Helicopter Operations and Training

Military personnel conducting helicopter operations, including air assault and rescue missions, emphasizing teamwork and tactical training.

Soldiers assigned to Hardrock and Bulldog Company, 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), conduct Air Assault Operations in conjunction with a Support by Fire Live Fire Exercise on August 29, 2022, at Babadag Training Area, Romania. The Screaming Eagles of today are ready to support our allies in order to preserve the long-lasting stability in Europe that our predecessors fought and died for. (U.S. Army photos by Staff Sgt. Malcolm Cohens-Ashley, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, Public Affairs.)

U.S. Navy SEALs Conduct Joint Training with Guatemalan Naval Special Forces for CENTAM Guardian 2023 Exercise, Focusing on High-Target Training and Small Boat Operations

Soldiers assigned to Hardrock and Bulldog Company, 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), conduct Air Assault Operations in conjunction with a Support by Fire Live Fire Exercise on August 29, 2022, at Babadag Training Area, Romania. The Screaming Eagles of today are ready to support our allies in order to preserve the long-lasting stability in Europe that our predecessors fought and died for. (U.S. Army photos by Staff Sgt. Malcolm Cohens-Ashley, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, Public Affairs.)

Air Force rescue team members load the volunteer "injured astronaut" on a stretcher into a Blackhawk helicopter for evacuation to a hospital during the exercise. (USAF photo # 070505-F-1287F-166)

An HH-60 Pave Hawk commanded by Maj. Howard Palmer, aircraft commander, flew in from the 512th Rescue Squadron at Kirtland Air Force Base into a 344th Training Squadron landing zone July 21, on Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, after completing a flyover for the Basic Military Training graduation ceremony here. Students, instructors and staff members across the 37th Training Wing interacted with the aircrew and checked out the airframe. The 344th Training Squadron routinely requests various airframes to visit in order to give students in technical training, who will eventually interact or work on these airframes, an opportunity to see them.

U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Jeremy Stoddard, Bravo Company 1-10 Attack Battalion mission survivability officer, unpacks an Army AH-64E Apache at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Sept. 14, 2022. The Apache conducts armed reconnaissance, close combat, mobile strike and vertical maneuver missions when required, regardless of daylight or darkness, obscured battlefield or adverse weather conditions.

U.S. Army Soldiers, 237th Brigade Support Battalion, Cleveland, Ohio, prepare cable during a sling load mission at the Camp Grayling Parade Field, Grayling, Mich., Aug 14, 2022 during exercise Northern Strike 22-2. Northern Strike is designed to challenge approximately 7,400 service members with multiple forms of training that advance interoperability across multicomponent, multinational and interagency partners.

U.S. Army Paratroopers and International Paratroopers participate in the International Airborne Leapfest Competition in Exeter, Rhode Island, Aug. 1-10, 2022. Leapfest is the largest, longest-running, international static line parachute training event and competition hosted by the 56th Troop Command, Rhode Island Army National Guard to promote high level technical training and esprit de corps within the International Airborne community. (U.S. Army National Guard photos by Officer Candidate Deirdre Salvas)

Soldiers look on as the rappel master instructors prepare to demonstrate proper aircraft rappel techniques during the Rappel Master Course at Camp Buehring, Kuwait. Rappel masters are able to execute and control rotary wing rappelling operations and perform inspections to ensure rappeler safety.

BABADAG TRAINING AREA, Romania-- Airmen with the U.K. 140th Expeditionary Air Wing load a UH-60M Black Hawk during personnel recovery training with 3-227 AHB, July 12, 2022.Regular interoperability training with NATO partners and allies builds trust and readiness, increasing the capacity for deterrence and defense.

031007-M-2900S-052. Base: Savannah State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Army Rangers, assigned to the 5th Ranger Training Battalion conduct an airborne jump from a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter on Stringer Drop Zone in Dahlonega, Ga., Jan. 2, 2024. The annual training event gives Rangers an opportunity to become proficient paratroopers while giving the local community a chance to see Rangers train in the Dahlonega area. Army Reserve

South Carolina National Guard Soldiers assigned to Detachment 2, Company C, 2-238th General Support Aviation Battalion conduct MedEvac class at McEntire Joint National Guart Base, Eastover, S.C., Mar 5, 2017.

