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A left side view of a CH-47 Chinook helicopter as a group of Honduran civilians prepare to take a tour of it during the Ahuas Tera II training exercise

A left side view of a CH-47 Chinook helicopter as a group of Honduran ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: AHUAS TARA II Base: Comayagua Country: Honduras (HND) Scene Camera Operator: MSG Longfellow Release Status: Released to Publ... More

An Army CH-47D Chinook helicopter prepares to land during Exercise Ocean Venture '84

An Army CH-47D Chinook helicopter prepares to land during Exercise Oce...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: OCEAN VENTURE '84 Base: Vieques Island State: Puerto Rico (PR) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator... More

A formation of CH-47 Chinook helicopters airlifts South Korean Army howitzers into firing positions during a live-fire exercise on Nightmare Range

A formation of CH-47 Chinook helicopters airlifts South Korean Army ho...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Carl S. Mcgill Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photogr... More

A CH-47 Chinook helicopter lifts an M102 105 mm howitzer off the ground during the joint US/Honduras field training Exercise AHUAS TARA II (BIG PINE)

A CH-47 Chinook helicopter lifts an M102 105 mm howitzer off the groun...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: AHUAS TARA II (BIG PINE) Country: Honduras (HND) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

A CH-47 Chinook helicopter sling lifts a 500-gallon fuel bladder for field refueling during Exercise GALLANT EAGLE '84

A CH-47 Chinook helicopter sling lifts a 500-gallon fuel bladder for f...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE '84 State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SPC5 Izer Release St... More

Soldiers prepare to unload food and supplies from a CH-47 Chinook helicopter for delivery to survivors of a volcanic eruption in Almero

Soldiers prepare to unload food and supplies from a CH-47 Chinook heli...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Colombia (COL) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT David Cornwell Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Crew members muster on the forecastle of the battleship USS IOWA (BB-61) as they prepare to go ashore. A CH-47 Chinook helicopter is taking off from the stern of the IOWA

Crew members muster on the forecastle of the battleship USS IOWA (BB-6...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PHC Jeff Hilton Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A member of the 82nd Airborne Division stands by as CH-47 Chinook helicopters arrive during Exercise SOLID SHIELD'87

A member of the 82nd Airborne Division stands by as CH-47 Chinook heli...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SOLID SHIELD Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene ... More

A CH-47 Chinook helicopter delivers equipment and field gear for use during Operation SAND EAGLE '88

A CH-47 Chinook helicopter delivers equipment and field gear for use d...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SAND EAGLE '88 Base: Macdill Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operato... More

Members of the 101st Airborne Division unload their gear from a CH-47D Chinook helicopter during Operation Sand Eagle '88

Members of the 101st Airborne Division unload their gear from a CH-47D...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SAND EAGLE '88 Base: Macdill Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operato... More

Members of the 101st Airborne Division's airmobile team unload equipment and field gear from a CH-47 Chinook helicopter during Operation SAND EAGLE '88

Members of the 101st Airborne Division's airmobile team unload equipme...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SAND EAGLE '88 Base: Macdill Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operato... More

A CH-47 Chinook helicopter lifts a section of drainage ditch during roadway construction by members of the West Virginia Army National Guard participating in Task Force III, a civic action project in which the guard is also providing health and veterinary services to inhabitants of the Puenta Grande area

A CH-47 Chinook helicopter lifts a section of drainage ditch during ro...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Honduras (HND) Scene Camera Operator: Steven Heise Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Civilian firefighters from the Mammoth Hot Springs firefighter's camp board and Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter of the 214th Aviation Regiment for transport to the fire lines in Yellowstone National Park near Lodgepole

Civilian firefighters from the Mammoth Hot Springs firefighter's camp ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: Wyoming (WY) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Bob Simons Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military... More

An Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter brings a load of supplies to the Seabees of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 (NMCB-133) at an Iraqi airfield. The airfield, which had been under construction prior to the start of the Persian Gulf war, is being repaired to allow relief supplies to be flown in for nearby Kurdish refugees as part of Operation Provide Comfort

An Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter brings a load of supplies to the Seab...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Sirsenk Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Jerry Ireland Release Status: Released to Publi... More

M-1A1 Abrams main battle tanks and protectively wrapped CH-47 Chinook helicopters cover a holding area in preparation for redeployment to the United States in the aftermath of Operation Desert Storm

M-1A1 Abrams main battle tanks and protectively wrapped CH-47 Chinook ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU) Scene Camera Operator: LT. Gary W. Butterworth Release Status: Released to Public Co... More

A C-5 Galaxy is offloaded at Taegu Air Base. It was carrying two MH-47 Chinook Army helicopters from the 3/160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (SOAR) and 43 personnel from Hunter Army Airfield, Savannah, Georgia to participate in the training exercise. Exact Date Shot Unknown

A C-5 Galaxy is offloaded at Taegu Air Base. It was carrying two MH-47...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE 94' Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Tim Neville Release Status: Released to Public Com... More

As an A-68 Intruder aircraft is prepared for launch on board the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN-73), aircraft of the joint Special Operations Task Force involved in Fleet Exercise 2-94 fly pass the ship. They include one U.S. Army MH-60 Black Hawk (Blackhawk) helo, four MH-47D Chinook helos and two U.S. Air Force MH-53J combat search and rescue helicopters

As an A-68 Intruder aircraft is prepared for launch on board the nucle...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FLEET EXERCISE 2-94 Base: USS George Washington @@(Cvn 73) Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: JOC Gregg L. ... More

