Military Helicopter Training

Helicopters in action during military training exercises, showcasing Black Hawks and rescue missions. The scenes reflect dynamic flight, teamwork, and outdoor settings.

A New Jersey National Guard UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter with Detachment 1, C Company, 1-171st MEDEVAC flies during a Medical Simulation Training Center class on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, June 9, 2022. The Medical Simulation Training Center provides state of the art training to aid students in gaining proficiency in treating all areas of trauma and basic medical scenarios.

Soldiers assigned to Alpha and Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 114th Infantry Regiment, 44th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, New Jersey Army National Guard are transported by UH-60 Blackhawks at the eXportable Combat Training Capability (XCTC) exercise at Fort Drum, New York. More than 2,500 Soldiers are participating in the training event, which enables brigade combat teams to achieve the trained platoon readiness necessary to deploy, fight, and win.

A New Jersey National Guard UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter with Detachment 1, C Company, 1-171st MEDEVAC flies during a Medical Simulation Training Center class on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, June 9, 2022. The Medical Simulation Training Center provides state of the art training to aid students in gaining proficiency in treating all areas of trauma and basic medical scenarios.

An HH-3 Jolly Green Giant helicopter on the landing pad during a reserve rescue exercise. Base: Grayling Air Base State: Michigan (MI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

MIHAIL KOGĂLNICEANU, Romania-- Two UH60M Black Hawks with Bravo Company, 3-227 Assault Helicopter Battalion prepare to land during air movement and air assault training with Soldiers from the Romanian 9th Mechanized Brigade. Regular interoperability training with NATO partners and allies builds trust and readiness, increasing the capacity for deterrence and defense.

Lt. Gen Theodore D. Martin, Commanding General, U.S. Army Combined Arms Center, visits Soldiers from 1st Air Cavalry Brigade during Combined Resolve 17. Combined Resolve 17 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. (U.S. Army video by Sgt. Jason Greaves)

U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallions with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 365 (Reinforced), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), fly to a simulated raid during Realistic Urban Training (RUT) on Fort Barfoot, Virginia, Jan. 18, 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.

An aircrew guides a Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey aircraft in for a landing July 13, 2022, at Sparta-Fort McCoy Airport at Fort McCoy, Wis. In a rare training event at Fort McCoy, aircrew with the Marine Corps Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 162 of Marine Corps Air Station New River, N.C., flew a pair of MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft July 12-14 at the installation for aerial gunnery training at the impact area on North Post.

A Soldier from the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 110th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, rappels from a UH-60 Black hawk during rappel training at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa., on August 3, 2022. The Soldiers from the 1-110th worked with the pilots and crews from the 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade to rappel from the black hawk

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.

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to the 10th Combat Aviation Brigade provide UH-60M Black Hawk support to the 10th Mountain Light Fighters School on Fort Drum, NY Aug. 11, 2022. Soldiers from 10th CAB were also in the course to qualify for their Air Assault badge.

A UH-N1 Huey from the 40th Helicopter Squadron makes its way to the location of an injured hiker during a search and rescue exercise May 24, 2022, over the Highwood Mountains near Great Falls, Mont. The exercise was conducted to test the squadrons ability to locate and rescue an injured hiker. The 40th HS is often called upon to perform SAR missions on missing or injured people.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - A NASA helicopter takes off while participating in a Mode II-IV exercise at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. 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 drill allows teams to practice an emergency response at Pad 39A, including helicopter evacuation to local hospitals. The Space Shuttle Program and U.S. Air Force are conducting the emergency simulation.

Alaska Army National Guard aviators fly a CH-47 Chinook and a UH-60 Black Hawk during a joint forces demonstration for Arctic Thunder Open House (ATOH) at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, July 31, 2022. ATHOH is a biennial event hosted by JBER and is one of the largest in the state and one of the premier aerial demonstrations in the world. The event features multiple performers to include the JBER Joint Forces Demonstration Team, U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor Demonstration Team, Pacific Air Forces C-17 Demonstration Team and U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds demonstration team.

One CH-47 Chinook and two UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters conduct water bucket training May 11 at Memorial Lake State Park and Fort Indiantown Gap in coordination with safety and conservation ground personnel. The crews take water from Memorial Lake and drop in in Fort Indiantown Gaps training corridor, providing essential training for pilots, increase capacity for future prescribed burns and wildland fire operations, and provide an opportunity for joint training among entities including the Pennsylvania National Guard, Fort Indiantown Gap fire and police, and the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Bureau of State Parks.

