Helicopter Mechanics

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Persian Gulf Scene Camera Operator: PH2 (Sw) Jeff Elliott Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Persian Gulf Scene Camera Operator: PH2 (Sw) Jeff Elliott Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Persian Gulf Scene Camera Operator: PH2 (Sw) Jeff Elliott Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Pilot, Chief Warrant Officer Tom Boise conducts preflight checks on a OH-58 Kiowa helicopter at Logistical Supply Area Diamondback, before conducting a mission over Mosul, Iraq, April 6. Boise, a pilot of 4th S More

Sgt. Joshua Sullivan a OH-58 Kiowa helicopter crew chief of 1st Platoon, Troop H, 4th Squadron, 6th Air Cavalry Regiment from Fort Lewis, Wash., conducts maintenance checks on a Kiowa at Logistical Supply Area More

Corporal Kevin Adams and Lance Cpl. Reilly Cocklin, phase crew helicopter mechanics with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 364, perform maintenance on a CH-46E Sea Knight aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., Sept. 30 More

Sgt. Joshua Sullivan a OH-58 Kiowa helicopter crew chief of 1st Platoon, Troop H, 4th Squadron, 6th Air Cavalry Regiment from Fort Lewis, Wash., performs a maintenance check on a Kiowa at Logistical Supply Area More

The .50 caliber machine gun of an OH-58 Kiowa helicopter fires over the Tigris River, Mosul, Iraq, April 6. The Kiowa, belonging to 4th Squadron 6th Air Cavalry Regiment from Fort Lewis, Wash., is firing on an More

Corporal Kevin Adams and Lance Cpl. Reilly Cocklin, phase crew helicopter mechanics with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 364, perform maintenance on a CH-46E Sea Knight aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., Sept. 30 More

An OH-58 Kiowa helicopter strafes Giligan's Island on the Tigris River, Iraq, with a .50 caliber machine gun, April 6. Gilligan's Island is used as a test fire pit by helicopter pilots of 4th Squadron, 6th Cava More

An OH-58 Kiowa helicopter fires a 17 pound rocket over the city of Mosul, Iraq, April 6. The rocket was fired into a test fire pit, ensuring the bird's weapons systems are functional before moving out into the More

Sgt. William Grigsby, Troop E, 4th Squadron, 6th Cavalry Regiment from Fort Lewis, Wash., tests the rotors of an OH-58 Kiowa helicopter at Logistical Supply Area Diamondback, Iraq, April 7. In this particular t More

Corporal Kevin Adams, a phase crew helicopter mechanic with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 364, performs maintenance on a CH-46E Sea Knight aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., Sept. 30, 2014. When Marines are a c More

Chief Warrant Officer Tom Boise flies his OH-58 Kiowa helicopter over Mosul, Iraq, Apr. 6. Boise, a pilot of 4th Squadron, 6th Air Cavalry Regiment from Fort Lewis, Wash., provides security and an eye from the More

An OH-58 Kiowa helicopter flies over the Tigris River flowing through Mosul, Iraq, April 6. The Kiowas of 4th Squadron, 6th Air Cavalry Regiment from Fort Lewis, Wash., fly patrols over Ninewa province, providi More

Downtown Mosul, Iraq, is seen from the left seat of a OH-58 Kiowa helicopter April 5. The Kiowa is from 4th Squadron, 6th Air Cavalry Regiment from Fort Lewis, Wash. Helicopters are used to provide extra securi More

A 17 pound rocket is fired from an OH-58 Kiowa helicopter at a small island on the Tigris River running through Mosul, Iraq, Apr. 6. The small island dubbed Gilligan's island, is used by helicopter pilots as a More

Chief Warrant Officer Tom Boise, an OH-58 pilot standsby in his Kiowa helicopter as Sgt. William Grigsby reloads the bird with a 17 pound rocket. Both Soldiers are in 4th Squadron, 6th Air Cavalry Regiment from More

Sgt. Michael Slattery, 1st Platoon sergeant of Troop H, 4th Squadron, 6th Cavalry Regiment from Fort Lewis, Wash., pressure washes a panel of an OH-58 Kiowa helicopter as members of his platoon conduct checks o More

Sgt. Christopher Moser, an airframe mechanic of 4th Squadron 6th Cavalry Regiment wields an OH-58 Kiowa helicopter part at Logistical Supply Area Diamondback, Iraq, Apr. 7.