An Avenger Unit personnel, 12th Air Defense Artillery, Ft Polk, Louisiana, as he uses his equipment to take immediate perimeter positions around the landing zone (LZ) of the CH-53 Chinook that brought them, and one of the Avenger units to the insertion point at Condron Army Air Field. Minutes afterwards, more Avenger laden Chinooks arrive. The Avenger unit is a High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) with a turret mounted Stinger launcher module. All units participating in this exercise will be challenged by the desert environment and integration with a variety of other U.S. and multi-national services

An Avenger Unit personnel, 12th Air Defense Artillery, Ft Polk, Louisi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ROVING SANDS '95 Base: White Sands Missile Test Range State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene C... More

An aerial starboard quarter view of the coastal patrol boat USS CHINOOK (PC-9) rounding the buoy and turning directly for her homeport at the conclusion of a Mediterranean deployment. In the foreground is a rigid hull power boat carrying members of the CHINOOK's attached SEAL team

An aerial starboard quarter view of the coastal patrol boat USS CHINOO...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Hampton Roadstead State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: David Tilton Release Status: Released to P... More

An Army National Guard CH-47D Chinook helicopter from Detachment 1, Company F, 106th Aviation Davenport, Iowa is loaded into a 436th Airlift Wing, 3rd Airlift Squadron's C-5B Galaxy airlifter. The Chinook is on its way to Georgetown, Guyana in support of New Horizon '97, the first combined humanitarian and civic assistance exercise conducted between the United States and Guyana. Military personnel from the Air Force, Air Force Reserve & National Guard, Army, Army National Guard and Marine Corps participated in the exercise which included engineering and medical readiness training

An Army National Guard CH-47D Chinook helicopter from Detachment 1, Co...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NEW HORIZON '97 Base: Davenport State: Iowa (IA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. G. M. ... More

Members of the 1108th Aviation Repair Activity Depot, from Gulf Port, MS, disassemble a CH-47D Chinook helicopter at the conclusion of New Horizon '97. The helicopter played an essential role by providing transportation, for supplies and people, to remote sites during this first combined humanitarian and civic assistance exercise conducted between the United States and Guyana. Military personnel from Air Force, Air Force Reserve & National Guard, Army, Army National Guard and Marine Corps participated in the exercise which included engineering and medical readiness training

Members of the 1108th Aviation Repair Activity Depot, from Gulf Port, ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NEW HORIZON '97 Country: French Guiana (GUF) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Jerome Suson Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

Soldiers from the 426TH Forward Support Battalion hook up 500 gallon fuel Blivets (Sealdrums or Collapsible Drums) to a hovering C-47 Chinook helicopter for air transport to their forward elements during their Battalion FTX (Field Training Exercise) at Fort Campbell, Kentucky

Soldiers from the 426TH Forward Support Battalion hook up 500 gallon f...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ft Campbell State: Kentucky (KY) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: MACOMS Scene Camera Operator: M.W. Woods, Ci... More

Captain (CPT), Christopher Comeaux, USA, CH-47 Chinook helicopter pilot, assigned to Detachment 1, Company F, 106th Division, Iowa National Guard, Davenport, IA performs a preflight inspection of the aircraft, before flying to Asuncion, Paraguay during Operation NEW HORIZONS. The mission flown to support personnel at Asuncion, Paraguay is part of Combined Task Force Guarani Springs, which will conduct engineering and medical operations in Paraguay from 10 March to 30 June 2001 enabling joint service training between US and Paraguayan military personnel. The task force will renovate, construct and improve infrastructure of four schools; four water wells; and conduct three Medical...

Captain (CPT), Christopher Comeaux, USA, CH-47 Chinook helicopter pilo...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: Captain (CPT), Christopher Comeaux, USA, CH-47 Chinook helicopter pilot, assigned to Detachment 1, Company F, 106th Division, Io... More

Sergeant (SGT), Kenneth Soedt, USA, CH-47 Chinook helicopter Engineer, assigned to Detachment 1, Company F, 106th Division, Iowa National Guard, Davenport, IA performs a preflight inspection of the aircraft, before flying to Asuncion, Paraguay during Operation NEW HORIZONS. The mission flown to support personnel at Asuncion, Paraguay is part of Combined Task Force Guarani Springs, which will conduct engineering and medical operations in Paraguay from 10 March to 30 June 2001 enabling joint service training between US and Paraguayan military personnel. The task force will renovate, construct and improve infrastructure of four schools; four water wells; and conduct three Medical Readiness...

Sergeant (SGT), Kenneth Soedt, USA, CH-47 Chinook helicopter Engineer,...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: Sergeant (SGT), Kenneth Soedt, USA, CH-47 Chinook helicopter Engineer, assigned to Detachment 1, Company F, 106th Division, Iowa... More

USAF medical personnel assigned to the 99TH Medical Group, Nellis AFB, Nevada assemble their equipment, after off loading from a CH-47 Chinook helicopter from the 106TH Division, Iowa Air National Guard, for a medical exercise at Cerro Membre, Paraguay during Exercise NEW HORIZONS. Under Combined Task Force Guarani Springs joint service personnel are conducting engineering and medical operations in enabling required joint training. The task force will renovate, construct and improve the infrastructures of four schools, four water wells, and also conduct three Medical Readiness Training Exercises (MEDRETES) as agreed to by the government of Paraguay

USAF medical personnel assigned to the 99TH Medical Group, Nellis AFB,...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NEW HORIZONS Base: Cerro Membre Country: Paraguay (PRY) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Niel A. Lynch, USAF Release Status: Rele... More

