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The pilot and co-pilot of this HH-53H Sea Stallion helicopter both have an infrared radar screen to monitor. This new system is called the Pave Low project. LT. COL. Frank Pehr, left, is the chief test pilot for this project

The pilot and co-pilot of this HH-53H Sea Stallion helicopter both hav...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kirtland Air Force Base State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Wayne Specht Release St... More

Lieutenant Commander Gregory Netzorg, pilot, at the controls of a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter on the deck of the combat stores ship USS SAN JOSE (AFS 7)

Lieutenant Commander Gregory Netzorg, pilot, at the controls of a CH-4...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS San Jose (AFS 7) Country: South China Sea Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Bob Weissleder Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Serv... More

A group of former Army aviators who are now Air Force pilots with the 1ST Helicopter Squadron, Military Airlift Command. From left to right, they are: 2LT Archer Lassiter, 2LT William Hatfield, 2LT Charles Bavland, 2LT Robert Mignard, 2LT John Hienstra, 2LT William Fitzgerald and 2LT Hank Devoll

A group of former Army aviators who are now Air Force pilots with the ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Andrews Air Force Base State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to P... More

A 38th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron HH-3E Jolly Green Giant helicopter pilot flies a mission during Exercise TEAM SPIRIT '85

A 38th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron HH-3E Jolly Green Giant ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '85 Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

Members of the 1ST Helicopter Squadron and COL Edwin L. Harvey, Headquarters, Tactical Air Command, walk away from Harvey's Grumman AA-1B aircraft following a crash near Andrews Air Force Base. Harvey was piloting the plane when the accident occurred and sustained minor injuries

Members of the 1ST Helicopter Squadron and COL Edwin L. Harvey, Headqu...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Brandywine State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Ken Hammond Release Status: Released to Publ... More

With his classmates looking on, a student at the Navy Rescue Swimmer School holds on tightly to a"downed pilot"as they are winched out of the pool during a helicopter extraction exercise. Those students who successfully complete the for-week course will become certified search and rescue swimmers

With his classmates looking on, a student at the Navy Rescue Swimmer S...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, Pensacola State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Jim Bryant Release Status: Relea... More

A plane director on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2) signals to the pilot of an AV-88 Harrier aircraft attached to Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 261 (HMM-261) during a rehearsal for Operation Sharp Edge. The SAIPAN is on station off the coast of Liberia

A plane director on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SHARP EDGE Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Kip Burke Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mil... More

Harrison Ford exits the helicopter he just piloted to Naval Air Sation (NAS) Patuxent River, Maryland, the location of his current movie project Random Hearts. Three scenes were filmed in a hangar on NAS Patuxent River and involved many active duty personnel as extras

Harrison Ford exits the helicopter he just piloted to Naval Air Sation...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station Patuxent River State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Damon J. Moritz, USN Re... More

A Plane Captain and Flight Deck Coordinator relay information to the pilot of an AV-8B "Harrier" of Marine Corps Helicopter Medium Squadron TWO SIX SIX (HMM 266) prior to launch. AV-8Bs are continually deployed on board amphibious assault ships as part of the aviation combat element of a Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU). USS NASSAU (LHA 4) and its embarked 24th MEU began air strikes in support of NATO Operation Allied Force

A Plane Captain and Flight Deck Coordinator relay information to the p...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ALLIED FORCE Country: Adriatic Sea Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Renso Amariz Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita... More

Left side rear view medium shot as US Air Force STAFF Sergeant Martha Horner, a Weather Forecaster with the 352nd Operational Support Squadron, Royal Air Force Mildenhall, MASTER Sergeant Donald "DJ" Cantwell (Center), a Combat Controller with the 321st Special Tactics Squadron, Royal Air Force, Mildenhall, and Captain Dave Blades (Right), an MH-53M Pave Low IV Helicopter Pilot, all do their part as members of the A-3 Plans and Planning team for Air Force Special Operations Command cell. Their team is deployed to Air Force Base Hoed Spruit, South Africa in support of Operation Atlas Response