Members of the Special Support Units (SSU) of Bosnia-Herzegovina State Investigation Protection Agency (SIPA) rehearse loading and unloading drills into a UH-1 Huey during exercise Brutalist Tornjak in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Oct. 17, 2022. The SIPA SSU and the U.S. Army 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) trained together with elements of the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina in an interagency joint exercise focusing on direct action in close environments to secure high value targets

Soldiers with Echo Company, 1st Battalion (Assault Helicopter Battalion), 244th Aviation Regiment, 90th Troop Command, Oklahoma Army National Guard refuel a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter Fort Cavazos, Texas, Jan. 10, 2024. The 244th AHB underwent rigorous pre-mobilization training in preparation for their upcoming deployment to Kosovo in support of Operation Joint Guardian. (Oklahoma National Guard

050217-A-9157N-035. Base: Colon Country: Panama (PAN)

030328-M-5654R-009. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Jalibah Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: MWSS-373

Four UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters piloted and crewed by Soldiers with 1st Battalion, 108th Aviation Regiment (two from Army Aviation Support Facility #2, Salina, Kansas and two from Army Aviation Support Facility #1, Topeka) joined the Anderson Creek wildfire fight March 26. The helicopters arrived in Medicine Lodge, Kansas, Saturday morning, and are dropping water from Bambi Buckets™ on active flames and hot spots as directed by incident officials. The fire in south central Kansas has burned more than 400,000 acres.

030403-F-2034C-010. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: CENTCOM

UH-60 Black hawks and an Apache AH-64 from the Utah Army National Guard brought in distinguished visitors to visit more than 200 service members across four major commands who participated in a one day exercise held at Dugway Proving Ground on Sept. 8, 2022. The joint force exercise prioritized the concepts of Agile Combat Employment and Multi-Capable Airmen.

040816-F-8769K-043. Base: Davis-Monthan Air Force Base State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A U.S. Air Force special missions aviator, assigned to the 46th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, conducts joint service hoist training with U.S Army Medical Evacuation aircrew members assigned to the 11th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade on July 6, 2022 at an undisclosed location. Joint service training allows for the sharing of best practices for patient and medic extraction and infiltration.

FORWARD OPERATING BASE FENTY, Afghanistan--Afghan soldiers secure a rope after completing a fast roping exercise at a satellite outpost near FOB Fenty.

U.S. Marines with Chemical Biological Incident Response Force, step off a UH-60 aircraft before executing a mission readiness exercise at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, Jan. 10, 2023. The exercise was conducted in order to practice realistic training to improve, sustain, and develop standards of procedures safely.

A U.S. Army Soldier assigned to Bravo Company, 3-2 General Support Aviation Battalion, out of Camp Humphreys, Republic of Korea, stands outside of a CH-47 Chinook helicopter during a K-9 medical evacuation training event at Kunsan Air Base, ROK, April 26, 2022. Military working dog (MWD) teams from the 8th Security Forces Squadron participated in the joint medevac training with units from Camp Humphreys, to observe and calculate the steps needed to properly execute a medevac for MWDs and their handlers, as well as reevaluate and develop processes for continuity and quick action responses.

U.S. Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265 (Rein.), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, prepare to refuel an AH-1Z Viper helicopter during a forward arming and refueling point exercise on Ie Shima, Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 2, 2022. A FARP is used to extend the capabilities of rotary or fixed wing aircrafts to allow rearming and refueling without having to fall back to a forward operating base. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible and lethal force ready to perform a wide range of military operations as the premier crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region.

U.S Airmen of the 27th Special Operations Security Forces Deployed Aircraft Ground Response Element, 27th Special Operations Mission Support Group Mission Sustainment Team members, and U.S. Army 7th Special Forces Group Green Berets conduct a combat casualty evacuation scenario with a 512th Rescue Squadron HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter assigned to Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, during a Coyote Dicer joint exercise at Melrose Air Force Range, New Mexico, May 19, 2022. Over the past three iterations, Coyote Dicer expanded its multi domain operations footprint integrating aircraft including the HH-60G Pave Hawk, MQ-9 Reaper, JUMP 20 unmanned aerial vehicle, CV-22 Osprey, U-28A Draco, MC-130J Commando II and the AC-130J Ghostrider gunship.