Looking out of a CH-47 Chinook helocopter onto the Special Forces Camp during Exercise COBRA GOLD 2001. COBRA GOLD is a multilateral exercise that includes more than 10,000 participants, 45 aircraft and 9 ships from the United States military, the Royal Thai Armed Forces, and the Singaporean Armed Forces. COBRA GOLD is the largest multilateral military exercise held in Southeast Asia and is designed to improve the armed forces' ability to work together during peace enforcement operations and to conduct humanitarian assistance programs throughout the exercise area

Looking out of a CH-47 Chinook helocopter onto the Special Forces Camp...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD 2001 Base: Camp "S" State: Phitsanulok Country: Thailand (THA) Scene Major Command Shown: 1ST Special Forces Grou... More

A member of the Royal Thailand Armed Forces calls out time position before jumping from an Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter in support of Exercise COBRA GOLD. US and Thai forces are participating in a combined Army High Altitude Low Opening (HALO) jump in preparation for the opening ceremony activities at this year's Exercise COBRA GOLD. COBRA GOLD is regularly scheduled, joint-combined exercise designed to ensure regional peace and strengthen the ability of the Royal Thai Armed Forces to defend Thailand or respond to regional contingencies. This year's exercise, the 20th in the series, will focus on peace enforcement operations

A member of the Royal Thailand Armed Forces calls out time position be...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD 01 Base: Phitsanulok Country: Thailand (THA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Efrain Gonzalez, USAF Release Status: Re... More

MASTER Sergeant Osamu Tanaka, Japanese Air Self Defense Force (JASDF), explains to Masanori Imanishi, who is interested in aircraft, the finer points of the CH-147 Chinook helicopter assigned to the Naha Helicopter Airlift Squadron. From June 30 - July 1, 2001, Kadena Air Base opened its gates for AmericaFest 2001 to promote friendship between Americans and Okinawans. Static aircraft displays, musical performances and a wide variety of food booths were featured

MASTER Sergeant Osamu Tanaka, Japanese Air Self Defense Force (JASDF),...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kadena Air Base State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Major Command Shown: PACAF Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Mary L. Smith, USAF Release St... More

As the sunsets a MH-47 Chinook of Company "B", 2nd Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, Ft Campbell, Kentucky, (active Army), departs General Mitchell International Airport after providing airlift support for exercise WHITETAIL 2001

As the sunsets a MH-47 Chinook of Company "B", 2nd Battalion, 160th Sp...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: WHITETAIL 2001 Base: General Mitchell Iap, Milwaukee State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Cam... More

Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), 3rd Brigade, Fort Campbell, Kentucky, prepare to enter a CH-47 Chinook helicopter. The soldiers will patrol the mountainous area around the Kandahar International Airport in Kandahar, Afghanistan. The soldiers are looking for any pockets of Taliban and al-Qaida resistance, or any other potential threats to the airport and the multinational forces based there

Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), 3rd Brigade, ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar International Airport Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 101st Airborne Di... More

Colonel (COL) Dale Tidaback, USAF, Commander, 18th Aerospace Medical Squadron (AMS) takes a moment to reflect on the lives lost to the 320th Special Tactics Squadron durg a memorial service to honor MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) William McDaniel II, USAF, and STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Juan Ridout, USAF. MSGT McDaniel, Special Tactics Para-rescue Flight Supertendent, and SSGT Ridout, Special Tactics Pararescueman, were with the 320th Special Tactics Squadron at Kadena Air Base, Japan. The two airmen were on board an Army MH-47 Chook along with eight Army soldiers. The helicopter crashed the Bohol Sea near the island of Apo on February 22, 2002 while en route from Basilan Island to Mactan,...

Colonel (COL) Dale Tidaback, USAF, Commander, 18th Aerospace Medical S...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: Colonel (COL) Dale Tidaback, USAF, Commander, 18th Aerospace Medical Squadron (AMS) takes a moment to reflect on the lives lost ... More

US Army soldiers from Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 20th Special Forces Group (SFG) (Airborne), Maryland Army National Guard (ANG), disembark from a CH-47 Chinook helicopter after it lands at the Barbuda Base Camp on the island of Barbuda, during the Tradewinds 2002 Field Training Exercise (FTX)

US Army soldiers from Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 20th Special Force...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Camp Barbuda Country: Antigua And Barbuda (ATG) Scene Major Command Shown: USSOUTHCOM Scene Camera Operator: Michelle A. Sosa, CIV Release Statu... More

A CH-47 Chinook gunner, B Company "Hercules," 159th Aviation Regiment, Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia, mans his Saco 7.62 mm M60 general purpose machine gun as he provides cover while another Chinook lands to extract the last members of a recovery team at a site northeast of Kandahar. The Apache helicopter crash landed while on mission in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

A CH-47 Chinook gunner, B Company "Hercules," 159th Aviation Regiment,...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Jeremy T. Lock, USAF ... More

Canadian ground security forces from 1 Platoon A Company 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricias Canadian Light Infantry (3 PPCLI) Battle Group, Reconnaissance Squadron (Victoria Patricia (3VP)), Edmonton, Canada, make their way to an awaiting CH-47 Chinook, B Company "Hercules," 159th Aviation Regiment, Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia, for extraction from a site northeast of Kandahar where an Apache helicopter crash landed in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

Canadian ground security forces from 1 Platoon A Company 3rd Battalion...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Air Base Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene Camera Operator: SS... More

A CH-47 Chinook, B Company "Hercules," 159th Aviation Regiment, Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia, prepares to land for the extraction of Canadian ground security forces from 1ST Platoon, A Company 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricias Canadian Light Infantry (3 PPCLI) Battle Group, Reconnaissance Squadron (Victoria Patricia (3VP)), Edmonton, Canada, at a site northeast of Kandahar where an Apache helicopter crash landed in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

A CH-47 Chinook, B Company "Hercules," 159th Aviation Regiment, Hunter...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Air Base Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene Camera Operator: SS... More