Left side rear view medium shot as US Air Force STAFF Sergeant Martha ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ATLAS RESPONSE Base: Hoedspruit Air Force Base State: Northern Province Country: South Africa (ZAF) Scene Camera Operator: S... More

US Navy Lieutenant Nicole Driscoll pilots a MH-53 Helicopter from HC4 Black Stallions, Sigonella Naval Air Station, Sicily, loaded with American civilians and foreign national non-combatants. They are being evacuated from the exercise country "Anglia" during the multinational training Exercise VENETO RESCUE '01, in northeast Italy and Slovenia. Veneto Rescue is an exercise that helps to train military units to conduct the safe evacuation of non-combatant civilians and other designated evacuates from a country or a region that has the potential for hostilities or danger. This type of operation is known as a non-combatant evacuation operation or NEO. This exercise involves over 34 aircraft ...

US Navy Lieutenant Nicole Driscoll pilots a MH-53 Helicopter from HC4 ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: US Navy Lieutenant Nicole Driscoll pilots a MH-53 Helicopter from HC4 Black Stallions, Sigonella Naval Air Station, Sicily, loa... More

Co-pilot CHIEF Warrant Officer (CWO2) Baumann, in the cockpit of a CH-47 Chinook helicopter from Detachment 1, Company G, 140th Aviation, of the Nevada Army National Guard (ANG), during the Tradewinds 2002 Field Training Exercise (FTX)

Co-pilot CHIEF Warrant Officer (CWO2) Baumann, in the cockpit of a CH-...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: USSOUTHCOM Scene Camera Operator: Michelle A. Sosa, CIV Release Status: Released to Public Combined Militar... More

At Camp Lemonier in Djibouti, Africa, US Marine Corps (USMC) members deployed in support of Combined Joint Task Force Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), exit an MH-53J Pave Low helicopter while practicing Special Purpose Insertion and Extraction (SPIE), in order to combat terrorism in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

At Camp Lemonier in Djibouti, Africa, US Marine Corps (USMC) members d...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Matthew Hannen, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combine... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) CHIEF Warrant Officer 2 (CWO2) Todd Baker, assigned to Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron Seven Seven Four (HMM-774), closes the rear cargo door on his USMC CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter, before taking off for a mission at Al Asad, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) CHIEF Warrant Officer 2 (CWO2) Todd Baker, assi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Asad State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Richard A. Hilario, USMC Releas... More

US Navy (USN) Aviation Warfare Systems Operator 3rd Class (AWSO3) Karl Stiglbauer, assigned to the "Warlords" of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light Five One (HSL-51), communicates with the pilot

US Navy (USN) Aviation Warfare Systems Operator 3rd Class (AWSO3) Karl...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19) Scene Camera Operator: Josn Marc Rockwell-Pate, Usn Release Status: Released to Pub... More

US Army (USA) Sergeant First Class (SFC) Adrian Jenkins (back, prone), Paratrooper, Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC), 1ST Battalion (BN), 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment (1/505th), 82nd Airborne Division (ABN), lies prone in a defensive position after exiting a UH-60 Black Hawk (Blackhawk) utility helicopter while participating in a 14-day field training exercise at the Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC), Fort Polk, Louisiana (LA), in preparation for his units deployment to Iraq in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Army (USA) Sergeant First Class (SFC) Adrian Jenkins (back, prone),...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Polk State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Cherie Thurlby, USAF Release Status: Release... More

U.S. Army CHIEF Warrant Officer James Legaspi and CPT Matt Baldwin, helicopter pilots from A Company, 5th Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment prepare for a take off before an Air Assault operation with units from Forward Operating Base Remagen, Tikrit on April 30, 2006. Operation Savage Strike was conducted by Soldiers from 3-320th Field Artillery Regiment and Iraqi army soldiers.(U.S. Army photo by SPC. Teddy Wade) (Released)

U.S. Army CHIEF Warrant Officer James Legaspi and CPT Matt Baldwin, he...

