Helicopter Operations and Maintenance

Military personnel handling helicopters, depicting maintenance and logistical support operations during exercises in various global locations.

Members of the 101st Aviation Battalion, Fort Campbell, Kentucky, disassemble a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter at the conclusion of Exercise AHUAS TARA (BIG PINE) II. The helicopter will be disassembled, washed, and loaded aboard a C-5 Galaxy aircraft for shipment back to the US. Subject Operation/Series: AHUSA TARA (BIG PINE) Base: La Mesa Country: Honduras (HND)

Members of the 101st Aviation Battalion, Fort Campbell, Kentucky, disassemble a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter at the conclusion of Exercise AHUAS TARA (BIG PINE) II. The helicopter will be disassembled, washed, and loaded aboard a C-5 Galaxy aircraft for shipment back to the US. Subject Operation/Series: AHUSA TARA (BIG PINE) Base: La Mesa Country: Honduras (HND)

DN-ST-85-10512. Base: Usns Chauvenet (T-AGS 29)

A C-130 Hercules from the 7th Special Operations Squadron (SOS), Alconbury, England arrive at the Goma Airport to delivery cargos. A soldier on a four-wheeled motorcycle is in the foreground. Subject Operation/Series: Support Hope Base: Goma Country: Zaire (ZAR)

DF-ST-89-05914. Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

Equipment belonging to the 32nd Combat Mobility Hospital is loaded onto a C-130 Hercules aircraft during Exercise Reforger '81. Subject Operation/Series: REFORGER '81 Base: Stuttgart Army Air Field Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

DF-ST-85-09921. Base: Kadena Air Base State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN)

An M-998 high-mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicle is lowered to the pier beside the amphibious transport dock USS DUBUQUE (LPD-8) as Marines climb aboard several logistics vehicle system (LVS) cargo trucks in the background. The DUBUQUE has brought elements of the 6th Marine Regiment to Saudi Arabia to join Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Base: Dhahran Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

DA-ST-85-13064. Subject Operation/Series: REFORGER Base: Amsterdam Country: Holland / Netherlands (HOL)

Flight deck personnel assist the crew of a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter being readied for flight aboard the amphibious assault ship USS TARAWA (LHA-1) during the combined Thai/U.S. joint exercise Thalay Thai '89. The helicopter is assigned to , the reinforced aviation combat element of the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (11th MEU). Subject Operation/Series: THALAY THAI '89 Country: Gulf Of Thailand

STAFF SGT. Penland, 317th Field Maintenance Squadron, uses a forklift to move a C-130 Hercules engine into place during Exercise Market Square III. Subject Operation/Series: MARKET SQUARE III Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A Hughes 500 commercial helicopter is positioned on a trailer in preparation for transportation to another site. The helicopter is being used during Operation Alliance, a project of Joint Task Force 6 (JTF-6), the unit charged with monitoring borders between Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and Mexico. The U.S. Combat Pictorial Detachment is providing photographic coverage as part of the 5th Army's involvement in the operation. Subject Operation/Series: ALLIANCE Country: Unknown

Airmen of the 6151st Consolidated Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (6151st CAMS) load Mark 82 500-pound bombs onto a trailer during the joint South KOREAn/United States exercise TEAM SPIRIT '89. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '89 Base: Suwon Air Base Country: Korea

A view of damage sustained by the guided missile frigate USS STARK (FFG-31) when it was hit by two Iraqi-launched Exocet missile while on patrol in the Persian Gulf. Country: Bahrain (BHR)

DF-ST-90-02092. Base: Eielson Air Force Base State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Members of the 48th Equipment Maintenance Squadron transport missiles during a base exercise. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Base: Raf Lakenheath State: East Anglia Country: England / Great Britain (ENG)

An MD-3A tow tractor is used to tow an A-7E Corsair II aircraft to a catapult during flight operations aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN-69). Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

C-2A Greyhound USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) US Navy

M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV)towing equipment of the 7th Light Infantry Division disembark from a C-5 Galaxy aircraft. Base: Howard Air Force Base Country: Panama (PAN)

A flight deck crewmen uses an MD-3 tow tractor to spot a Helicopter Anti-submarine Squadron 2 (HS-2) SH-60F Sea Hawk helicopter on the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS NIMITZ (CVN-68). Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

Lifting exercise with a Westland Lynx helicopter aboard the guide arms of Hr.Ms. De Ruyter (1976-2001) during the enforcement of the embargo against the former Yugoslavia in Stanavformed context.