U.S. Marine Lance Corporal Samuel Derene directs Republic of Korea Marines as they exit a U.S. Marines CH-53 Super Stallion helicopter at Kahuku Training Area Hawaii for non-combatant evacuation operation training during Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC). Twenty-two nations, 49 ships and six submarines, more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in the biennial RIMPAC exercise from June 26 to Aug. 1, in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The world's largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity that helps participants foster and sustain the cooperative relationships that are critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world's oceans. RIMPAC 2014 is the 24th exercise in the series that began in 1971. (Canadian Forces Combat Camera

U.S. Marines with 10th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, await to hook an M777 howitzer to a CH-47F Chinook during Exercise Rolling Thunder at Ft. Bragg, North Carolina, Oct. 17, 2022. This exercise is a 10th Marines-led live fire artillery event that tested the units abilities to operate in a simulated littoral environment against a peer threat in a dynamic and multi-domain scenario.

U.S. Marines with Alpha Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/8, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), board a CH-53E Super Stallion with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 365 (Reinforced), 24th MEU, prior to a simulated raid during Realistic Urban Training (RUT) on Fort Barfoot, Virginia, Jan. 22, 2024. RUT provides the 24th MEU the opportunity to operate in unfamiliar environments, integrate the units of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force, and train towards being designated as special operations capable.

Helicopters from Task Force 34, 1st Battalion 244 Assault Helicopter Battalion on fly on Joint Base Balad, Iraq, March 11. 1-244 AHB consist of companies from the Louisiana and Florida National Guards. They are currently deployed to Iraq in Support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The 1-244 AHB conducts air assault and air movement operations in support of the Multi-National Corps - Iraq as an integrated member of Task Force 34 to allow the Iraq national government to assume responsibility of the security and government of Iraq.

030811-F-6701P-025. Subject Operation/Series: JTF LIBERIA Base: Lungi Country: Sierra Leone (SLE)

U.S. Army Soldiers with the 214th Aviation Regiment assist an injured casualty from a CH-47 Chinook helicopter during Saber Junction 22 at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center, Hohenfels, Germany, September 11, 2022. Saber Junction 22 is a multinational rotational exercise designed to assess the readiness of the U.S. Army's 173d Airborne Brigade to execute unified and operations in a joint, combined environment and to promote interoperability with more than 4,500 participants from the U.S. and Allied and partner nations at the U.S. Army's Grafenwoehr and Hohenfels training areas from August 29 to September 20, 2022.

Idaho National Guard 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team's 2nd of the 116th Combined Arms Battalion teamed up with the Idaho Army National Guards 1st of the 183 Assault Helicopter Battalion to conduct medevac training at the Orchard Combat Training Center on March 30, 2022. The training simulated emergency evacuations of sick or wounded Soldiers from a battlefield. Ground medics preformed medical care on the ground before rushing them to the flight medics aboard the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter who continued medical care while they were flown to the nearby medical facility. This training is a portion of combat training the 2nd of the 116th CAB conducted in preparation to deploy to Southwest Asia in support of Operation Spartan Shield later this year.

060306-F-7823A-022. Base: Tall Afar State: Ninawa Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Soldiers assigned to 12th Combat Aviation Brigade conducts pre-flight checks on an AH-64D Apache longbow at Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, Sept. 28, 2022. 12th CAB is among other units assigned to V Corps, America's Forward Deployed Corps in Europe. They work alongside NATO Allies and regional security partners to provide combat-ready forces, execute joint and multinational training exercises, and retain command and control for all rotational and assigned units in the European Theater.

Pararescuemen assigned to the 31st Rescue Squadron board a Royal Malaysian Air Force EC725 helicopter to conduct hoist operations in support of Exercise Pacific Angel at Subang Air Base, Malaysia, Aug. 15, 2022. These training exercises are designed to posture search and rescue personnel to respond quickly and effectively to a wide range of possible contingencies.

U.S. Marines with 3d Battalion, 3d Marines, 3d Marine Division, load a CH-53E Super Stallion assigned to Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 361, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, while they conduct an air-insertion during Resolute Dragon 22 on Shikaribetsu Maneuver Area, Hokkaido, Japan, Oct. 6, 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.