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

Lieutenant Commander Gregory Netzorg, left, a pilot, and Aviation Structural Mechanic 1ST Class (AM1) Garland Hatley in the cockpit of a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter on the flight deck of the combat stores ship USS SAN JOSE (AFS 7)

Lieutenant Commander Gregory Netzorg, left, a pilot, and Aviation Stru...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS San Jose (AFS 7) Country: South China Sea Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Bob Weissleder Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Serv... More

A view of the co-pilot of a UH-46 Sea Knight helicopter that is being used to airlift supplies to US ships positioned off the coast of Lebanon. The ships are providing support to US Marines that have been assigned to Beirut as part of a multinational peacekeeping force

A view of the co-pilot of a UH-46 Sea Knight helicopter that is being ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A pilot from Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 14 (HM-14) sits in the cockpit of an RH-53D Sea Stallion helicopter during Operation INTENSE LOOK

A pilot from Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 14 (HM-14) sits ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: INTENSE LOOK Country: Gulf Of Suez Scene Camera Operator: PHCM C. Pedrick Release Status: Released to Public Combined Militar... More

The pilot of a Marine Corps AH-1 Sea Cobra helicopter talks to a visiting Navy officer sitting in the helicopter's rear seat during Operation Desert Storm

The pilot of a Marine Corps AH-1 Sea Cobra helicopter talks to a visit...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Joe Gawlowicz Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military S... More

PETTY Officer 2nd Class Reginald S. Rowe, a Navy air traffic controller, talks with the pilot of a military helicopter operating in the vicinity of the humanitarian services support base set up for Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid the refugees in northern Iraq and southern Turkey

PETTY Officer 2nd Class Reginald S. Rowe, a Navy air traffic controlle...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Silopi Country: Turkey (TUR) Scene Camera Operator: JOC Marjie Shaw Release Status: Released to Public... More

Co-pilot LT Gregory Gibson, of Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 14 (HM-14), lowers his visor while performing a pre-flight inspection on his MD-53E Sea Dragon helicopter. Today's mission involves deploying a Mark 105 electro-magnetic influencing device in the waters off Atlantic Beach, N.C., as part of exercise Ocean Venture '92

Co-pilot LT Gregory Gibson, of Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadro...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: OCEAN VENTURE '92 Base: Naval Air Station, Norfolk State: Virginia(VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera ... More

Captain Sarah Deal, the first female Marine Corps helicopter pilot, flies a CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter from HMH 466, MCAS Tustin, California, over Camp Pendleton while training during Exercise KERNEL BLITZ '97. KERNEL BLITZ is taking place off the coast of Southern California and Camp Pendleton to train Navy and Marine Corps personnel in amphibious operations

Captain Sarah Deal, the first female Marine Corps helicopter pilot, fl...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ '97 Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene... More

CPT Kris Kraiger, UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter co-pilot, 33rd Rescue Squadron acts panicked and interferes with rescue crews, who will have to restrain him. Members of the 33rd Rescue Squadron, Detachment 1 51st Civil Engineer/Fire department and 51st Medical Group, Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, team up during a simulated emergency landing of a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter. The landing, with fire, smoke, and all but one aircrew member injured, was simulated during a Combat Employment Readiness Exercise held in conjunction with exercise Foal Eagle

CPT Kris Kraiger, UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter co-pilot, 33rd Rescue Squ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE '98KOREA CD Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Camera Operator: Tsgtlance Cheung Release ... More

CPT Kris Kraiger, UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter co-pilot, 33rd Rescue Squadron acts panicked and interfears with rescue crews, who will have to restrain him. Members of the 33rd Rescue Squadron, Detachment 1 51st Civil Engineer/Fire department and 51st Medical Group, Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, team up during a simulated emergency landing of a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter. The landing, with fire, smoke, and all but one aircrew member injured, was simulated during a Combat Employment Readiness Exercise held in conjunction with exercise Foal Eagle

CPT Kris Kraiger, UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter co-pilot, 33rd Rescue Squ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE '98KOREA CD Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Lance Cheung Release... More