Alaska Army National Guardsmen with the 2-211th General Support Aviation Battalion fly across the Yukon River as they travel from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson to Nome, Alaska, via UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter April 11, 2022. The UH-60L Black Hawk helicopters will remain in Nome for Golf Company, Detachment 1, 2-211 GSAB to conduct annual training and aide in River Watch if needed this spring. Should there be significant flooding or other emergency in the vicinity, the helicopters will provide support as requested by the State. (Alaska National Guard photo by 1st Lt. Balinda ONeal)

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

A UH-60 Black Hawk (Blackhawk) helicopter carrying a quick reaction force crosses over the beach as part of a readiness exercise. The reaction force is reinforcing 2nd Plt., Co. B, Task Force 2-27, which is conducting mortar drills within sight of a Panamanian Defense Force (PDF) barracks near Coco Solo High School. Base: Coco Solo State: Canal Zone Country: Panama (PAN)

Airmen from the 132d Wing Operations Support Squadron participated in a joint exercise with soldiers from C Co 2-147th Air Assault Helicopter Battalion in Boone, Iowa, June 10, 2022. Intelligence Operations Specialists from the 132d Wing gathered and shared intel to support the various mission sets. (Iowa Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Victoria J. Hanson)

A scene of Equipment Park is shown May 21, 2022, at Fort McCoy, Wis. Equipment Park is inside the installations historic Commemorative Area. The Equipment Park is an outdoor display of historic and present-day equipment representative of the types used on the installation. The design of the park allows for display of 70 pieces of equipment, ranging from helicopters and howitzers to trucks and trailers. The Commemorative Area also consists of five World War II-era buildings set aside to help tell Fort McCoys unique story. These facilities are representative of the types found in the cantonment area when it was constructed in 1942.

Soldiers from 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne), jump from a UH-60 Black Hawk into American Lake, near Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., Aug. 31, 2022.

An Alouette III of 300 squadron sneaking over the Veluwe.

DM-ST-86-07382. Base: Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Emergency Response Team officers from the Protective Services branch of NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida prepare to descend from a Huey helicopter from the Aircraft Operations branch during a training exercise. The flight was the beginning of a training mission to simulate a situation the team and pilots could confront at the center.

A UH-1N Huey helicopter from the United States Air Force's First Helicopter Squadron (1 HS), Joint Base Andrews, Md., flies over the Reflecting Pool at the National Mall, Washington, D.C. during a routine training flight, 6 April, 2023. 1 HS's mission is to provide priority airlift for national-level civil and military senior leadership in the National Capital Region.

ESU Incident Command Post New Orleans - Katrina Sector - 26-HK-306-95. Hurricane Katrina

A U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter lifts a Belize Defence Force BN-2B Defender aircraft out of the mud near the coast of Belize May 3, 2007. Debris flew through the air as the 5,000 pound aircraft was and lifted out of the marshes and being transported back to the BDF air station in Belize City.

A U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter assigned to Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 361, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, conducts on-loading and offloading drills during a helicopter support team aerial lift training at Landing Zone Falcon, Okinawa, Japan, Sept. 20, 2022. The purpose of the training was to allow Marines with 1st MAW and 3rd Landing Support Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 3, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, to maintain training and readiness qualifications while lifting a 7,000-pound load. 3rd MLG, based out of Okinawa, Japan, is a forward-deployed combat unit that serves as III Marine Expeditionary Forces comprehensive logistics and combat service support backbone for operations throughout the Indo-Pacific area of responsibility.

DM-ST-86-08386. Base: Mcas, Cherry Point State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Two Soldiers rappel from a Black Hawk helicopter during Air Assault School on August 11, 2022 at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa. Air Assault School is a 10-day course designed to prepare Soldiers for insertion, evacuation, and pathfinder missions that call for the use of multipurpose transportation and assault helicopters.

220716-F-KO270-1037 MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII, Hawaii (July 16, 2022) An AC-130J Ghostrider gunship from the 4th Special Operations Squadron prepares to land at Marine Corps Base Hawaii to participate in Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022. Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, four 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 worlds 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 worlds oceans. RIMPAC 2022 is the 28th exercise in the series that began in 1971.

U.S. Army Soldiers with the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment, in Hunter Army Airfield, Savannah, Georgia, conduct hoist operations at the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center, Indiana, on May 07, 2022, during Guardian Response 22. The homeland emergency response exercise validates an Army units ability to support the Defense Support of Civil Authorities, increasing the unit's readiness for times of emergency.