A UH-1 helicopter from the 37th RQF prepares to transport members of the 90th Communications Squadron Strategic Communications Maintenance Shop and their support equipment to a remote Missile Alert Facility (MAF). Base: Francis E. Warren Air Force Base State: Wyoming (WY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Army Rangers, 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, participate in a Combined Arms Live Fire Exercise (CALFX) near Fort Stewart, Ga., Jan. 10, 2012. The exercise is conducted in order to evaluate and train members on de-escalation of force, reactions to enemy contact, and other objectives that prepare them for forward operating.

Ellington Field, Texas - A service member assists in the loading of relief supplies to be distributed by an Army CH-47 Chinook in support of Joint Task Force-Rita.

Soldiers and units from 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) conduct sling load operations with CH-47s from Task Force Apocalypse, 3-501, Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Armored Division in Romania on Oct. 27, 2022. The training built proficiency for PZ and sling load operations with numerous types of equipment in support of future collective training events and contingency operations. The United States commitment to defending NATO territory is ironclad and the United States will continue to bolster our posture to better defend our NATO Allies. (U.S. Army photos by MAJ Brett Sullenger, 2nd Brigade Combat Team "STRIKE" Public Affairs Officer)

051227-A-7359K-186. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Mchenry State: Kirkuk Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION

Royal Thai Armed Forces exit CH-47 Chinook helicopters, during Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center 23-01 at Pohakuloa Training Grounds, Hawaii, Oct 29, 2022. Americas oldest treaty ally in Southeast Asia arrived at PTA for JPMRC 23-01, the first combat training center for the Indo-Pacific region.

Marines of 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, Battalion Landing Team, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit wait to be extracted by helicopter during a rehearsal of the final exercise at Exercise Africa Lion 2012, April 16. AL-12 is a U.S. African Command-sponsored, Marine Forces Africa-led exercise involving various types of training including command post, live-fire and maneuvering, peace keeping operations, an intelligence capacity building seminar, aerial refueling/low-level flight training, as well as medical and dental assistance projects. The annual exercise is designed to improve interoperability and mutual understanding of each nation's military tactics, techniques and procedures.

Sea of Japan (Sept. 28, 2022) Sailors and Soldiers conduct flight deck operations with a U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk assigned to the 2nd Combat Aviation Brigade aboard Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Chancellorsville (CG 62) in the Sea of Japan on Sept. 28, 2022. Chancellorsville is forward-deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet in support of security and stability in the Indo-Pacific and is assigned to Commander, Task Force 70, a combat-ready force that protects and defends the collective maritime interest of its allies and partners in the region.

040926-F-0944H-011. Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA)

Soldiers with 341st Medical Multifunction Battalion from Seagoville, Texas, lift a casualty during hot-cold litter training during the Golden Coyote Training Exercise at Camp Rapid, South Dakota, June 14, 2022. Golden Coyote is a three-phase, scenario-driven exercise conducted in South Dakota and Wyoming, which enables commanders to focus on mission essential task requirements, warrior tasks and battle drills, including performing a hot-cold litter carry.

U.S. Marines with 3rd Transportation Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 3, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, offload ammunition from a CH-53E Super Stallion with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 361 during exercise Resolute Dragon 22 at Kamifurano Maneuver Area, Hokkaido, Japan, Oct. 1, 2022. Resolute Dragon 22 is an annual exercise designed to strengthen the defensive capabilities of the U.S.-Japan Alliance by exercising integrated command and control, targeting, combined arms, and maneuver across multiple domains.

U.S. Army Soldiers participating in Jungle School perform medical evacuation and jungle penetrator training at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, on Sept. 22, 2022. Jungle students learned how to load a casualty onto the HH-60M Blackhawk correctly and were shown how the jungle penetrator works.

Paratroopers with C Co. 1-143d IN REGT

U.S. Army Pacific Best Warrior competitors conducted Special Patrol Insertion/Extraction Systems training June 7 during the 2022 USARPAC Best Warrior Competition at the 25th Infantry Division's Lightning Academy, Schofield Barracks East Range, Hawaii. The USARPAC BWC 2022 is an annual week-long competition consisting of competitors from multiple USARPAC units across the Indo-Pacific. The noncommissioned officers and junior enlisted Soldiers are evaluated in several categories such as general military knowledge, basic Soldier skills, and physical fitness.