Four members of 4th Bn., 22nd Inf., 25th Inf. Div. (Light), stand on the skids of a 53rd Aviation Battalion UH-1H Iroquois helicopter as they wait to begin their rappel. The training is being conducted as part of the combined Thai/U.S. exercise Cobra Gold '90. Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD '90 Base: Chon Buri Country: Thailand (THA)

Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 161 (HMM-161) AH-1 Sea Cobra and CH-46E Sea Knight helicopters line the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS BELLEAU WOOD (LHA-3) during flight operations off the coast of San Diego. Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

DN-SC-87-00053. Base: USS Coral Sea (CV 43) Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)

A B-52G Stratofortress bomber aircraft of the 1709th Bomb Wing takes off from an air field during Operation Desert Storm. In the foreground is a P-19 aircraft firefighting and rescue truck.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU)

DM-ST-88-06838. Base: Venice Country: Italy (ITA)

SPECIALIST Brian Morris, 123rd Aviation Regiment, Fort Wainwright, Alaska, refuels a CH-53 Chinook helicopter. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Subject Operation/Series: NORTHERN EDGE 96 Base: Eielson Air Force Base State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-85-03953. Subject Operation/Series: INTENSE LOOK Base: Rota Country: Spain (ESP)

DN-ST-85-04032. Subject Operation/Series: INTENSE LOOK Base: USS Shreveport (LPD 12) Country: Gulf Of Suez

Vehicles from Fort Lewis are assembled at the port waiting to be shipped aboard the ship Cape Island. The equipment will be used during the exercise Cobra Gold in Thailand.(Exact date unknown). Base: Tacoma State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

An M-809 5-ton cargo truck carrying Marines is driven onto Onslow Beach during Exercise Solid Shield '85. Subject Operation/Series: SOLID SHIELD '85 Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Army troops embark a C-130 Hercules aircraft during Exercise Jack Frost '75. Subject Operation/Series: JACK FROST '75 Base: Eielson Air Force Base State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A sedan is driven down the front ramp of a 60th Military Airlift Wing C-5A Galaxy aircraft as the vehicles and equipment of a United Nations-sponsored assistance group are unloaded. The group, made up of 28 civil engineers from two Royal Australian Army units, has been sent to aid Namibia in its transition to independence from South Africa. Base: Windhoek Country: Namibia (NAM)

A member of the 314th TALCE, Little Rock AFB, Ark, transport a cargo pallet on a forklift. The pallet contain relief goods for Rwandan refugees. Subject Operation/Series: Support Hope Base: Goma Country: Zaire (ZAR)

U.S. Army personnel from Btry. C, 21st Air Defense Arty., 11th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, deploy an MIM-23B Hawk surface-to-air missile system in the desert during Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU)

An M-561 1-1/4-ton cargo truck pulls an AH-1 Cobra gunship as equipment in offloaded from a vehicle cargo ship during Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU)

A starboard quarter view of three air cushion landing craft (LCACs) assigned to the Pacific Fleet at Camp Pendleton, Calif., underway in formation. Country: Unknown

Marines from Cherry Point Marine Air Station, NC, chain down High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV) onboard the C-141B Starlifter aircraft while the USAF loadmaster from McGuire AFB, NJ, balances the weight and fills out the forms. The aircraft is to carry the first Marines (33) to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in support of the recent problems in Haiti. Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DA-ST-85-02177. Subject Operation/Series: URGENT FURY Country: Grenada (GRD)

