Emergency Response Helicopter Activities

Military helicopters engaged in emergency response operations, including rescue drills and recovery missions, often against thrilling aerial backdrops.

230126-N-NH267-1085 PACIFIC OCEAN (Jan. 26, 2023) An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter, from the "Island Knights" of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 25, lifts off from the flight deck of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Paul Hamilton (DDG 60). Paul Hamilton, part of the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group, is underway conducting routine operations.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - "Astronauts" were safely and successfully recovered from a "downed" Space Shuttle in a Mode VII contingency simulation led by Don Hammel, NASA Landing and Recovery Director. KSC Fire/Rescue and Emergency Medical workers, along with Johnson Space Center and Patrick Air Force Base personnel, participated in the drill. Mode simulations are held periodically at KSC to ensure contingency response forces are well prepared to respond to a wide variety of potential emergency situations.

Aircrafts - Sand Baggers - 26-HK-57-47. HH-60 flying with sand bag --050929. Hurricane Katrina

230126-N-NH267-1085 PACIFIC OCEAN (Jan. 26, 2023) An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter, from the "Island Knights" of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 25, lifts off from the flight deck of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Paul Hamilton (DDG 60). Paul Hamilton, part of the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group, is underway conducting routine operations.

Hurricane Gustav, New Orleans, LA, August 28, 2008 The United States Coast Guard pilots prepare for scheduled a flight for FEMA officials. Jacinta Quesada/FEMA.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

NASAs SpaceX Crew-6 Splashdown. Teams prepare to load NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Warren "Woody" Hoburg, UAE (United Arab Emirates) astronaut Sultan Alneyadi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev onto the helicopter that will return them to Jacksonville, Florida from the SpaceX recovery ship MEGAN, Monday, Sept. 4, 2023, a few hours after landing in the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft in the Atlantic Ocean. Bowen, Hoburg, Alneyadi, and Fedyaev are landing in the Atlantic Ocean after nearly six-months in space as part of Expedition 69 aboard the International Space Station.

US Marine firing a GAU-17 Minigun from the door of a UH-1N Iroquois during a close air support training exercise at Yodaville, Barry M. Goldwater Air Force Range, Arizona, USA

Aircrafts - HH-65 Dolphin - 26-HK-54-22. Rescue swimmer disembarking from HH-65 on ramp. Hurricane Katrina

A left underside view of an SH-2F Light Airborne Multi-Purpose System (LAMPS) helicopter equipped with a Mark 46 anti-submarine warfare (ASW) torpedo. Country: Unknown

Madrid, October 4, 2014, Emergency drill at the Cuatro Vientos air base Photo: © ANGEL NAVARRETE ....archdc.

Aircrafts - HH-60 Jayhawk - 26-HK-53-71. Personnel on ramp with HH-60 -- 050901. Hurricane Katrina

A student at Pensacola Naval Air Station, Florida's Joint Service Water Survival Training Course is hoisted aboard a Navy helicopter, after successfully using a hand signal for his 'rescue' from the surf. The Air Force's 17th Training Squadron work with the Navy personnel in training aircrew members of both services on water survival techniques at the Florida Naval Air Station.Published in AIRMAN Magazine, December 1996. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Base: Naval Air Station, Pensacola State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A VAPOR 55, a small unmanned aircraft system currently undergoing experimentation with the Naval Research Lab and Littoral Engineer Reconnaissance Team, 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3d Marine Logistics Group flies during Balikatan 22 at Claveria, Philippines, March 30, 2022. Balikatan is an annual exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. military designed to strengthen bilateral interoperability, capabilities, trust, and cooperation built over decades of shared experiences. Balikatan, Tagalong for shoulder-to-shoulder,’ is a longstanding bilateral exercise between the Philippines and the United States highlighting the deep-rooted partnership between both countries. Balikatan 22 is the 37th iteration of the exercise and coincides with the 75th anniversary of the U.S.-Philippine security cooperation.