Iraqi Army Soldiers with 2/25/17th IA Div., and Coalition forces Soldiers with Company A, 3rd Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) load onto UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters upon the completion of Operation Eagle North Point, a combined air assault in Abu Osage, Oct. 8.

040816-F-3177P-043. Base: Davis-Monthan Air Force Base State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Cheif Warrant Officer 2 Starkey of Bravo Troop, 7th Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment conducts pre-flight inspections on an AH-64 Apache helicopter during Combined Resolve XVII, Hohenfels Training Area, May 25, 2022. Combined Resolve XVII is a United States Army Europe and Africa directed, 7th Army Training Command executed training event at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center to exercise combined arms operations in a multinational environment.The exercise features approximately 4,800 Soldiers from Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Italy, Kosovo, Lithuania, Moldova, North Macedonia, Poland, and the United States.

Soldiers and units from 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) conduct sling load operations with CH-47s from Task Force Apocalypse, 3-501, Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Armored Division in Romania on Oct. 27, 2022. The training built proficiency for PZ and sling load operations with numerous types of equipment in support of future collective training events and contingency operations. The United States commitment to defending NATO territory is ironclad and the United States will continue to bolster our posture to better defend our NATO Allies. (U.S. Army photos by MAJ Brett Sullenger, 2nd Brigade Combat Team "STRIKE" Public Affairs Officer)

U.S. Air Force 23rd Wing leadership inspect an HH-60W Jolly Green II during a Top Tiger competition at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, Oct. 14, 2022. Top Tiger is a quarterly competition that tests dedicated and assistant dedicated crew chiefs knowledge of maintenance Air Force instructions, appearance of uniform and aircraft, and condition of their aircraft maintenance logs.

Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment (Attack Battalion), 12th Combat Aviation Brigade, prepare to load two AH-64D Longbow helicopters onto a U.S. Air Force C-17 transport aircraft after unloading two AH-64E Apache Guardian helicopters, at Wiesbaden Army Airfield, Clay Kaserne, Germany, Sept. 1, 2023. The AH-64E Apache Guardian helicopter upgrade is part of the 12th CAB modernization efforts, ongoing training, and new equipment fielding.12th CAB is among other units assigned to V Corps, America's Forward Deployed Corps in Europe. They work alongside NATO Allies and regional security partners to provide combat-ready forces, execute joint and multinational training exercises, and retain command and control for all rotational and assigned units in the European Theater.

Spc. Brett Leifson, a crew chief with 2nd General Support Aviation Battalion, 211 Aviation Regiment, Utah Army National Guard, conducts checks and maintenance before take off during Western Strike 22, at Orchard Combat Training Center, Idaho, June 15, 2022. Western Strike is an eXportable combat training capabilities exercise led by the 65th Field Artillery Brigade, Utah National Guard, that provides National Guard Soldiers immersed training similar to a combat training center and aims to increase participating unit's readiness and lethality.

U.S. Marines with Charlie Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/8, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), load a CH-53E Super Stallion with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 365 (Reinforced), 24th MEU, during a tactical recovery of aircraft and personnel mission as part of Realistic Urban Training (RUT) on Fort Barfoot, Virginia, Jan. 20, 2024. RUT provides the 24th MEU the opportunity to operate in unfamiliar environments, integrate the units of the Marine Air Ground Task Force, and train towards being designated as special operations capable.

Soldiers and units from 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) conduct sling load operations with CH-47s from Task Force Apocalypse, 3-501, Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Armored Division in Romania on Oct. 27, 2022. The training built proficiency for PZ and sling load operations with numerous types of equipment in support of future collective training events and contingency operations. The United States commitment to defending NATO territory is ironclad and the United States will continue to bolster our posture to better defend our NATO Allies. (U.S. Army photos by MAJ Brett Sullenger, 2nd Brigade Combat Team "STRIKE" Public Affairs Officer)

020413-A-8359B-068. Base: Camp Barbuda Country: Antigua And Barbuda (ATG) Scene Major Command Shown: Southwest