US Navy Aviation Ordnancemen (AO) load AIM-7 Sparrow medium range, radar guided air to air missiles on an F/A-18 Hornet assigned to Carrier Air Wing Five (CVW-5). The convetional aircraft carrier USS INDEPENDENCE (CV 62) and CVW-5 have taken up station in the Persian Gulf to relieve the nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS NIMITZ (CVN 68). The INDEPENDENCE will enforce UN sanctions against Iraq under Operation Southern Watch, 7 February 1998. U.S. Navy PHOTO by Photographers Mate AIRMAN Brian J. Hoosack (Released) Digital Film Scan. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: USS Independence (CV 62)

DM-ST-88-07877. Base: Virginia Beach State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Medium long shot, right side view, Brigadier General Steven A. Roser, USAF, Commander, 60th Air Mobility Wing, Travis Air Force Base California, C-5 left wing in background, gets "hosed down", as a part of traditional "fini" flight festivities, by many friends, family and Travis Team co-workers. His last flight was piloting the C-5 aircraft. Base: Travis Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A C-5A Galaxy aircraft taxis past a row of AH-64 Apache helicopters during Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

An aviation ordnanceman inspects an ADM-141 Tactical air-launched decoy as his companions work with AGM-88A HARM high-speed anti-radiation missiles on the flight deck of the USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67). Planes aboard the Kenedy are being fitted for strikes on Iraqi targets at the onset of Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67)

Maintenance crew working on engine of a Douglas RB-26C Invader. One repairman is sitting on the ground next to the engine casing working on something.. Maintenance crew working on engine of a Douglas RB-26C Invader. One repairman is sitting on the ground next to the engine casing working on something..

Straight on shot of a US Marine M54 Series 5-ton Cargo Truck backing up the ramp of a US Navy Landing Craft Air Cushion, LCAC, that is sitting along the runway at Mogadishu Airport. Marines stand on the ground outside the LCAC and on the ramp of the vessel as well. Navy personnel stand in the cargo bay of the LCAC guiding the 5-ton truck up the ramp. The LCAC, from the Assault Craft Unit Five (ACU-5) "Swift Intruders" of Camp Pendleton, California, deployed onboard the Whidbey Island and Harper's Ferry Class, Dock Landing Ship, USS RUSHMORE (LSD 47) (not shown) is supporting the mission of Operation Restore Hope. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Mogadishu Airport Country: Somalia (SOM)

An EA-6A Intruder and EA-6B Prowler aircraft loaded with bombs are lined up on the flight d deck of the aircraft carrier USS RANGER (CV-61). Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

A Soviet-made ZPU-4 14.5mm anti-aircraft machine gun. A person is in the gunner's seat of the ZPU-4 in the background. Country: Unknown

DF-ST-87-04049. Base: Georgetown State: Demerara-Mahaica Country: Guyana (GUY)

DA-ST-85-02260. Subject Operation/Series: URGENT FURY Base: Grenville Country: Grenada (GRD)

Air Force Reserve mechanics replace the main rotor blade of an HH-3E helicopter "shot down" during Condor CRTE '82, a combat rescue exercise aimed at giving reservists battlefield experience. State: Michigan (MI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-SC-87-00513. Base: USS Saratoga (CV 60) Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)

An M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV), turns onto a road after coming down the stern ramp of an Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) craft. The 4th Marine Expeditionary Brigade's (4th MEB's) ground units are coming ashore at Onslow Beach after disembarking from the amphibious ships on which they were deployed in the Persian Gulf region for Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-86-08042. Base: Cairo West Country: Egypt (EGY)

The Royal Air Force in West Africa, 1943 Local workers help to refuel a Lockheed Hudson aircraft with 100-octane fuel using a petrol bowser.