Miscellaneous - Katrina and Rita - 26-HK-431-30. Hurricane Katrina

120708-N-HU253-076 PACIFIC OCEAN (July 8, 2012) An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the Island Knights of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 25 approaches the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) after collecting pallets of supplies from the Military Sealift Command dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Amelia Earhart (T-AKE 6) during a vertical replenishment. George Washington departed Fleet Activities Yokosuka on May 26 to begin its 2012 patrol. George Washington and its embarked air wing, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5, provide a combat-ready force that protects and defends the collective maritime interest of the U.S. and its allies and partners in the Asia-Pacific region.

A 413th Flight Test Squadron UH-1 Huey lifts two 20th Air Support Operations Squadron Airmen into the air above Eglin Air Force Base, Florida Aug. 23. The 413th FLTS, the Air Forces only rotary wing developmental test unit, provided an extra bit of realism to the tactical air control party Airmens extraction training. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

U. S. Coast Guard crew and Eurocopter MH-65 performing rescue training exercises

A left side view of a Coast Guard HH-60J Jayhawk helicopter in flight during an air show. Base: Eglin Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

060619-F-5531D-017. Base: Fort Gordon State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Armed policeman abseiling from helicopter onto roof, body armour, machine gun, Lucerne police, Luchs special operations group during an exercise, Switzerland, Europe

Members of the US Coast Guard (USCG) Savannah Station use a USCG HH-65C Dolphin Short Range Recovery Helicopter to demonstrate a helicopter rescue for the participants at the Southeast Region 4 Exercise 2006.

NAVAL STATION MAYPORT, Fla. (Sept. 15, 2022) Navy personnel respond to an aircraft mishap during a joint training exercise between base fire and emergency services and Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadrons (HSM) 48 and 50 at Naval Station Mayport, Florida, Sept. 15, 2022. Naval Station Mayport is one of three major Navy installations in the Jacksonville, Fla. area and home to the Navy's 4th Fleet.

040312-M-4626C-004. Base: Mcas, Cherry Point State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Miscellaneous - Katrina and Rita - 26-HK-431-220. Hurricane Katrina

U.S. Soldiers conduct medical evacuation training in a MH-60 Blackhawk during Exercise Combined Resolve 17 (CbR 17) at Hohenfels Training Area, Joint Multinational Readiness Center (JMRC) in Hohenfels, Germany, May 26, 2022. CbR 17 is a United States Army Europe-Africa directed, 7th Army Training Command executed exercise that takes place at JMRC from May 20 to June 19, 2022. The event is designed to evaluate and assess a unit's 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.

030730-M-3856H-018. Base: Mcas, Beaufort State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A U.S. Marine Corps UH-1Y Venom assigned to Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 169, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, prepares to hoist a simulated casualty recovered by Marines with Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, during a tactical recovery of aircraft and personnel course hosted by Expeditionary Operations Training Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Feb. 7, 2024. The TRAP course is designed to develop the capabilities of Marines to recover aircraft, personnel and equipment in austere environments. EOTG is a section of the I MEF command element that trains and evaluates deploying Marine Expeditionary Units, and other designated forces, in select individual and collective tasks to prepare them to support geographic combatant commands. Marine Corps

Search and Rescue Operations - 26-HK-260-23. Hurricane Katrina

The propellers of a UH-1N Huey helicopter wind down at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, Nov. 3, 2022. The 54th Helicopter Squadron provides helicopter security response and airlift capabilities for the 91st Missile Wing. Helicopters, like the one featured, were used by 54 HS to transport the 20th Air Force command team during their visit to the installation.

Patients are loaded into a UH-1 Iroquois helicopter for transport to a hospital during exercise Wounded Eagle '83. The exercise is designed to test the Civilian-Military Contingency Hospital System, a program for transferring wartime casualties to civilian hospitals in the event they overflow military facilities. Country: Unknown

An air-to-air view of an SH-3 Sea King helicopter airlifting a Firebee target drone back to the launch pad at Wallace Air Station, Poro Point, San Fernando. The helicopter is assigned to Fleet Composite Squadron 5 (VC-5). Country: Philippines (PHL)

MEDITERRANEAN SEA (March 19, 2014) A MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 28 conducts night deck landing qualifications aboard the amphibious command ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) while the ship is underway in the Mediterranean Sea. Mount Whitney, homeported in Gaeta, Italy, is the U.S. 6th Fleet flagship and operates with a combined crew of U.S. Sailors and Military Sealift Command civil service mariners.

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.