CPT Kris Kraiger, UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter co-pilot, 33rd Rescue Squadron acts panicked and interfears with rescue crews, who will have to restrain him. Members of the 33rd Rescue Squadron, Detachment 1 51st Civil Engineer/Fire department and 51st Medical Group, Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, team up during a simulated emergency landing of a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter. The landing, with fire, smoke, and all but one aircrew member injured, was simulated during a Combat Employment Readiness Exercise held in conjunction with exercise Foal Eagle

CPT Kris Kraiger, UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter co-pilot, 33rd Rescue Squ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE '98KOREA CD Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Lance Cheung Release... More

Right side front view medium close-up shot as US Air Force Special Operations helicopter pilot, Captain Bill Denehen is introduced to Yankees second baseman Derek Jeter. CPT Denehen was honored at Yankee Stadium on 11 may 2000 by throwing out the ceremonial first pitch. On May 2, 1999, while assigned with the 55th Special Operations Squadron, CPT Denehen and his crew courageously penetrated one of the most sophisticated air defense networks in the world to rescue an F-16C pilot (not shown) trapped deep inside of Serbia. This was the first mission in history where a special operations rescue force penetrated and successfully defeated an active integrated air defense system of a determined ...

Right side front view medium close-up shot as US Air Force Special Ope...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: Right side front view medium close-up shot as US Air Force Special Operations helicopter pilot, Captain Bill Denehen is introdu... More

Lance Corporal Kimberly Melton, USMC, a crewchief with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron-267 (HMLA-267), fires the Saco .50 cal M2 Machine Gun from the UH-1N "Huey" helicopter during the Exercise MILLENNIUM EDGE at Osan Air Force Base, Osan, Korea. MILLENNIUM EDGE is a joint and combined training exercise conducted in the Republic of Korea with assets from Marine and Air Force units. The exercise gives both the pilots and ground crew members a chance to operate in an unfamiliar place with different types equipment

Lance Corporal Kimberly Melton, USMC, a crewchief with Marine Light At...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: MILLENNIUM EDGE Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Jennifer A. Arndt, Usmc Rele... More

A view inside the cockpit of a US Army (USA) CH-47 "Chinook" helicopter from B/Company, 159th Aviation Battalion, showing the Pilot and Co-pilot manning their positions during a mission in Afghanistan, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

A view inside the cockpit of a US Army (USA) CH-47 "Chinook" helicopte...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Jeremy T. Lock, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photogr... More

A US Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant (SGT) from 3rd Battalion (BN) 8th Marines (MAR) (3/8) on the Unit Deployment Program (UDP), Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Lejeune, North Carolina (NC), conducts a class on helicopter exiting maneuvers to Philippine Marines from the 3rd Battalion (BN) 33rd Marines (MAR). The training is part of the MARINE INTEROPERABILITY EXERCISE (MIX) held in the Philippine Islands. MIX is a bilateral training exercise involving the Marines of 3/8 and the Philippine Marine Corps

A US Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant (SGT) from 3rd Battalion (BN) 8th Ma...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base, Ternate State: Cavite Province Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Major Command Shown: 3rd Battalion, 8th Marines Scene Camera ... More

US Air Force (USAF) First Lieutenant (1LT) Nick Dipoma, Pilot, 54th Helicopter Flight (HF), Minot Air Force Base (AFB), North Dakota (ND), turns on the ultra high frequency (UHF) radio during his pre-departure takeoff checklist, onboard a USAF UH-1N Iroquois helicopter at Minot AFB, ND

US Air Force (USAF) First Lieutenant (1LT) Nick Dipoma, Pilot, 54th He...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Minot Air Force Base State: North Dakota (ND) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: AMN Alicia Sarkkinen, USAF Release ... More

US Air Force (USAF) Major (MAJ) Christopher Prejean (right), HH-60G Pave Hawk Helicopter Pilot, 56th Rescue Squadron (RQS), 85th Group (the "Guardians of the North"), USAF in Europe (USAFE), Naval Air Station (NAS) Keflavik (NASKEF), Iceland (ISL), talks with an Icelandic Coast Guard (Islenska Landhelgisgaeslan) Guardsman (right) about how to transport rescue equipment to a Norwegian tugboat, the NORMAND MARINER, that is on-site assisting an Icelandic fishing trawler, the BALDVIN THORSTEINSSON, that ran aground on a sandbar off Icelands southern coast while transporting a very valuable catch of 1,500-tons of Capelin fish