A direct front view of an F-4 Phantom II aircraft as corrosion control personnel begin to paint it before it is transferred to a new unit. Base: Kunsan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

DF-ST-86-11820. Base: Van Nuys Air National Guard Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Flight deck personnel aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN 72) pause while moving a Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 133 (VAQ 133) EA-6B Prowler aircraft with an MD-3A tow tractor. The LINCOLN is underway on a dependents day cruise. Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

Debris from an F-15 Eagle aircraft that crashed in November 1988 on Barometer Mountain is loaded into a C-130 Hercules aircraft for removal to Elmendorf Air Force Base. Base: Kodiak State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-89-06150. Subject Operation/Series: SHADOW HAWK / BRIGHT STAR 87 Base: Aqaba Country: Jordan (JOR)

DN-ST-89-01351. Base: San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

UH-60 Black Hawk (Blackhawk) helicopters stand by to evacuate wounded U.S. Military personnel during Operation Just Cause. Subject Operation/Series: JUST CAUSE Country: Panama (PAN)

A Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 4 (HC-4) CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter receives maintenance in a hangar at the Lungi airport, just north of Freetown, Sierra Leone, during Operation Sharp Edge. A detachment from HC-4 is working in conjunction with an amphibious ready group that is in places off the coast of Liberia to provide support for the U.S. Embassy in Monrovia, Liberia, and evacuate civilians caught in that country's civil war. Subject Operation/Series: SHARP EDGE Base: Lungi Country: Sierra Leone (SLE)

STAFF SGT. David Owings, crew chief, communicates with MAJ. Joe Bowley, a fighter pilot with the 37th Tactical Fighter Wing, as Bowley performs a preflight check of his F-117 stealth fighter aircraft in preparation for redeployment to the United States in the aftermath of Operation Desert Storm.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU)

DF-ST-86-07698. Base: Cairo West Country: Egypt (EGY)

Left front view of a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter as it is used to lift cargo from the deck of the combat stores ship USS MARS (AFS 1). Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

DM-ST-85-09205. Base: Wilmington State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-89-07349. Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE 88 Base: Naval Air Station, Fallon State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA)

CW03 John Ogburn, an instructor pilot from the Colorado Army National Guard's HIgh Altitude Training Squadron at the Eagle County Airport, tows out a UH-1 helicopter. The morning's reconnaissance flight will provide the first look at the A-10 crash site near Gold Dust Peak. Base: Eagle State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA)

An IFOR Hungarian Army truck is used to nudge a Hungarian steel PNP Class 60 Pontoon Bridge, that crosses the Sava river at Slavonski Brod, Croatia, loosen from its Croatian shoreline moorings. The Hungarians are in Croatia in support of Operation Joint Endeavor, which is a peacekeeping effort by a multinational Implementation Force (IFOR), comprised of NATO and non-NATO military forces, deployed to Bosnia in support of the Dayton Peace Accords. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Slavonski Brod Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

DM-ST-85-09192. Base: Wilmington State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Marine M-54 5-ton trucks and water tank trucks are prepared for transfer from railroad flatcars to a cargo ship in support of a possible rapid deployment of a 12,000-troop amphibious brigade operation. Base: Port Authority, Wilmington State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A soldier from the 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized) directs a crane operator lowering an engine into an M-1A1 Abrams tank at the motor pool in Doha, Kuwait during OPERATION VIGILANT WARRIOR. Subject Operation/Series: VIGILANT WARRIOR Base: Kuwait City Country: Kuwait (KWT)

A Marine CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter from Marine Helicopter Squadron 463 (HMM-463) is used to airlift a 105mm howitzer gun to Kilo Battery, 1ST Battalion, 12th Marines. They are going through combat readiness evaluation at the Pakalula Training Area. State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-86-11276. Base: Van Nuys Air National Guard Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A plane handler guides an F-14A Tomcat aircraft as it taxis toward one of the catapults aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN-71). The aircraft is carrying an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile, top, and an AIM-7 Sparrow missile beneath its wing. The ROOSEVELT is on station in the northeastern Mediterranean to support Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in southern Turkey and northern Iraq. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: USS Theodore Roosevelt(CVN 71) Country: Mediterranean Sea(MED)

DN-ST-88-00274. Base: USS Nimitz (CVN 68)