Sikorsky Military Helicopters Aviat HH-65A Dolphin UCSG U.S. Coast Guard rescue hoist operator flight mechanic

A 413th Flight Test Squadron UH-1 Huey drops water back into Anderson Pond during a training mission June 28 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The water bucket operations training is required for flight crews to maintain their firefighting proficiencies. The 413th FLTS helicopters can be tasked by the 96th Test Wing to support Jackson Guard with fire management. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

Aircrafts - Sand Baggers - 26-HK-57-52. HH-60 in flight with sand bag near treeline--050929. Hurricane Katrina

030804-F-6701P-007. Subject Operation/Series: JTF LIBERIA Base: Lungi Country: Sierra Leone (SLE)

U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 4, Combat Logistics Regiment 3, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, connect a pallet to a CH-53E Super Stallion assigned to Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 466 (HMH-466), 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, during helicopter support team training at Landing Zone Dodo, Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 25, 2024. The training rehearsed sustaining the ground combat element within an Alert Contingency Marine Air-Ground Task Force, and enhanced the Marines' ability to conduct expeditious transport and versatility in support of expeditionary advanced base operations.

United States Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter from Coast Guard Air Station Miami, training at Homestead ARB.

An aircrew with the 1st Battalion, 147th Aviation Regiment of the Wisconsin National Guard operates a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter 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.

NH90-NFH Caiman NATO Frigate Helicopter of the Belgian Army Air Component in flight during coastal search and rescue mission

Supplies - 26-HK-269-27. Hurricane Katrina

050101-N-1229B-016. Base: Banda Aceh State: Sumatra Country: Indonesia (IDN)

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, volunteers portraying astronauts are transported to helicopters as part of a Mode II-IV exercise that allows teams to practice an emergency response at Launch Pad 39A, including helicopter evacuation to local hospitals. The exercise allows teams to practice an emergency response at Launch Pad 39A, including helicopter evacuation to local hospitals. The exercise involves NASA fire rescue personnel, volunteers portraying astronauts with simulated injuries, helicopters and personnel from the Air Forces 920th Rescue Wing and medical trauma teams at three central Florida hospitals. The Space Shuttle Program and U.S. Air Force are conducting the emergency simulation.

A Eurocopter MH-65 Dolphin with Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point flies overhead during vertical rescue training at Pyramid Rock Beach, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, May 10, 2022. The Coast Guardsmen conducted vertical rescue training in order to evaluate the hazards, feasibility and techniques for recovering a survivor from a vertical surface.

Aircrafts - Sand Baggers - 26-HK-57-60. HH-60 on grassy area near waterfront --050929. Hurricane Katrina

Operation Zephyr - 26-HK-154-50. Images from Lt. Williams. Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, LA, September 7, 2005 -- FEMA Urban Search and Rescue members load supplies into a Blackhawk helicopter that has come to pick them up after searching in areas flooded by Hurricane Katriana. Jocelyn Augustino/FEMA

Miscellaneous - Katrina and Rita - 26-HK-431-20. Hurricane Katrina

U.S. and Philippine Marines refuel an MV-22B Osprey attached to Marine Medium Tilt-Rotor Squadron (VMM) 265 during Marine Aviation Support Activities 22-2, July 18, 2022, Subic Bay, Philippines. MASA 22-2 is a bilateral exercise between the Armed Forces of Philippines and the U.S. Marine Corps, aimed at increasing interoperability and improving aviation-related capabilities in support of U.S.-Philippine mutual defense.

Marine One carrying President Joe Biden departs Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland Friday, Jan. 29, 2021, en route to the White House.

Exercise with an Alouette III helicopter of the search and rescue (SAR) above Terschelling and the Wadden Sea.

An air-to-ground view of a CH-53C Super Jolly helicopter from the 601st Tactical Air Support Squadron, as it lands to offload equipment during Exercise UREX '82. Another CH-53C approaches for its landing in the background. Subject Operation/Series: UREX '82 Base: Gruenstadt Army Compound Country: West Germany (FRG)

Supplies - 26-HK-269-49. Hurricane Katrina

Coast Guard Personnel - Miscellaneous - 26-HK-90-116. close-up of personnel on HH-65 near rotor blade-- 050830. Hurricane Katrina

Maj. Joyanne Tesei, 341st Medical Group flight doctor, climbs into a UH-N1 Huey helicopter Aug. 2, 2022, above Sluice Boxes State Park, Mont. During these exercises and real-world situations the flight docs are responsible for initial triage and stabilization of a patient during transport.