US Air Force (USAF) Major (MAJ) Christopher Prejean (right), HH-60G Pa...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, Keflavik Country: Iceland (ISL) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Anthony W. Lusi, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined ... More

A US Marine Corps (USMC) Helicopter Pilot is lifted out of the pool in a simulated helicopter rescue at the Aviation Survival Training Center (ASTC) at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Cherry Point, North Carolina (NC). Pilots are required to qualify in aviation water survival training every four years

A US Marine Corps (USMC) Helicopter Pilot is lifted out of the pool in...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mcas, Cherry Point State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: 2D MAW Scene Camera Operator: C... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) personnel from the Marine Security Element (MSE), India Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines stationed at Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii (HI), carry a "downed pilot" to a waiting helicopter from Bravo Company 4-123 stationed at Fort Wainwright Army Post, Alaska (AK), during Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and personnel (TRAP) training for Exercise Northern Edge 04, at Eielson Air Force Base (AFB), Alaska (AK)

US Marine Corps (USMC) personnel from the Marine Security Element (MSE...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Eielson Air Force Base State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: PACAF Scene Camera Operator: SRA Jo... More

U.S. Air Force STAFF SGT. Ford, an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter gunner from the 64th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, talks to his pilot before a mission inside the Green Zone at Baghdad, Iraq on Dec. 20, 2004. (USAF PHOTO by STAFF SGT. Shane A. Cuomo) (Released)

U.S. Air Force STAFF SGT. Ford, an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter gunner ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Shane A. Cuomo, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital... More

Helicopter pilots from the 101st Airborne Division stand at the side of a floor map while listening to operational details during a rock drill for Operation Swarmer, March 15, 2006, Command Operating Base Speicher. Rock drills are performed to show overall details of operations at the unit's level perspective. (U.S. Army photo by STAFF SGT. Alfred Johnson) (Released)

Helicopter pilots from the 101st Airborne Division stand at the side o...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SWARMER Base: Command Operating Base Samarra State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AIRBOR... More

US Army (USA) Sergeant First Class (SFC) Adrian Jenkins (standing), Paratrooper, Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC), 1ST Battalion (BN), 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment (1/505th), 82nd Airborne Division (ABN), moves out from the landing zone (LZ) after exiting a UH-60 Black Hawk (Blackhawk) utility helicopter while participating in a 14-day field training exercise at the Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC), Fort Polk, Louisiana (LA), in preparation for his units deployment to Iraq in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. (SUBSTANDARD)

US Army (USA) Sergeant First Class (SFC) Adrian Jenkins (standing), Pa...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Polk State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Cherie Thurlby, USAF Release Status: Release... More

The pilot in the cockpit of a CH-3 helicopter wears Chemical Warfare Defense Equipment (CWDE) during a new generation equipment test

The pilot in the cockpit of a CH-3 helicopter wears Chemical Warfare D...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kirtland Air Force Base State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Juan C. Ramirez Release Statu... More

MAJ Ed Kroboth of the 704th Tactical Airlift Squadron establishes communications with a search and rescue helicopter, as he acts as a downed pilot during Exercise UREX '82

MAJ Ed Kroboth of the 704th Tactical Airlift Squadron establishes comm...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: UREX '82 Base: Sembach Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: Sutherland Release Status: Relea... More

Four helicopter pilots from Helicopter Anti-submarine Squadron 5 (HS-5) sit in their ready room for a briefing on board the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN-69)

Four helicopter pilots from Helicopter Anti-submarine Squadron 5 (HS-5...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Gary Bonaccorso Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photogr... More

The pilot of a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter works with firefighters preparing to load patients onto the helicopter during a medical evacuation exercise, part of PACEX '89

The pilot of a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter works with firefighters pre...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PACEX '89 Base: Naval Amphibious Base, Coronado State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera ... More