US Army (USA) Sergeant (SGT) Robert Dashiell, left and SPECIALIST First Class (SFC) Scott Ellis, crewmembers on a CH-47 Chinook helicopter, with Detachment 1, Company G, 140th Aviation, Nevada Army National Guard (ANG), prepare to board their aircraft for a mission in support of the Tradewinds 2002 Field Training Exercise (FTX), on the island of Antiqua

US Army (USA) Sergeant (SGT) Robert Dashiell, left and SPECIALIST Firs...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Bird International Airport Country: Antigua And Barbuda (ATG) Scene Major Command Shown: USSOUTHCOM Scene Camera Operator: Joseph Bonet, CIV Rel... More

US Army (USA) Sergeant (SGT) Robert Dashiell, left and SPECIALIST First Class (SFC) Scott Ellis, from Detachment 1, Company G, 140th Aviation, Nevada Army National Guard (ANG), hookup a pair of M-149 400-gallon "Water Buffalos" to a hovering CH-47 Chinook helicopter, at the V.C. Bird International Airport, during the Tradewinds 2002 Field Training Exercise (FTX), on the island of Antiqua

US Army (USA) Sergeant (SGT) Robert Dashiell, left and SPECIALIST Firs...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Bird International Airport Country: Antigua And Barbuda (ATG) Scene Major Command Shown: Southwest Scene Camera Operator: Joseph Bonet, CIV Rele... More

Members of the 1ST Caribbean Battalion board a CH-47 Chinook helicopter during an airlift to the island of St. Kitts, in support of the Tradewinds 2002 Field Training Exercise (FTX), on the island of Antigua

Members of the 1ST Caribbean Battalion board a CH-47 Chinook helicopte...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: V. C. Bird International Airport Country: Nevis (KNA) Scene Major Command Shown: Southwest Scene Camera Operator: Joseph Bonet, CIV Release Stat... More

An US Army (USA) CH-47 Chinook helicopters lifts off from Bagram Air Base (AB) Afghanistan, for a mission in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

An US Army (USA) CH-47 Chinook helicopters lifts off from Bagram Air B...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Bagram Air Base State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Ricky A. Bloom, ... More

A US Army (USA) CH-47 "Chinook" helicopter from B/Company, 159th Aviation Battalion, lands at Bagram Air Base (AB) Afghanistan, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

A US Army (USA) CH-47 "Chinook" helicopter from B/Company, 159th Aviat...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Bagram Air Base State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Jeremy T. Lock, ... More

US Army (USA) Major (MAJ) Dave Young (foreground), 401st Civil Affairs, takes a knee while USA Soldiers assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division offload from a USA CH-47 Chinook helicopter to secure the landing zone (LZ) at Objective Deringer, located in the mountains of Afghanistan, during Operation Mountain Sweep. Operation Mountain sweep is the largest US Military offensive in Afghanistan since Operation Anaconda

US Army (USA) Major (MAJ) Dave Young (foreground), 401st Civil Affairs...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Paktia Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SPC Marshall Emerson, USA Release Status: Re... More

Soldiers assigned to "C" Company, 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), 82nd Airborne Division, are air lifted by a CH-47 Chinook helicopter, during a Quick Reaction Force (QRF) mission launched from Bagram Airfield in Kabul, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

Soldiers assigned to "C" Company, 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infan...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Bagram Airfield State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SFC Milton H. Robinso... More

US Army (USA) Soldiers assigned to A/Company, 2-504th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), 82nd Airborne Division, prepare to be extracted by a CH-47 Chinook Helicopter, after completing a search and destroy mission in the mountains of ADI Ghar, Afghanistan, during Operation Mongoose

US Army (USA) Soldiers assigned to A/Company, 2-504th Parachute Infant...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: ADI Ghar Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SSG Leopold Medina Jr, USA Release Status:... More

A view of the US Army (USA) Division Rear Theater of Operations Command Administrative Office (DREAR TOC AO) located at Udayri Range, Kuwait, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. A CH-47 Chinook helicopter creates a dust cloud as it lands in the background

A view of the US Army (USA) Division Rear Theater of Operations Comman...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Udayri Range Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Com... More

US Army (USA) Sergeant (SGT) Rachael Green, A Company, 5 Battalion/159th Aviation Regiment (A/05/159), Ft Louis, Washington (WA), takes oil samples form one of the transmissions of a CH-47D Chinook, at a forward-deployed location during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Army (USA) Sergeant (SGT) Rachael Green, A Company, 5 Battalion/159...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kirkuk Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Joann S. Makinano, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digita... More

US Army (USA) Sergeant (SGT) Brent Dhoore, A Company, 5 Battalion/159th Aviation Regiment (A/05/159), Ft Louis, Washington (WA), takes oil samples from the transmission of a CH-47D Chinook, at a forward-deployed location during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Army (USA) Sergeant (SGT) Brent Dhoore, A Company, 5 Battalion/159t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kirkuk Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Joann S. Makinano, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digita... More

Crew members of the US Army (USA) CH-47D Chinook, B Company 159th Aviation Regiment, Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia (GA), prepare for engine start and to take off from this forward-deployed location during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Crew members of the US Army (USA) CH-47D Chinook, B Company 159th Avia...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kirkuk Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Joann S. Makinano, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digita... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) John Ideus (foreground), Marine Wing Support Squadron Three Seven One (MWSS-371) prepares to refuel a US Army (USA) CH-47 Chinook helicopter at a Forward Area Refueling Point (FARP), at Tallil Air Base, Iraq during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) John Ideus (foreground), ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Tallil Air Base State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Shane Cuomo, USAF Releas... More