DN-ST-87-06242. Base: Naval Station, Rota Country: Spain (ESP)

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Rescue personnel place a victim” in a medevac helicopter during a staged mass casualty exercise in the Launch Complex 39 area. Employees are playing roles in the fictitious sniper attack that is being staged to validate capabilities of KSC’s fire, medical, helicopter transport and security personnel to respond to such an event

Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, La., September 1, 2005 -- Evacuees and hospital patients arrive at New Orleans airport where FEMA's D-MATs have set up operations.

DN-ST-86-01683. Base: Naval Air Station, Cubi Point State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL)

A Coast Guard rescue swimmer jumps from a helicopter during a demonstration for 93rd Joint Civilian Orientation Conference participants in San Diego, Calif. Oct. 27, 2022. (DoD photo by EJ Hersom

U.S. Army National Guard CH-47 Chinook helicopters from multiple state National Guard units are staged at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, South Carolina, to support relief efforts following Tropical Storm Florence, September 18, 2018. McEntire JNGB is designated as a hub for aircraft supporting recovery efforts throughout the areas in South Carolina impacted by Tropical Storm Florence. More than 3,400 South Carolina National Guard Airmen and Soldiers have been mobilized to prepare, respond and participate in recovery efforts as as Tropical Storm Florence caused flooding and damage to the state.

Katrina Response Ops - Coast Guard Air Station - Clearwater, Florida - 26-HK-163-40. Hurricane Katrina

A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter aircrew Guardsman descends from a Sikorsky MH-60T Jayhawk at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, Sept. 15, 2022. The helicopter aircrew assisted in the Water Survival Training by guiding pilots with hand signals, as a Sikorsky MH-60 Jayhawk hoisted members one by one out of the water and into the air.

Coast Guard Structures - Air Stations - New Orleans - 26-HK-95-94. AIRSTA NOLA--air crew members beside HH-65 on ramp (2). Hurricane Katrina

Airmen from the 459th Airlift Squadron, walk out to their UH-1 Huey helicopter at Yokota, in preparation for a flight to Tokyo, March 23. The helicopters are critical in providing logistical support by transporting general officers, Department of Energy personnel and other officials in support of Operation Tomodachi.

Dolphin Rescue - 26-HK-130-305. Hurricane Katrina

A helicopter prepares to land to provide members of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) with supplies during a recovery operation in Santa Fe National Park, Panama, Sept. 28, 2022. DPAA conducted recovery operations in Panama in hopes of finding missing naval aircrew members lost during a training flight in 1985. DPAA's mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted-for U.S. personnel to their families and our nation.

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.

U.S. East-Coast based U.S. Naval Special Warfare Operators (SEALs) and U.S. Army Green Berets from 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) fast-rope from a U.S. Coast Guard MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter to strengthen interoperability and develop skills with Norwegian Special Operations Commandos in the extreme Arctic environment in Kodiak, Alaska, Feb. 26, 2024, during Arctic Edge 24. AE24 is an annual defense exercise for U.S. Northern Command emphasizing Joint Force operations in an extreme cold weather and high latitude environment and is designed to demonstrate the Commands ability to conduct Globally Integrated Layered Defenses in the Arctic. Navy

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (Dec. 1, 2022)An MH60-S Seahawk, attached to the Chargers of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 26, hoists Naval Air Crewman (helicopter) 3rd Class Thomas Haynes, from Miami, Florida, during a Continuing Promise humanitarian assistance and disaster relief exercise, Dec. 1, 2022. Continuing Promise 2022 is a humanitarian assistance and goodwill mission conducting direct medical care, expeditionary veterinary care, and subject matter expert exchanges with five partner nations in the Caribbean, Central and South America.