The pilot and copilot of an SH-3 Sea King fly their helicopter toward a formation of ships during exercise BALTOPS '93

The pilot and copilot of an SH-3 Sea King fly their helicopter toward ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: BALTOPS '93 Country: Baltic Sea Scene Camera Operator: CMDR. Nathan Jones Release Status: Released to Public Combined Militar... More

The pilot and copilot of an SH-3 Sea King fly their helicopter toward a formation of ships during Exercise Baltops '93

The pilot and copilot of an SH-3 Sea King fly their helicopter toward ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: BALTOPS '93 Country: Baltic Sea Scene Camera Operator: CMDR. Nathan Jones Release Status: Released to Public Combined Militar... More

Former South Vietnamese Air Force helicopter pilot stands at the podium on the flight line as he delivers a speech before two hundred well wishers. MAJ Nquyen Quy An risked his life to save four American soldiers in a sniper-filled jungle in Laos, and for his heroism that day. An received the Distinguished Flying Cross

Former South Vietnamese Air Force helicopter pilot stands at the podiu...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Travis Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Mike Dial Release Status: Released t... More

CH-47 helicopter pilots assigned to Detachment 1, Company G, 140th Aviation, Nevada Army National Guard, are seen at the controls of the helicopter as they return to base after landing at the "Hook" landing zone

CH-47 helicopter pilots assigned to Detachment 1, Company G, 140th Avi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Gold Dust Peak State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT David W. Richards Release Status: Releas... More

CPT Kris Kraiger, UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter co-pilot, 33rd Rescue Squadron acts panicked and interferes with rescue crews, who will have to restrain him. Members of the 33rd Rescue Squadron, Detachment 1 51st Civil Engineer/Fire department and 51st Medical Group, Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, team up during a simulated emergency landing of a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter. The landing, with fire, smoke, and all but one aircrew member injured, was simulated during a Combat Employment Readiness Exercise held in conjunction with exercise Foal Eagle

CPT Kris Kraiger, UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter co-pilot, 33rd Rescue Squ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE '98KOREA CD Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Lance Cheung Release... More

CPT Kris Kraiger, UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter co-pilot, 33rd Rescue Squadron acts panicked and interfears with rescue crews, who will have to restrain him. Members of the 33rd Rescue Squadron, Detachment 1 51st Civil Engineer/Fire department and 51st Medical Group, Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, team up during a simulated emergency landing of a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter. The landing, with fire, smoke, and all but one aircrew member injured, was simulated during a Combat Employment Readiness Exercise held in conjunction with exercise Foal Eagle

CPT Kris Kraiger, UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter co-pilot, 33rd Rescue Squ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE '98KOREA CD Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Lance Cheung Release... More

Left and right side profiles, medium long shot from a high angle looking down, as two US Air Force, two HH-60 Pavehawks from the 41st Rescue Squadron, Moody Air Force Base, Georgia circles to find more downed helicopter pilots after picking up Lieutenant JG Mike OHare (not shown) of the Helicopter Anti-Sub Squadron 6, North Island, during a search and rescue exercise near Naval Air Station Fallon, Nevada during Exercise Desert Rescue VIII

Left and right side profiles, medium long shot from a high angle looki...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT RESCUE Base: Naval Air Station, Fallon State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operat... More

US Navy (USN) Captain (CAPT) Matt Kucharski, a USN CH-46 Sea Knight Cargo Helicopter Pilot, assigned to 3rd Marine Air Wing, Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 165 (HMM-165), performs an inspection atop his aircraft, onboard the USS BONHOMME RICHARD (LHD 6) (not shown) during Exercise KERNEL BLITZ 2001

US Navy (USN) Captain (CAPT) Matt Kucharski, a USN CH-46 Sea Knight Ca...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ 2001 Base: Uss Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) Scene Major Command Shown: 1ST MARINE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE Scene Camera O... More

Captain (CPT), Christopher Comeaux, USA, CH-47 Chinook helicopter pilot, assigned to Detachment 1, Company F, 106th Division, Iowa National Guard, Davenport, IA flies a mission during Operation NEW HORIZONS. The mission flown to support personnel at base camp Concepcion, Paraguay is part of Combined Task Force Guarani Springs, that 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...