A US Army (USA) CH-47 Chinook touches down on the runway at Mosul Airport during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A US Army (USA) CH-47 Chinook touches down on the runway at Mosul Airp...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mosul Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

US Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant (SGT) Kevin Jeffcoat, a CH-47 Chinook helicopter gunner scans the Iraqi landscape from the open cargo ramp during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant (SGT) Kevin Jeffcoat, a CH-47 Chinook ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: Tsgt Andy Dunaway, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A damaged US Army (USA) UH-60 Black Hawk Helicopter is transported by a CH-47 Chinook helicopter during a sling load mission to the Logistics Support Area (LSA) at Anaconda, Iraq (IRQ)

A damaged US Army (USA) UH-60 Black Hawk Helicopter is transported by ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Balad Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Aaron D. Allmon II, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Serv... More

A local residence of Arkansas (AR) captures a photo of his wife and child in the co-Pilots seat onboard a US Army (USA) CH-47 Chinook helicopter on the flightline during the 314th Airlift Wing (AW) sponsored 2004 Heroes of the Heartland Air Show at Little Rock Air Force Base (AFB), AR

A local residence of Arkansas (AR) captures a photo of his wife and ch...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Little Rock Air Force Base State: Arkansas (AR) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Katrina Shellman, USAF Releas... More

040818-F-0971G-034 (Aug. 18, 2004)A Oklahoma Army National Guard (OKARNG) CH-47 Chinook helicopter, 45th Infantry Brigade (BDE), Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (OK), loaded with relief supplies prepares to head out from Lakeland-Linder Regional Airport, Florida (FL), as part of Operation GULF WINDS. The airport is designated Logistics Staging Area #1 (LSA1), a staging area for supply and equipment relief for the counties devastated by Hurricane Charley. In the background a US Air Force (USAF) C-17A Globemaster III, 437th Air Wing (AW), Charleston Air Force Base (AFB), South Carolina (SC), that brought in the emergency supplies takes off. U.S. Air Force PHOTO by STAFF Sergeant Shelley Gill...

040818-F-0971G-034 (Aug. 18, 2004)A Oklahoma Army National Guard (OKAR...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: 040818-F-0971G-034 (Aug. 18, 2004)A Oklahoma Army National Guard (OKARNG) CH-47 Chinook helicopter, 45th Infantry Brigade (BDE),... More

[Hurricane Katrina] New Orleans, LA, September 7, 2005 -- FEMA Urban Search and Rescue members go back to the base of operations by chinook helicopter after a day searching in areas impacted by Hurricane Katriana. Jocelyn Augustino/FEMA

[Hurricane Katrina] New Orleans, LA, September 7, 2005 -- FEMA Urban S...

Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

[Hurricane Katrina] New Orleans, LA, September 7, 2005 - Neighborhoods throughout the area remain flooded as a result of Hurricane Katrina. A chinook helicopter carrying FEMA Urban Search and Rescue personnel returns to the base of operations. Jocelyn Augustino/FEMA

[Hurricane Katrina] New Orleans, LA, September 7, 2005 - Neighborhoods...

Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

[Hurricane Katrina] New Orleans, LA, September 7, 2005 -- A couple stranded by Hurricane Katriana and found by a FEMA Urban Search and Rescue team look out the window of a chinook helicopter at the damage caused by hurricane. Jocelyn Augustino/FEMA

[Hurricane Katrina] New Orleans, LA, September 7, 2005 -- A couple str...

Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

New Orleans, LA, September 7, 2005 - A chinook helicopter drops sandbags into a breeched levee which is now flooding a residential neighborhood following Hurricane Katriana. Jocelyn Augustino/FEMA

New Orleans, LA, September 7, 2005 - A chinook helicopter drops sandba...

Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

[Hurricane Katrina] New Orleans, LA, September 8, 2005 -- A chinook helicopter transports sand bags to protect an area where the levee broke due to Hurricane Katrina. Jocelyn Augustino/FEMA

[Hurricane Katrina] New Orleans, LA, September 8, 2005 -- A chinook he...

Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Portugese soldiers from the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) practice boarding a CH-47 Chinook helicopter. Combined Joint Task Force 76 (CJTF76) Quick Reaction Force (QRF) conducted an exercise with their ISAF counterparts near Kabul, Afghanistan on Sept. 10, 2005.(U.S. Army photo by SPC. Joshua Balog) (Released)

Portugese soldiers from the International Security Assistance Force (I...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: EDURING FREEDOM Base: Bagram Airfield State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: CJTF76 Scene Came... More

Soldiers from the Combined Joint Task Force 76 (CJTF76) Quick Reaction Force (QRF) board a US Army (USA) CH-47 Chinook helicopter. The mission is an exercise with their International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) counterparts, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

Soldiers from the Combined Joint Task Force 76 (CJTF76) Quick Reaction...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Bagram Airfield State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: Northeast Scene Camera Operator: SPC Joshua Balog, USA Rele... More

At Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi (MS), the "Meat Head Express" a CH-47 Chinook helicopter assigned to Detachment 1, Company G, 1ST Battalion, 137th Aviation Brigade (ABG), New York Army National Guard (NYARNG), is toured by Joah Conway (left) while CHIEF Warrant Officer Fifth Class (CW5) Frank Rotella, briefs him. (A3513)

At Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi (MS), the "Meat Head Express" a CH-47 ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Bay Saint Louis State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: 137th Aviation, NYARNG Scene Camera O... More

US Army (USA) UH-60 Black Hawk (Blackhawk) (foreground) and USA CH-47 Chinook helicopters prepare to take off early in the morning during Task Force Katrina at the New Orleans International Airport (IAP), Louisiana (LA). (Duplicate image, see also DASD0605896 or search 050913A7274K001)