Terschelling aerial recording from an Alouette III helicopter from the SAR. The crew exercises a wounded transport and will pick up a wounded on the helicopter landing site. The photo can be seen that an ambulance is already ready to transfer the injured.

An air crew from the Eastern Army National Guard Aviation Training Site operating a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter conducts water bucket training at Memorial Lake State Park near Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa., on April 5, 2022. The Indiantown Gap, Fort Indiantown Gap's namesake, is visible in the background.

An MH-60S Knighthawk, attached to the "Tridents" of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 9, transports ammunition to the first-in-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford's (CVN 78) flight deck during a replenishment-at-sea with the dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Medgar Evers (T-AKE 13), March 31, 2023. Ford is underway in the Atlantic Ocean conducting routine operations and training to maintain readiness. As the first-in-class ship of Ford-class aircraft carriers, CVN 78 represents a generational leap in the U.S. Navy's capacity to project power on a global scale.

Aircrafts - Sand Baggers - 26-HK-57-64. HH-60 on waterfront embankment near personnel--050929. Hurricane Katrina

051012-A-5683S-001. Base: Shreveport State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Great Lakes Search and Rescue Detachment - 26-HK-143-117. Hurricane Katrina

Photos from Aviation Training Center, Mobile - 26-HK-422-53. Hurricane Katrina

DF-ST-88-07316. Base: Raf Woodbridge Country: England / Great Britain (ENG)

A U.S. Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin crew from Air Station Miami, Florida launch for a Search and recue case in the wake of Hurricane Ian, Sept, 29, 2022. The case was repoterd to be near Naples, Florida.

U.S. Army Paratroopers assigned to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, partake in multiple events during Eagle Week on Fort Bragg, NC, June 14, 2022. Eagle Week is a week-long event commemorating past and current 37th Engineer Battalion Paratroopers with activities to honor the history, tradition, and heritage of the37th Engineer Battalion.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The rope is cut from a Huey helicopter from the Aircraft Operations branch at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida before the helicopter begins to fly out of a training area during a training exercise. Moments earlier, Emergency Response Team officers from the Protective Services branch descended from the helicopter to begin the mission. The flight was the beginning of a training mission to simulate a situation the team and pilots could confront at the center.

Fuel lines are in place and ready to dispense fuel from a CH-47 Chinook at a Forward Arming and Refueling Point during Saber Junction 22. 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 land 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.

Fuel lines are in place and ready to dispense fuel from a CH-47 Chinook at a Forward Arming and Refueling Point during Saber Junction 22. 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 land 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.

Public Affairs - Department of Defense - 26-HK-417-2. Hurricane Katrina

Miscellaneous - Katrina and Rita - 26-HK-431-204. Hurricane Katrina

Elementary school students watch as a UH-60 Black Hawk flies over them for the Month of the Military Child at Abrams Elementary school, Fort Carson, Colorado, April 28, 2022. The Army offers several programs to ensure Army children are healthy and resilient, including childcare, before and after school programs, summer care, and camps, etc.

U.S. Marines with 3d Littoral Combat Team, 3d Marine Littoral Regiment, 3d Marine Division, disembark an MV-22 Osprey attached to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 363 during an air assault training exercise at Marine Corps Training Area Bellows, Hawaii, Dec. 1, 2022. This training prepares the company for future airborne operations.

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

U.S. Secretary of State disembarks from the helicopter after landing at Camp Resolute Support Landing Zone in Kabul, Afghanistan, on April 9, 2016.

A 413th Flight Test Squadron UH-1 Huey leaves Anderson Pond to perform a water drop 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.)

An air crew from the Eastern Army National Guard Aviation Training Site operating a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter conducts water bucket training at Memorial Lake State Park near Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa., on April 5, 2022.

A front view of a UH-1 Iroquois helicopter equipped with an M-56 heliborne mine-dispensing system. A total of 160 mines can be carried in two reloadabel SUU-13A dispensers. The mines are ejected two at a time and a single sortie can lay down a minefield 100 meters long and 40 meters wide. Base: Fort Rucker State: Alabama (AL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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

Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge - The City - 26-HK-383-56. Hurricane Katrina

Helo Air Station - 26-HK-147-6. Hurricane Katrina

A U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II from the 58th Fighter Squadron, 33rd Fighter Wing, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, takes off from Volk Field Air National Guard Base, Wisconsin, Aug. 9, 2022. Nomads will integrate with 4th- and 5th-generation assets from the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Air National Guard during the tactical-level, joint training exercise replicating todays air battle space.

A UH072 Lakota flies over the training area 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.