DF-ST-87-08140. Subject Operation/Series: PATRIOT COYOTE State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Members of the 86th Engineer Detachment stand near an M-578 armored recovery vehicle as lines are attached to a partially submerged armored personnel carrier (APC) (not visible) during recovery operations. The APC sank while crossing the Cowhouse River during the joint services Operation Gallant Crew `77. Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT CREW '77 Base: Fort Hood State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-88-02082. Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69) Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

Blackhawk support helicopters arrive at Rinas Airport, Tirana, Albania, on April 21, 1999, in support of NATO Operation Allied Force. Army personnel have been arriving on Air Force C-17s (not shown) from Charleston AFB, South Carolina. Subject Operation/Series: ALLIED FORCE Base: Rinas State: Tirana Country: Albania (ALB)

DF-ST-85-13497. Subject Operation/Series: COPE NORTH 85-1 Base: Chitose Air Base Country: Japan (JPN)

DF-ST-88-05160. Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Two Marines stand by beside the M-2 .50-caliber machine gun mounted on the roof of an M-939 5-ton cargo truck as two other Marines attempt to repair a second M-939 truck that broke down while traveling through the city. Marines of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (24th MEU) and MEU Service Support Group 24 (MSSG-24) are furnishing aid to the Kurdish refugees in the Zakhu area as part of Operation Provide Comfort. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Zakhu Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Food and supplies are unloaded from a C-141B Starlifter aircraft from the 6th Military Airlift Squadron during Ethiopian relief operations. The supplies will be moved to a distribution center and given to the needy. Base: Khartoum Country: Sudan (SDN)

A U.S. Navy Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC-42) lands on Freshwater Beach at Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Queensland, Australia, during the amphibious landing part of exercise Crocodile '99. Two Marines with their backs to the camera, holding M16A2 5.56mm rifles, stand in the foreground. Subject Operation/Series: CROCODILE '99 Base: Shoalwater Bay Training Area State: Queensland Country: Australia (AUS)

970221-F-1787R-011. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: Doha Country: Qatar (QAT)

A front view of a B-2 advanced technology bomber aircraft taxiing during its first flight, at the Air Force Flight Test Center. Base: Edwards Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Marines board a U.S. Navy ship for deployment to Saudi Arabia in support of Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Base: Morehead City State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-88-06659. Subject Operation/Series: KEYSTONE BADGER Base: Volk Field State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Invasion of Southern France, August 1944. LCTs and LCMs landing supplies on the beach west of St. Rafael, on "D" plus five, 20 August 1944. LCTs present include LCT-198 and LCT-559. Matted ramp in foreground is for DUKW Amphibious Trucks.

Navy divers from SEAL Team One, based at Naval Amphibious Base Coronado, are shown preparing for "dry deck" launches and recoveries from the nuclear-powered attack submarine USS LOUISVILLE (SSN-724) off the coast of southern California during Operation Varsity Swimmer '93. Subject Operation/Series: VARSITY SWIMMER '93 Base: USS Louisville (SSN 724) Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

Members of the 2nd Combat Camera Squadron, March Air Force Base and the 615th Air Mobility Operations Squadron (AMOS), Combat Camera Flight, Travis Air Force Base, secure, with cargo netting, a loaded pallet bound for Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada, the forward location for the exercise. Crisis Reach '95 is a United States Air Force Operational Readiness Inspection (ORI), which tests a unit's ability to operate in a simulated wartime environment. Subject Operation/Series: CRISIS REACH 95-02NORTHERN PIKE Base: Travis Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-SC-90-04320. Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69) Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)

A Seabee sentry watches a UN forklift moving containers unloaded from a ship in port during the multinational relief effort Operation Restore Hope. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Modadishu Country: Somalia (SOM)

Oldtimers on the quay arranged with Frigates and Destroyers in the background (O.A. The German frigate FGS Rheinland-Pfalz (F 209, 1983)) belonging to the Standing Naval Force Atlantic (StanavForlant) in Den Helder in June 1989.

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