US Army (USA) UH-60 Black Hawk (Blackhawk) (foreground) and USA CH-47 ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: New Orleans State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: CPL Samuel Kilpatrick, USA Release Status: Rele... More

US Army (USA) Soldiers assigned to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team (BCT), 3rd Infantry Division, board USA CH-47 Chinook helicopters at Forward Operation Base (FOB) Loyalty, Baghdad, Iraq, in preparation for a redeployment, after conducting missions during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. (SUBSTANDARD)

US Army (USA) Soldiers assigned to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team (BCT), ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Loyalty, Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SPC Teddy Wade, USA Release Status: Rele... More

A US Army (USA) CH-47 Chinook helicopter is unloaded off the US Navy (USN) Tarawa Class Amphibious Assault Ship, USS PELELIU (LHA 5) at Naval Station Rota, Spain

A US Army (USA) CH-47 Chinook helicopter is unloaded off the US Navy (...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Station Rota Country: Spain (ESP) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Nichole Adamowicz, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military S... More

Two Iraqi soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 4th Iraqi Division talk briefly during a flight on a CH-47 Chinook helicopter that is taking them to their objective during Operation Katrina Feburary 27, 2006. U.S. soldiers from 3rd Battalion, 187 Infantry Regiment and Iraqi soldiers from 2nd Battalion participated in the combined-joint operation to detain or eliminate insurgent activity southwest of Samarra, Iraq. (U.S. Army photo by STAFF SGT. Alfred Johnson) (Released)

Two Iraqi soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 4th Iraqi Division talk briefly...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: OPERATION KATRINA/IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Brassfield-Mora State: Salah Al Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown:... More

A US Army (USA) 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (SOAR) MH-47 Chinook Special Operations (SOF) helicopter flies over the Atlantic Ocean as it approaches the flight deck of the Wasp Class Amphibious Assault Ship USS WASP (LHD 1) during the deck landing qualification program. (Duplicate image, see also 060419-N-3527B-115 or DN-SD-06-15770)

A US Army (USA) 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (SOAR) MH-4...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Timothy Bensken, Usn Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photo... More

U.S. Army Soldiers from Charlie Company, 1ST Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division exit a CH-47 Chinook Helicopter during an air assualt mission into Al Mara, Iraq on April 23, 2006. The assualt was part of Operation Swift Sword, a mission to root out Anti-Iraqi Forces, weapons caches and possible training camps. (U.S. Army photo by SPC. Charles W. Gill) (Released)

U.S. Army Soldiers from Charlie Company, 1ST Battalion, 187th Infantry...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SWIFT SWORD Base: Mara State: Salah Ah Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AB DIVISION Scene Camera Op... More

U.S. Army STAFF SGT. Robert Irvina, Bravo Company, 6th Battalion, 101st Command Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), prepares for a flight on a CH-47 Chinook helicopter at Forward Operating Base Remagen, Tikrit, Salah ad Din Province, Iraq, on May 7, 2006, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Army photo by SPEC. Teddy Wade) (Released)

U.S. Army STAFF SGT. Robert Irvina, Bravo Company, 6th Battalion, 101s...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Forward Operating Base Remagen State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SPC Teddy Wade, USA Release Status: Released to Public ... More

U.S. Army Soldiers from B company, 6th Battalion, 101st Combat Aviation Brigade perform pre-flight inspection on a CH-47D Chinook helicopter at the air field in Command Operation Base Speicher, Tikrit on May 7, 2006. The 101st Airborne Division is currently deployed in Northern Iraq on support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.(U.S. Army photo by SPC. Teddy Wade) (Released)

U.S. Army Soldiers from B company, 6th Battalion, 101st Combat Aviatio...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Remagen State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST Scen... More

A U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter, 101st Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), airlifts two High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV) at Forward Operating Base Remagen, Tikrit, Salah ad Din Province, Iraq, on May 7, 2006, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Army photo by SPEC. Teddy Wade) (Released)

A U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter, 101st Aviation Brigade, 101st Ai...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Forward Operating Base Remagen State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SPC Teddy Wade, USA Release Status: Released to Public ... More

U.S. Army SGT. Dennis Jensen, Alpha Company, 7th Battalion, 158th Aviation Regiment, conducts pre-flight checks inside a CH-47 Chinook helicopter on Jan. 26, 2007, at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, during Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Army photo by STAFF SGT. Marcus J. Quarterman) (Released)

U.S. Army SGT. Dennis Jensen, Alpha Company, 7th Battalion, 158th Avia...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Bagram Airfield State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SSG Marcus J. Quarterman, USA Release Status: Released to Public... More

A Soldier from the 26th Brigade Support Battalion,

A Soldier from the 26th Brigade Support Battalion,

A Soldier from the 26th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division does final inspections of the load as it is hooked to the CH-47 Chinook helicopter Jan. 4 at Forward Operating B... More

Animal rescue students observe as Nevada Army Guard

Animal rescue students observe as Nevada Army Guard

Animal rescue students observe as Nevada Army Guard CH-47 Chinook Mustang 88 prepares to set down Lucky a horse mannequin, at the Army Aviation Support Facility in Stead on April 25. Soldiers in 1/189th Ground ... More

U.S. Army Col. William Ryan, Task Force Raptor commander,

U.S. Army Col. William Ryan, Task Force Raptor commander,

U.S. Army Col. William Ryan, Task Force Raptor commander, Chief Warrant Officer 5 James Hogg, TF Raptor command chief warrant officer, and Command Sgt. Maj. Mark Brock, TF Raptor command sergeant major, uncase ... More