221018-N-PC620-0075REYNOSA, Mexico (Oct. 18, 2022) U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 520th Area Support Medical Company, 56th Multifunctional Medical Battalion, 62nd Medical Brigade and Mexican army personnel assigned the 19th Motorized Cavalry Regiment transport a simulated casualty from an HH-60M Blackhawk helicopter attached to the 2nd General Support Aviation Battalion, 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, from Hunter Army Airfield, Ga., Regiment during medical evacuation training as part of exercise Fuerzas Amigas 2022 at Campo Militar Reynosa, Mexico, Oct. 18, 2022. This binational disaster-response exercise between the U.S. and Mexican militaries aims to improve readiness and strengthen the nations cooperative relationship. U.S. Army North, through Joint Task Force Civil Support will serve as the command-and-control element directing U.S. troops conducting a natural disaster response exercise with Mexican military forces.

KFOR multinational partners participate in Medical Evacuation training conducted by Task Force Pegasus Soldiers, at Camp Novo Selo July 13, 2022. Training like this builds interoperability between the Army and its multinational partners.

Soldiers from Headquarters and Headquarters Company and Alpha Company, 1-125 Infantry Regiment, 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, practice medical evacuation during training at Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center, Miss., Nov. 11, 2011. The 37th IBCT is deploying to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (37th IBCT

U.S. Army Soldiers pull away a fuel hose after refueling an AH-64E Apache during a forward arming and rearming point exercise at Marine Corps Outlying Field Atlantic, Jan. 22, 2024. Soldiers used Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Points authentic training environment to refine tactical proficiency and adaptability.

DF-ST-85-09877. Subject Operation/Series: OCEAN VENTURE '84 Base: Vieques Island State: Puerto Rico (PR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Spc. Michael Egoak, 297th Infantry Battalion, Joint Task Force-Bethel, departs from a UH-60M Black Hawk arriving at Newtok, Alaska to assist in debris cleanup as part of Operation Merbok Response, Sept. 22, 2022. Approximately 100 members of the Alaska Organized Militia, which includes members of the Alaska National Guard, Alaska State Defense Force and Alaska Naval Militia, were activated following a disaster declaration issued Sept. 17 after the remnants of Typhoon Merbok caused dramatic flooding across more than 1,000 miles of Alaskan coastline. (Alaska National Guard photo by 1st Lt. Balinda O'Neal)

Sgt. 1st Class William Henderson, platoon sergeant, 1st Platoon Company B, 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, stands guard as a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter takes off at Marine Corps Training Area Bellows, Hawaii, Dec. 2, 2015. Henderson partook in an air assault operation with the rest of his platoon.

Members of U.S. Naval Special Warfare and Romanian Naval Special Operations Forces move toward an awaiting IAR 300 Puma helicopter as part of fast rope insertion training during Exercise Trojan Footprint 22 in Mangalia, Romania, May 6, 2022. This type of training is vitally important as it hones the skills necessary for special operations missions, but also increases interoperability between NATO allies. Exercise Trojan Footprint is the premier Special Operations Forces exercise in Europe that focuses on fortifying military readiness, cultivating trust and developing lasting relationships which promote peace and stability throughout Europe.

U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 13, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, prepare to hookup a water bull to a CH-53E Super Stallion during Helicopter Support Team training at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, June 22, 2022. U.S. Marines with CLB 13 and Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 362 (Reinforced) conduct HST training to enhance their skills as landing support Marines and pilots.

U.S. Air Force Aircrew members from the 55th Rescue Squadron, assigned to the 355th Wing at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, reload an HH-60G Pavehawk gun at Gowen Field Air National Guard Base, Idaho, Sept. 15, 2022. Terminal employment familiarizes Airmen with advanced air to ground gunnery training and decision making around a survivor during a combat search and rescue mission.

A Marine from the 22nd Marine Amphibious Unit uses a forklift to load equipment onto a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter at Beirut International Airport during a multinational peacekeeping operation. Base: Beirut Country: Lebanon (LBN)

Service members from the Peace Vanguard Republic of Singapore Air Force and the Arizona Army National Guard trained together July 21 through August 29, 2022 at the Idaho National Guards Orchard Combat Training Center, completing day and night AH-64 Apache aerial gunnery operations. While at the OCTC, Peace Vanguard pilots and crews trained on several ranges for air-to-ground and air-to-air qualifications, including the Digital Air Ground Integrated Range. The DAGIR is one of three in the U.S. Army and allows air and ground units to train together while receiving accurate and real-time feedback on their performance.

