesteros)
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An Alaska National Guard Black Hawk helicopter brings in a container for storing recovered aircraft parts on Colony Glacier June 13, 2022, as part of the team working to recover the remains of 52 passengers and crewmembers, and wreckage of an Air Force C-124 Globemaster aircraft that crashed Nov. 22, 1952, near Mount Gannett, Alaska. Soldiers assigned to the Alaska Army National Guard discovered the debris on June 10, 2012, during a routine Black Hawk helicopter training mission on Colony Glacier nearly 14 miles from where the plane first crashed. (Army photo/John Pennell)
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EPITALIOU AIRPORT, Greece - An Agusta-Westland AW-139 Cyprus helicopter hovers over a field at Epitaliou Airport, Greece on April 5, 2022, during INIOCHOS 22. U.S. Air Force Tactical Air Control Party operators worked alongside the Greek 31st Search and Rescue Operations Squadron, Italians and Cyprions to practice rescuing a downed pilot in a non-permissive environmenta surface to air threat.
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200304-N-XL376-2082GULF OF THAILAND (March 4, 2020) A CV-22 Osprey assigned to Air Force 21st Special Operations Squadron conducts flight operations aboard the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Green Bay (LPD 20) in support of Exercise Cobra Gold 2020, March 4, 2020. The America Expeditionary Strike Group and the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit are participating in Cobra Gold 20, the largest theater security cooperation exercise in the Indo-Pacific region and an integral part of the U.S. commitment to strengthen engagement in the region.
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U.S. Marine Corps UH-1Y Venom helicopter crew chiefs with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 469 prepare to take off during a Helicopter Rope Suspension Techniques (HRST) Master Course at Landing Zone Sterling, Okinawa, Japan, Sept. 14, 2022. Fast rope and helicopter rope suspension training teach Marines proper knots, rappelling techniques and build confidence for maneuvering from air to ground.
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UH-60 Black Hawk aircrews with the Pennsylvania National Guard train with water buckets in coordination with the Fort Indiantown Gap Fire Department and Forestry office. The crews took water from Memorial Lake and dropped it in the training corridor on base. This training helped prepare crews for firefighting and other emergencies.
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A U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter drops water from a Bambi Bucket during a training mission along the Rio del Hombre near Zambrano, Honduras, March 15, 2007. The 2,000-gallon container can collect and release water over a fire at the touch of a button.
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Helo Air Station - 26-HK-147-5. Hurricane Katrina
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Miscellaneous - Coast Guard Operations - 26-HK-434-179. Hurricane Katrina
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Aerial view, right side profile, of a US Marine UH-1N "Huey" helicopter as it flies over a Mogadishu residential area on a patrol mission to look for signs of hostilities. This mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Mogadishu Country: Somalia (SOM)
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980925-N-9693M-007. Base: Naval Air Station Patuxent River State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Aircrafts - Sand Baggers - 26-HK-57-58. HH-60 lowering sand bag on waterfront near personnel and row of sand bags --050929. Hurricane Katrina
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Cpt. Kenath Harris, 834th Aviation Support Battalion Chaplain of Minneapolis, MN, and Sgt. John Kurtz, A Co. 834th ASB Unit Administrator of St. Paul, MN (pictured), participate in the Wisconsin based Birkebeiner cross-country ski race on the Joint Base Balad, Iraq flight line on Feb. 21.
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A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, operated by Soldiers with the Pennsylvania National Guard, flies over the Fort Indiantown Gap and Harrisburg areas as they give an aerial tour to Ingrida Šimonytė, the Prime Minister of Lithuania.
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Team of the Securite Civile rescue organization preparing themselves for duty in Vallee d'Ossoue in the French Western Pyrenees, France, Europe, PublicGround, Europe
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U.S. Marines with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 469 operate an AH-1Z Viper during Resolute Dragon 22 at Yausubetsu Maneuver Area, 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.