A Spanish army soldier keeps watch as a CH-47 Chinook

A Spanish army soldier keeps watch as a CH-47 Chinook

A Spanish army soldier keeps watch as a CH-47 Chinook helicopter flies lands at Bala Murghab Forward Operating Base during an International Security Assistance Force mission, Sept. 27, 2008. ISAF is assisting t... More

Yellow light from an artillery illumination round lights

Yellow light from an artillery illumination round lights

Yellow light from an artillery illumination round lights the area as Sgt. Nicholas Hernandez, a team leader with 2nd Platoon, Beast Company, 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Inf. Brigade Combat Team, ... More

A Black Hawk helicopter from the National Guard fighting

A Black Hawk helicopter from the National Guard fighting

A Black Hawk helicopter from the National Guard fighting forest fires in the Black Forest area, just north of Colorado Springs, Colo., departs the Forward Area Refueling Point set up by Echo Company 2-4, Genera... More

An U.S. Army cultural support team member with the

An U.S. Army cultural support team member with the

An U.S. Army cultural support team member with the Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force scans the terrain while sitting in the back of a Humvee in Sarobi district, Kabul province, Afghanistan, Dec. 6, 2... More

CH-47 Chinook helicopters move guns and supplies in as joint Australian, New Zealand and U.S. soldiers participate in an airborne assault during exercise Kangaroo '81

CH-47 Chinook helicopters move guns and supplies in as joint Australia...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: KANGAROO '81 Base: Shoalwater Bay State: Queensland Country: Australia (AUS) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Curt Eddings Relea... More

A U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter lands with supplies at the base encampment area of the Korean Tactical Range. The range is located approximately 90 miles east of Osan Air Base, South Korea

A U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter lands with supplies at the base e...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Sang Dong Country: Korea Scene Camera Operator: SRA Theodore J. Koniares Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Pho... More

Maintenance crewmen of the 320th General Support Aviation Company perform maintenance on a CH-47 Chinook helicopter while participating in an international disaster relief effort following the eruption of a volcano

Maintenance crewmen of the 320th General Support Aviation Company perf...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Palanquero Air Force Base Country: Colombia (COL) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Edward Boyce Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military S... More

Food supplies are loaded aboard a CH-47 Chinook helicopter from the 210th Aviation Battalion. The U.S. Army is providing air transportation for supplies and personnel during a humanitarian aid operation for impoverished Panamanians

Food supplies are loaded aboard a CH-47 Chinook helicopter from the 21...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Santiago Country: Panama (PAN) Scene Camera Operator: Staff Sgt. Kenrick R. Thomas Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service D... More

Members of Battery C, 1ST Battalion, 8th Field Artillery Regiment, hook an M198 155 mm Howitzer to the sling of a CH-47 Chinook helicopter during Exercise OPPORTUNE JOURNEY 2-86 in the Pohakuloa Training Area

Members of Battery C, 1ST Battalion, 8th Field Artillery Regiment, hoo...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: OPPORTUNE JOURNEY 2-86 State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SPC John E. May Rel... More

Members of the 1ST Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, run toward a waiting CH-47 Chinook helicopter. The men are participating in a mobilization of US Exercise Task Force DRAGON/GOLDEN PHEASANT, consisting of both the 82nd Airborne Division and the 7th Light Infantry Division. The task force was deployed by President Ronald Reagan to help discourage Nicaraguan forces from entering Honduras

Members of the 1ST Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Judicalpa Country: Honduras (HND) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Bob Simons, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digit... More

Members of the 82nd Airborne Division makes a poor landing after parachuting from a CH-47 Chinook helicopter during a mobilization of US Exercise Task Force DRAGON/GOLDEN PHEASANT, consisting of both the 82nd Airborne and the 7th Light Infantry Division. The task force was deployed by President Ronald Reagan to help discourage Nicaraguan forces from entering Honduras

Members of the 82nd Airborne Division makes a poor landing after parac...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Tamara Country: Honduras (HND) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Bob Simons, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital ... More

A member of the ground support crew signals to the pilot of a CH-47 Chinook helicopter attempting to hook a container during exercise Team Spirit '89

A member of the ground support crew signals to the pilot of a CH-47 Ch...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '89 Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

A member of the ground support crew signals to the pilot of a CH-47 Chinook helicopter attempting to pick up a piece of equipment during exercise Team Spirit '89

A member of the ground support crew signals to the pilot of a CH-47 Ch...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '89 Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

A Coalition CH-47 Chinook helicopter flies over a tower and two Iraqi T-55 main battle tanks at a communications site destroyed by a Coalition attack during Operation Desert Storm.

A Coalition CH-47 Chinook helicopter flies over a tower and two Iraqi ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Iraq(IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT. David Mcleod Release Status: Released to Public Combined Militar... More

A CH-47 Chinook helicopter flies over a tent city established near Zakhu established during Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid Kurdish refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

A CH-47 Chinook helicopter flies over a tent city established near Zak...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Iraq(IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCDR Skip Burdon Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A gunner in a U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter mans a .50-caliber machine gun in support of Operation Provide Comfort efforts to aid the Kurdish refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

A gunner in a U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter mans a .50-caliber ma...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Iraq(IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PH2(Ac) Mark Kettenhofen Release Status: Released to Public Combine... More

National Guardsmen load relief supplies into a CH-47 Chinook helicopter at Opa-Locka Coast Guard Air Station for distribution to Homestead Air Force Base and surrounding areas damaged during Hurricane Andrew. The storm struck the area on August 24th

National Guardsmen load relief supplies into a CH-47 Chinook helicopte...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Opa Locka State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SGT. Kevin Thomas Release Status: Released to Publi... More