020105-A-7315T-014. Base: Fort Polk State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: FORSCOM

U.S. Army Spc. Jose Martell, an aviation operation specialist assigned to Army Aviation of the Puerto Rico Army National Guard, coordinates ground and flight operations during annual training at Camp Santiago Joint Training Center, Salinas, Puerto Rico, July 12, 2022. The event was part of a first-termers' lunch in which the aviation units were able to give a lift to new soldiers to interact in a casual setting while demonstrating to new troops the various career paths they can take during their time in service.

030322-F-9629J-013. Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Major Command Shown: PACAF

040713-A-6017M-001. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Danger, Tikrit State: Salah Al Din Country: Iraq (IRQ)

A U.S. Air Force combat controller from the 21st Special Tactics Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Fla., assesses a potential relief supply air delivery drop zone during Operation Unified Response in Port au Prince, Haiti, Jan. 19, 2010. The U.S. Department of Defense contingent is part of a larger national and international relief effort led by the U.S. Agency for International Development in response to the Jan. 12, 2010, 7.0 earthquake.

020729-A-4385T-006. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Keyki Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

East-Coast-based U.S. Naval Special Warfare Operators (SEALs) fast rope from an MV-22 Osprey during a Helicopter Rope Suspension Techniques (HRST) training in Norfolk, Virginia, Nov. 1, 2022. The purpose of this training is to enhance evacuation capabilities of personnel utilizing the MV-22 Osprey in the event of a military or civilian mishap at sea. The ability to hoist stranded individuals from the water with tiltrotor aircraft provides additional life-saving response options for the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit. Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 162 (VMM-162) Reinforced, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW), integrated with special operations forces (SOF) to strengthen MEU-SOF relationships prior to VMM-162s upcoming deployment as the aviation combat element for the 26th MEU.

Soldiers assigned to Alpha Company, 46th Aviation Support Battalion, 16th Combat Aviation Brigade, operate a forward arming and refueling point at the Chehalis-Centralia Airport, Wash. on Jun. 22, 2022. The Soldiers were training U.S. Army Reserve and U.S. Air Force servicemembers on helicopter refueling procedures.

An HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter taxis for departure from Patrick Space Force Base, Florida, Sept. 26, 2022, in preparation for the arrival of Hurricane Ian. The decision was made to relocate the aircraft to areas that would prevent them from being damaged. In less than 24-hours, all of the wing's HC-130J Combat King II aircraft and HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters were prepared, pre-flight checked, then flown or loaded to be transported off of the installation. This movement was the equivalent of a rapid deployment of the wing's Personnel Recovery Task Force-Heavy, which utilizes multi-capable Airmen from across the wing to mobilize rapidly for rescue operations around the world.

During the U.S. - Norway Reciprocal Troop Exchange April 1, 2022, Norwegian and Minnesota National Guard Soldiers were transported to Landing Zone X-5A on Camp Ripley by CH-47 Chinook Helicopter to conduct joint training while Norwegian youth squads took part in aerial training on a UH-60 Blackhawk.

A CH-47 Chinook crew member waits to board simulated patients for medevac on Fort Drum, NY, July 21, 2022. The medevac was part of eXportable Combat Training Capability 22-01.

Soldiers with the 2nd Battalion, 112th Infantry Regiment, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Pennsylvania Army National Guard, receive a brief from UH-60 Black Hawk crew chiefs during their post mobilization training on Fort Bliss, Texas, Jan 23, 2024. The unit is gearing up for an upcoming deployment to the Horn of Africa, where they will be ready to rapidly air insert any area they are needed. The preparation for executing mission objectives is crucial for ensuring mission success.

U.S. Marines with Helicopter Support Team, 1st Landing Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, stand by for the drop off of a Joint Light Tactical Vehicle from Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 465 during the Marine Air-Ground Task Force demonstration of the 2022 Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Air Show at MCAS Miramar, San Diego, California, Sept. 22, 2022. The MAGTF Demo displays the coordinated use of close-air support, artillery and infantry forces, and provides a visual representation of how the Marine Corps operates. The theme for the 2022 MCAS Miramar Air Show, Marines Fight, Evolve and Win, reflects the Marine Corps ongoing modernization efforts to prepare for future conflicts.