Public Affairs - Department of Defense - 26-HK-417-6. Hurricane Katrina

DN-ST-86-01446. Base: Wallace Air Station San Fernando Country: Philippines (PHL)

Photos from Aviation Training Center, Mobile - 26-HK-428-26. Hurricane Katrina

010508-F-7685H-021. Complete Scene Caption: Guiding the UH-1N Iroquois via the pilot, scanner First Lieutenant Matt Cotreras, USAF, 37th Helicopter Flight, 90th Space Wing, F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming, calls the movements as they drop, right on target, a bucket of water, spilling some of the contents. The goal is to guide a bucket of water dangling from the helicopter through the obstacles on the course without spilling the contents. The Helicopter Hover Competition course is flown with a crew of three, pilot and copilot with a flight engineer, or additional pilot as a scanner. Both pilot and copilot fly the entire course and the scores awarded are averaged to determine the team score. 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

Bo 105 helicopter with KSK snipers, German special forces, exercise, Laupheim, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. -- Mel Vermillion, Lt. firefighter and Mike Evans, firefighter with Fort Eustis Fire and Emergency Services, inspect the CH-47 Chinook helicopter after the simulated crash during the aircraft down exercise at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, Sept. 20, 2022. This exercise highlights where communication and emergency protocol and operations can be improved.

Airmen load a "patient" aboard a UH-1N Iroquois helicopter during an aeromedical evacuation training exercise. Base: Travis Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Miscellaneous - Katrina and Rita - 26-HK-431-14. Hurricane Katrina

Port Angeles, Wash. - An MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Port Angeles performs a search-and-rescue demonstration during a Centennial of Naval Aviation celebratiion at Ediz Hook, Wash., June 25, 2011. In addition to the demonstration, attendees were also allowed to tour different Coast Guard Cutters and the station hanger, which featured an array of aircraft from throughout the Northwest

Dolphin Rescue - 26-HK-130-302. Hurricane Katrina

California National Guardsmen, the Fresno Fire Department, and Fresno County Emergency Medical Services wait for the arrival of a 40th Combat Aviation Brigade's CH-47 Chinook helicopter carrying evacuees from the Creek Fire Sept. 6, 2020 at the 1106 Theater Aviation Sustainment Maintenance Group's flight line, Fresno, California. The California Military Department evacuated over 200 people along the Mammoth Pool Reservoir when the Creek fire exploded in size.

Miscellaneous - Katrina and Rita - 26-HK-431-228. Hurricane Katrina

Competition between airplane quadrons. Lynx helicopter performs a lifting command with a cross that must be deposited in a pallet. This cross was normally used in the exercises "hoisting water". The assignment was part of a skill competition with all kinds of obstacles between helicopters of the aircraft sequadrons 7 and 860.

A U.S. Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter hovers over Elliott Bay, after a member of the Coast Guard Maritime Safety and Security Team jumps into the water, during a search and rescue demonstration in Seattle for Fleet Week, Aug. 1, 2022. Fleet Week Seattle is a time-honored celebration of the sea services and provides an opportunity for the citizens of Washington to meet Sailors, Marines and Coast Guardsmen, as well as witness firsthand the latest capabilities of today's maritime services.

Public Affairs - Rescue - 26-HK-418-54. Hurricane Katrina

Aircrafts - Blackhawk - 26-HK-50-6. Blackhawk hovering over building near power lines, stamped 3 157pm. Hurricane Katrina

GRANADA, SPAIN-MAY 18: Helicopters of the Patrulla Aspa taking part in a exhibition on the X Aniversary of the Patrulla Aspa of the airbase of Armilla on May 18, 2014, in Granada, Spain. Patrulla Aspa

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

Helo Air Station - 26-HK-147-184. Hurricane Katrina

An Oklahoma National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk drops water onto a wildfire in Blaine County, Oklahoma, July 16, 2022. The Oklahoma National Guard assisted the Oklahoma Forestry Services in attempting to control the blaze with the use of a UH-60 Black Hawk. (Oklahoma National Guard photo by Spc. Caleb Stone)

A TH-1H "Huey" helicopter from the 23d Flying Training Squadron, U.S. Air Force, lands at a remote training site near Samson, Alabama, as part of a ceremony to honor the late Chief Warrant Officer 2 Stephen A. Burch, a Vietnam veteran and former Army UH-1 pilot, November 21, 2022.

Commander Dan Taylor - Rescue - 26-HK-281-73. Hurricane Katrina

DN-ST-87-06360. Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69) Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

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