An AMC C-5B Galaxy from the 60th AMW at Travis AFB, CA arrives at Biggs Army Air Field in El Paso, TX. The C-5 is bringing in 6 UH-1H helicopters and 1 OH-58 helicopter from the 2d-228 Aviation Regiment U.S. Army Reserve from Willowgrove, PA. In the foreground are four CH-47 Chinook helicopters and three UH-1 Iroquois

An AMC C-5B Galaxy from the 60th AMW at Travis AFB, CA arrives at Bigg...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ROVING SANDS '95 Base: Biggs Army Air Field, El Paso State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera ... More

A CH-47 Chinook helicopter leaves the Kumaka airfield carrying a sling loaded High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV). The CH-47 from the Army National Guard's Det 1, 106th Aviation Squadron, Davenport, Iowa, will redeploy the equipment from Kumaka back to Camp Stephenson, Timehri Guyana. The equipment was used to assist in renovating the existing regional hospital as part of this first combined humanitarian and civic assistance exercise conducted between the United States and Guyana. Military personnel from Air Force, Air Force Reserve & National Guard, Army, Army National Guard and Marine Corps participated in the exercise which included engineering and medical readiness ...

A CH-47 Chinook helicopter leaves the Kumaka airfield carrying a sling...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: A CH-47 Chinook helicopter leaves the Kumaka airfield carrying a sling loaded High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV... More

SENIOR AIRMAN Michael Hafstad, and SENIOR AIRMAN Adrian Faison, both structural engineers from the 820th Red Horse Squadron, Nellis Air Force Base, NV attach a sling rigging to a CH-47 Chinook helicopter. The CH-47 will redeploy the equipment from Kumaka back to Camp Stephenson, Timehri, Guyana. The 820th, was at Kumaka to renovate the existing regional hospital as part of the first combined humanitarian and civic assistance exercise conducted between the United States and Guyana. Military personnel from the Air Force, Air Force Reserve and National Guard, Army, Army National Guard and Marine Corps participated in the exercise which included engineering and medical readiness training

SENIOR AIRMAN Michael Hafstad, and SENIOR AIRMAN Adrian Faison, both s...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NEW HORIZON '97 Base: Camp Stephenson, Timehri Country: French Guiana (GUF) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT. James D. Mossman Re... More

On 2 April 1997 a US Air Force A-10A crashed just below the summit of Gold Dust Peak near Eagle Colorado. A CH-47 Chinook helicopter from Detachment 1, Company G, 140th Aviation, Nevada Army National Guard, approaches the landing zone of the Navy's staging area. Soon the Navy will begin searching Lake Charles for any signs of the four Mark 82 bombs. Lake Charles is just one of the six lakes that are contained in the exclusion zone and is the fourth that will be searched by these (Not Shown) Naval Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technicians. To date nothing of relevance has been located, 7 September 1997

On 2 April 1997 a US Air Force A-10A crashed just below the summit of ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Lake Charles State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. David W. Richards, USAF Release Status: R... More

An Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter picks up a High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) at a field training site

An Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter picks up a High-Mobility Multipurpose...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Campbell State: Kentucky (KY) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Com... More

A CH-47 Chinook Crew CHIEF looks on as Private First Class Danella Jacobs and an assisting soldier carry a casualty aboard the Chinook

A CH-47 Chinook Crew CHIEF looks on as Private First Class Danella Jac...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Hood State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: FORSOM Scene Camera Operator: John Byerly Releas... More

A US Army (USA) Task Force (TF) Falcon Soldier steps out of a USA CH-47 Chinook cargo helicopter into the skies over TF Falcon Drop Zone (DZ), located at Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo, Serbia (SER), as he participates in the largest multinational airborne exercise on the European continent. TF Falcon is the designation for the US European Command (USEUCOM) forces assigned to the NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) led peacekeeping Kosovo Force (KFOR) during Operation JOINT GUARDIAN

A US Army (USA) Task Force (TF) Falcon Soldier steps out of a USA CH-4...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Camp Bondsteel State: Kosovo Country: Serbia (SER) Scene Camera Operator: 1LT Tony Vitello, USA Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mili... More

Pilot's point of view, onboard an USA CH-47 Chinook helicopter as it approaches Asuncion, Paraguay during Operation NEW HORIZONS. The mission flown to support personnel at Asuncion, Paraguay is part of Combined Task Force Guarani Springs, which will conduct engineering and medical operations in Paraguay from 10 March to 30 June 2001 enabling joint service training between US and Paraguayan military personnel. The task force will renovate, construct and improve infrastructure of four schools; four water wells; and conduct three Medical Readiness Training Exercises (MEDRETES) as agreed to by the government of Paraguay

Pilot's point of view, onboard an USA CH-47 Chinook helicopter as it a...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NEW HORIZONS Base: Asuncion Country: Paraguay (PRY) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT James E. Lotz, USAF Release Status: Released... More

Members from the Royal Thailand Armed Forces prepare their parachutes prior to boarding an Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter at Phitsanulok, Thailand. The U.S. and Thai airborne soldiers are participating in a combined Army High Altitude Low Opening (HALO) jump in preparation for the opening ceremony activities at this year's Exercise COBRA GOLD. COBRA GOLD is regularly scheduled, joint-combined exercise designed to ensure regional peace and strengthen the ability of the Royal Thai Armed Forces to defend Thailand or respond to regional contingencies. This year's exercise, the 20th in the series, will focus on peace enforcement operations

Members from the Royal Thailand Armed Forces prepare their parachutes ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD 01 Base: Phitsanulok Country: Thailand (THA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Efrain Gonzalez, USAF Release Status: Re... More

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