Soldiers of the New Jersey Army National Guards Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 114th Infantry Regiment, 44th Brigade Combat Team, mount a UH-60 (Blackhawk) helicopter during the eXportable Combat Training Capability (XCTC) exercise at Fort Drum, New York on July 15, 2022. More than 2,500 Soldiers from the New Jersey Army National Guard are participating in the training event, which enables brigade combat teams to achieve the trained platoon readiness necessary to deploy, fight, and win.

U.S. Marine Corps Infantrymen with 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, disembark an MV-22B Osprey from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 364, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, August 1, 2022. 2/1 provided security in support of exercise Summer Fury. Summer Fury 22 is designed to enhance Marine-Air-Ground Task Force integration and increase aviation operations proficiency with realistic, relevant training to ensure the Marine Corps largest aircraft wing remains operationally excellent, interoperable, deployable on short notice and lethal when called into action.

060510-N-7981E-081. Base: USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72)

Cpl. Andrew Fields, a Terre Haute, Ind., native and an assaultman with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, helps provide security around a MV-22 Osprey landing site during a Marine Air-Ground Task Force demonstration at Joe Moakley Park in South Boston May 7, 2010. The exercise was a practice run for a full demonstration May 8 at Carson Beach during Marine Week Boston.

Spc. Matthew Orth, a Soldier a part of the U.S. Army Southern European Task Force Africa (SETAF) squad, provides cover for his squadmates as they evacuate a simulated casualty to a medical helicopter during the U.S. Army Europe and Africa Best Squad competition, Grafenwohr, Germany, Aug. 11, 2022. Teams from across USAREUR-AF test their tactical proficiency, communication and overall cohesion as they compete for the title of Best Squad. Winners of this competition will advance to represent USAREUR-AF at the U.S. Army Best Squad Competition at Fort Bragg, North Carolina later this year.

U.S. Soldiers with Charlie Company, 1st Battalion (Attack), 3rd Aviation Regiment, 12th Combat Aviation Brigade (12th CAB) approach a Czech Air Force Mil Mi-17 helicopter at Namest Airfield, Czechia, Sept. 12, 2022. These select 12th CAB Griffins Soldiers were invited to ride along with their Czech counterparts during Ample Strike 22, a Czech Republic-led, multi-national live-fire exercise that offers advanced Air/Land Integration Training to Joint Terminal Attack Controllers in coordination with fighter aircraft, from Sept. 5-16, 2022.

U.S. Marines with 3rd Transportation Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 3, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, perform a simulated casualty medical evacuation with Marines from Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 465, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, at Landing Zone Hawk, Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, December 6, 2022. Winter Workhorse is an annual exercise for CLR-3 to train to carry out mission essential tasks in forward-deployed, austere environments.

BABADAG TRAINING AREA, Romania-- A UH-60M Black Hawk assigned to 3-227 AHB flies near notionally isolated U.S. Soldiers during personnel recovery training with the U.K. 140th Expeditionary Air Wing, July 12, 2022.Regular interoperability training with NATO partners and allies builds trust and readiness, increasing the capacity for deterrence and defense.

020907-F-0362B-004. Base: Tbilisi Country: Georgia (The Country) (GEO) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

U.S. Soldiers assigned to 12th Combat Aviation Brigade load 30mm ammunition into an AH-64D Apache longbow at Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, Sept. 28, 2022. 12th CAB is among other units assigned to V Corps, America's Forward Deployed Corps in Europe. They work alongside NATO Allies and regional security partners to provide combat-ready forces, execute joint and multinational training exercises, and retain command and control for all rotational and assigned units in the European Theater.

020927-F-4649H-043. Subject Operation/Series: NORTHERN WATCH Base: Incirlik Air Base, Adana Country: Turkey (TUR)

An instructor with the Sling-Load Inspector Certification Course guides a student as a load is slung to a UH-60L Blackhawk helicopter at Schofield Barracks' East Range, Feb. 12. The Blackhawk was provided for the training by C Co., 2nd Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment, 25th Combat Aviation Brigade.

040626-F-3715H-001. Base: Tallil Air Base State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

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