Emergency Services Rehearse to Emergency Major Earthquake Exercise in Baden Württemberg The Major International EU Exercise Magnitude Rehearses at Earthquake Emergen

Photos from Aviation Training Center, Mobile - 26-HK-428-21. Hurricane Katrina

Company B, 1st Battalion, 128th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team and the 1st Battalion, 147th Aviation Regiment and other units from across the Wisconsin National Guard to conduct an air assault mission during annual training June 10 at Fort McCoy, Wis.

During annual training, Infantry Soldiers of the Minnesota National Guards 1st Combined Arms Battalion - 194th Armor are air inserted into a narrow landing zone on Camp Ripley August 19, 2022 by CH-47 Chinook aircrews of Bravo Company, 3rd Battalion - 126th Aviation Regiment out of the Maryland National Guard Soldiers.

030814-M-5839E-517. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT TASK FORCE LIBERIA Base: Roberts International Airport Country: Liberia (LBR)

An aircrew flies a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter over North Post during training operations June 9, 2022, at Fort McCoy, Wis. According to the Army fact sheet for the Black Hawk, its mission is to provide air assault, general support, aeromedical evacuation, command and control, and special operations support to combat, stability, and support operations. The UH-60 also is the Armys utility tactical transport helicopter. The versatile helicopter has enhanced the overall mobility of the Army due to dramatic improvements in troop capacity and cargo lift capability over the years as well.

3rd Combat Aviation Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division Soldiers showcase a UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter at the 19th Annual USO Armed Forces Half Marathon & Freedom 5K/10K in Jacksonville, Florida, October 8, 2022. The mission of the USO Armed Forces Half Marathon & Freedom 5K/10K is to strengthen the bond between the civilian and military communities, promote sound physical health and fitness, and support of all five branches of the military and their family members.

An MV-22 Osprey with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, takes off from a landing zone in Hakkaido, Japan, Oct. 6, 2022. Resolute Dragon 22 is an annual bilateral exercisedesigned 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 US Army National Guard unloads sand bags at the Water Works Treatment Plant for use in building a wall to hold back flood waters.(Exact date unknown). Base: Des Moines State: Iowa (IA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

An aircrew prepares a Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey aircraft for take-off July 13, 2022, at Sparta-Fort McCoy Airport at Fort McCoy, Wis. In a rare training event at Fort McCoy, aircrew with the Marine Corps Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 162 of Marine Corps Air Station New River, N.C., flew a pair of MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft July 12-14 at the installation for aerial gunnery training at the impact area on North Post.

Tenerife, Canary Island, rescue helicopter, exercise, recovery

Photos from Aviation Training Center, Mobile - 26-HK-428-20. Hurricane Katrina

040623-N-6060O-170. Base: Naval Air Station, Fallon State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Aircrafts - Sand Baggers - 26-HK-57-92. Military helicopter with two sand bags flying over waterfront near row of sand bags and digger truck --050929. Hurricane Katrina

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to the 10th Mountain Division (LI) show their might during a live demonstration in front of the local community on Fort Drum, Ny. Aug 31, 2022. 10th Combat Aviation Brigade conducted aerial manuevers with UH-60M Black Hawks and AH-64D Apache helicopters.

U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Ospreys with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 268 reinforced, Aviation Combat Element, Marine Rotational Force-Darwin (MRF-D) 22, prepare to land during Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations exercise (EABO Ex) at South Goulburn Island, Australia, Aug. 31, 2022. EABO Ex was a force-on-force training that exercised the MRF-Ds ability to forward deploy and establish expeditionary advanced bases.

Miscellaneous - Coast Guard Operations - 26-HK-434-6. Hurricane Katrina

Col. Andrew Campbell, 374th Airlift Wing commander, and Tech. Sgt. Mark Rosenboom, 374th Operational Support Squadron Survival Evasion Resistance Escape specialist, ascend into the air during a UH-1 rescue demonstration at the Friendship Festival 2022, at Yokota Air Base, Japan, May 22, 2022. 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.

Miscellaneous - Coast Guard Operations - 26-HK-434-174. Hurricane Katrina

A scene of Equipment Park is shown with fall colors Oct. 3, 2022, at Fort McCoy, Wis. Equipment Park is inside the installations historic Commemorative Area. The Equipment Park is an outdoor display of historic and present-day equipment representative of the types used on the installation. The design of the park allows for display of 70 pieces of equipment, ranging from helicopters and howitzers to trucks and trailers. The Commemorative Area also consists of five World War II-era buildings set aside to help tell Fort McCoys unique story. These facilities are representative of the types found in the cantonment area when it was constructed in 1942.

