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Operation UNITED SHIELD. A US Navy CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter lifts a load of supplies from the flight deck of the ammunition ship USS KISKA (AE 35) off the coast of Kenya. The KISKA is bringing in materiel and equipment to support the operation which is the withdrawal of United Nations' peacekeepers from Mogadishu, Somalia. The helicopter will ferry the supplies and materiel between the KISKA, other ships and the operations ashore

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Operation UNITED SHIELD. A US Navy CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter lifts a load of supplies from the flight deck of the ammunition ship USS KISKA (AE 35) off the coast of Kenya. The KISKA is bringing in materiel and equipment to support the operation which is the withdrawal of United Nations' peacekeepers from Mogadishu, Somalia. The helicopter will ferry the supplies and materiel between the KISKA, other ships and the operations ashore

US Navy (USN) SH-60F Seahawk helicopters from Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron 2 (HS-2), Golden Falcons, Naval Air Station North Island (NASNI), California (CA), depart the Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN 72) en route to Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia. The helicopters are transporting supplies, bringing in disaster relief teams and supporting humanitarian airlifts to the Tsunami-stricken coastal regions. The Lincoln Carrier Strike Group (CSG) is currently operating in the Indian Ocean off the waters of Indonesia and Thailand

Close front on view of a U.S. Navy CH-53E Sea Stallion helicopter as flight crew begins shut down procedures after arriving at Moi International Airport. The helicopter will be used to ferry personnel and equipment to naval vessels off the coast of Africa. U.S. forces are bringing in personnel, materiel and equipment to support Operation United Shield, which is the withdrawal of United Nations peacekeepers from Mogadishu, Somalia. The helicopter is from Helicopter Combat Support Squadron Four (HC-4) Black Stallions, Naval Air Station Sigonella, Sicily

A US Navy (USN) Sikorsky SH-60B Seahawk Helicopter, Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light 49 (HSL-49), takes off from Naval Air Station (NAS) North Island (NI), California (CA). This helicopter is one of eight that Commander, Naval Air Forces Pacific (COMNAVAIRPAC), is sending to NAS Pensacola, Florida (FL), to assist in Search and Rescue (SAR) and logistic delivery mission as part of the US Navys contribution to the humanitarian assistance operation, led by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and working in conjunction with the Department of Defense (DoD), that is delivering humanitarian and relief assistance to the Gulf Coast victims of Hurricane Katrina

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Operation UNITED SHIELD. A US Navy CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter is refueled on the flight deck of the ammunition ship USS KISKA (AE 35) off the coast of Kenya. The KISKA is bringing in materiel and equipment to support the operation which is the withdrawal of United Nations' peacekeepers from Mogadishu, Somalia. The helicopter will ferry the supplies and materiel between the KISKA, other ships and the operations ashore

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Subject Operation/Series: UNITED SHIELD

Base: USS Kiska (AE 35)

Country: Indian Ocean (IOC)

Scene Camera Operator: A1C R. S. Mallard

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Known as the "Phrog", the Sea Knight was used in all U.S. Marine operational environments between its introduction during the Vietnam War. The type's longevity and reputation for reliability led to mantras such as "phrogs phorever" and "never trust a helicopter under 30". During the 1940s and 1950s, American rotorcraft manufacturer Piasecki Helicopter emerged as a pioneering developer of tandem-rotor helicopters; perhaps the most famous of these being the piston-powered H-21 "Flying Banana", an early utility and transport helicopter. During 1955, Piasecki was officially renamed as Vertol Corporation (standing for vertical take-off and landing); it was around this time that work commenced on the development of a new generation of tandem rotor helicopter. During 1956, the new design received the internal company designation of Vertol Model 107, or simply V-107; this rotorcraft differed from its predecessors by harnessing the newly developed turboshaft engine instead of piston-based counterparts. In 1960, American Boeing acquired Vertol and in 1961, it was announced that Boeing Vertol had been selected to manufacture its model 107M for the U.S. Marine Corps. Following the Sea Knight's first flight in August 1962, the military designation was changed to CH-46A.

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