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Military Photographer of the Year Winner 1998 Title: On Patrol Category: Combat Camera Place: Second Place Combat Camera Ugljevik, Bosnia-Herzegovina Oct. 21, 1998. A Russian soldier assigned to Camp Ugljevik rides atop an armored personnel carrier and looks for the U.S. SFOR chopper that he can hear but can't see. The Russians were on their way to patrol Checkpoint 45 in Sapna, Bosnia-Herzegovina. The Russian camp sits next to a power plant. Country: Unknown
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City, helicopter and fight with warzone, conflict and explosion with battlefield, urban development and destruction. Fighters, town and outdoor with buildings, aerial attack and action with combat
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Attendees watch the demonstration of CV-22 Osprey capabilities exercise during Friendship Festival 2022, at Yokota Air Base, Japan, May 21. The demonstration was one of many events during the weekend that showcased U.S. military capabilities.
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Recovery team members are lowered from an HH-60A Night Hawk helicopter to the crash site of the aircraft transporting Texas Rep. George T. (Mickey) Leland and members of his delegation. The wreckage was located following three days of search and rescue efforts, initiated after the plane transporting Leland and 15 other people was reported missing en route to a refugee camp near the Sudanese border. All passengers aboard the aircraft lost their lives in the crash. Country: Estonia (EST)
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A rescue swimmer is lowered from an MH-65D Dolphin during a search-and-rescue demonstration Aug. 2, 2022. The demonstration was part of the 2022 Grand Haven Coast Guard Festival. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Rin Concordia.
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A North Dakota National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter carries 660 gallons of water in a Bambi Bucket to drop on an ice jam on the Missouri River in Bismarck, North Dakota, Feb. 29, 2024, to break up the ice and prevent flooding. Over 70,000 gallons of water were dropped in 4 hours. National Guard
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050905-F-6655M-437. Base: Vancleave State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ARMY NATIONAL GUARD
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A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter static display sits in front of the U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Feb. 5, 2024. Air Force
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Rothenburg Police School
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Marine One, carrying President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama, lands at Winfield House in London, England, March 31, 2009.
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The start of Operation Total Force Impact took place in Sao Paulo, in the Anhangabau Valley, reinforcing the commitment to public safety and preserving order! In Sao Paulo, the operation focuses on combating vehicle theft and robbery, drug trafficking and environmental crimes, in addition to intensifying traffic control. The official launch took place today at 3 pm in the Anhangabau Valley, with 424 police officers and 203 vehicles.
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Jan. 4, 2010 I was pleasantly surprised to see this angle from Lawrence Jackson, who was photographing from the top floor of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building as the Obamas returned from their Hawaii vacation.
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Hundreds of attendees watch as Airmen from the New York Air National Guard's 106th Rescue Wing conduct a water rescue demonstration from an HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter on the Hudson River in New York City, Aug. 19, 2012. This demonstration was one of several during Air Force Week.
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Presentation of the NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) Distinguished Service Medal (DSM) to astronaut Cmdr. Alan B. Shepard, Jr., 10:00AM. Arrival of guests for presentation ceremony of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal to astronaut Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr. Astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (second from right) walks from United States Marines helicopter across South Lawn; others unidentified. White House, Washington, D.C.
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Troops with the 1st Battalion, 147th Aviation Regiment of the Wisconsin National Guard swim in the water while working with a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter aircrew for live-hoist training at Big Sandy Lake on June 7, 2022, at Fort McCoy, Wis. Members of the unit regularly complete training operations at Fort McCoy, and the unit also supports numerous training events at the installation each year. This training included hoisting up simulated victims treading water with a basket into the helicopter. The unit completed the training for three hours at the lake on June 7 and Wisconsin National Guard troops complete their annual training at Fort McCoy for 2022.
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The start of Operation Total Force Impact took place in Sao Paulo, in the Anhangabau Valley, reinforcing the commitment to public safety and preserving order! In Sao Paulo, the operation focuses on combating vehicle theft and robbery, drug trafficking and environmental crimes, in addition to intensifying traffic control. The official launch took place today at 3 pm in the Anhangabau Valley, with 424 police officers and 203 vehicles.
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Attendees talk during Friendship Festival 2022, at Yokota Air Base, Japan, May 21. The two-day festival was an opportunity for visitors to learn more about the U.S. and Japan bilateral partnership, while strengthening the bonds between Yokota and the local communities. Yokota was able to host the event with the support of Japan Self-Defense Force, sister services and the local community.