Terschelling aerial recording from an Alouette III helicopter from the SAR. The crew exercises a wounded transport and will pick up a wounded on the helicopter landing site. The photo can be seen that an ambulance is already ready to transfer the injured.

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

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.

Police exercise, SEK armed in an Airbus Helicopter EC-145 helicopter, Stetten am kalten Markt, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

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.

A-10 Thunderbolt IIs from the 175th Wing, Baltimore, M.d., displays a show of force during a close air support exercise on Range 48, Fort Drum, N.y. March 29, 2023. The close air support training was conducted by members of the 274th Air Support Operations Squadron and members of the Brazilian Air Force Para-SAR Squadron.

A duck walks toward the water as a 413th Flight Test Squadron UH-1 Huey approaches Anderson Pond to pick up a bucket of water 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.)

A scene of Equipment Park is shown with fall colors Oct. 3, 2022, at Fort McCoy, Wis. Equipment Park is inside the installations historic Commemorative Area. The Equipment Park is an outdoor display of historic and present-day equipment representative of the types used on the installation. The design of the park allows for display of 70 pieces of equipment, ranging from helicopters and howitzers to trucks and trailers. The Commemorative Area also consists of five World War II-era buildings set aside to help tell Fort McCoys unique story. These facilities are representative of the types found in the cantonment area when it was constructed in 1942.

U.S. Marines with Alpha Company, Chemical Biological Incident Response Force (CBIRF), extract a notional casualty from a simulated crashed helicopter during Scarlet Response 2022 at Guardian Centers of Georgia, Georgia, May 20, 2022. CBIRF Marines are trained in technical rescue for vehicle extrication, trench rescue, collapsed structure and confined space rescue. Scarlet Response 2022 is designed to physically and mentally test CBIRF personnel and the units joint partners, the 911th Technical Rescue Engineer Company, in a simulated joint disaster response.

A Bundeswehr helicopter lands on the Elbe meadows in Bad Schandau on the Elbe, after a day of fire-fighting operations

A New Hampshire Army National Guard Black Hawk helicopter with a lowered 130-foot long line returns from extracting two rusted metal culverts from Nash Stream on Oct. 19, 2022. The sling load was coordinated through Innovative Readiness Training, a U.S. Department of Defense program that provides training opportunities for guardsmen while supporting local communities.

Col. Shane Finison, commander of the 16th Combat Aviation Brigade, flies an AH-64E Apache helicopter near Mount Daniel, Wash. on Jul. 11, 2022. This was the final flight for Col. Finison as the brigade commander.

Helo Air Station - 26-HK-147-16. Hurricane Katrina

England, West Dorset, Lamberts Castle. A military twin rotered helicopter on training flight overflys Lamberts Castle a Iron Age hill fort located in overlooking Marshwood Vale in West Dorset

A U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 265 conducts low altitude tactics (LAT) training in vicinity of Northern Japan, Oct. 13, 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.

U.S. Marines with 1st Transportation Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 1, 1st Marine Logistics Group, experiment with the TRV-150 (TRUAS) drone during Battalion Field exercise 1-23 on Camp Pendleton, California, Oct. 19, 2022. Battalion FX 1-23 is a 1st Transportation Battalion exercise integrated with Project Convergence 22, where Marines and Sailors leverage a series of joint, multi-domain engagements, integrating artificial intelligence, robotics, and autonomy to enhance warfighting capabilities and accelerate decision-making timelines.

Exercise operations are shown Aug. 11, 2022, at Fort McCoy, Wis., for the Air Force operations in the 2022 Patriot Warrior Exercise. The exercise took place in August 2022 at Fort McCoy at mainly the Sparta-Fort McCoy Airport on South Post at the installation. Hundreds of Airmen participated in the exercise, including Airmen with the 908th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, 433rd Airlift Wing, 934th Airlift Wing, 349th Air Mobility Wing, and 514th Air Mobility Wing. Patriot Warrior is Air Force Reserve Commands premier exercise providing Airmen an opportunity to train with joint and international partners in airlift, aeromedical evacuation, and mobility support.

060219-A-7603W-048. Subject Operation/Series: VAULTED RAMPART Base: Grafenwoehr State: Bayern Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

A Bundeswehr helicopter lands on the Elbe meadows in Bad Schandau on the Elbe, after a day of fire-fighting operations

Miscellaneous - Coast Guard Operations - 26-HK-434-185. Hurricane Katrina

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides joining U.S. Park Police crew for Washington, D.C. fly-over

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