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

Using a Sony video camera, SENIOR AIRMAN Johnson, Videographer, 99th Communications Squadron, Nellis Air Force Base, tapes a UH-1N Iroquois helicopter flying through the obstacle course in the Helicopter Hover Competition at GUARDIAN CHALLENGE 2001. During this competition, Pilot's and Co-Pilot's rely their flight engineers to guide the helicopter with a dangling bucket of water through numerous obstacles without spilling the contents. GUARDIAN CHALLENGE, the world's premier space and missile competition, is a four-day event hosted annually at Vandenberg AFB, CA "to recognize the best and demonstrate the commands warfighting skills. GUARDIAN CHALLENGE creates competition-tough crews;...

Using a Sony video camera, SENIOR AIRMAN Johnson, Videographer, 99th C...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: Using a Sony video camera, SENIOR AIRMAN Johnson, Videographer, 99th Communications Squadron, Nellis Air Force Base, tapes a UH-... More

A US Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant (SGT) from 3rd Battalion (BN) 8th Marines (MAR) (3/8) on the Unit Deployment Program (UDP), Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Lejeune, North Carolina (NC), conducts a class on helicopter exiting maneuvers to Philippine Marines from 3rd Battalion 33rd Marines. The training is part of the MARINE INTEROPERABILITY EXERCISE (MIX) held in the Philippine Islands. MIX is a bilateral training exercise involving the Marines of 3/8 and the Philippine Marine Corps

A US Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant (SGT) from 3rd Battalion (BN) 8th Ma...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Matthew J. Anderson, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Ph... More

Captain (CAPT) Rek Branko, left, a Bel-412 helicopter pilot with the Slovenia Air Force (SAF), reviews his post flight documentation with the Non-Commissioned Officer in Charge (NCOIC) of Helicopter Operations at Graff Ignateivo Air Base (AB), Bulgaria (BG), US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Kristine Oliver, from Headquarters Air South during Cooperative Key 2003

Captain (CAPT) Rek Branko, left, a Bel-412 helicopter pilot with the S...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Graf Ignatievo Air Base Country: Bulgaria (BGR) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene Camera Operator: Tsgt John M. Foster, USAF Release Status: ... More

US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Samuel Arbuckle (right), USAF STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Barry Demby (center) and USAF SSGT Barry Webster (left), firefighters with the 506th Expeditionary Civil Engineering Squadron (CES), observe US Army (USA) Warrant Officer (WO1) Jayson Ayres, Pilot, simulate shutting down the engines on a USA H-60 Black Hawk helicopter at Kirkuk Air Base (AB), Iraq (IRQ). The firefighters are participating in an exercise to familiarize themselves with emergency procedures for the Black Hawk helicopter during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Samuel Arbuckle (right),...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kirkuk Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: CENTAF Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Robert Wieland, USAF Release Status: Released ... More

A US Marine Corps (USMC) helicopter pilot escapes from an inverted simulated helicopter underwater crash at the Aviation Survival Training Center pool at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Cherry Point, North Carolina (NC). USMC Pilots are required to re-qualify in aviation water survival every four years

A US Marine Corps (USMC) helicopter pilot escapes from an inverted sim...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mcas, Cherry Point State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: 2D MAW Scene Camera Operator: L... More

A US Marine Corps (USMC) Helicopter Pilot gives the thumbs up as he locates the lift cable at the pool in a simulated helicopter rescue at the Aviation Survival Training Center (ASTC) at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Cherry Point, North Carolina (NC). Pilots are required to qualify in aviation water survival training every four years

A US Marine Corps (USMC) Helicopter Pilot gives the thumbs up as he lo...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mcas, Cherry Point State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: CPL Bryan J. Nealy, USMC Release St... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) helicopter pilots float onboard a raft as part of their simulated rescue at sea at the Aviation Survival Training Center pool at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Cherry Point, North Carolina (NC). USMC Pilots are required to re-qualify in aviation water survival every four years

US Marine Corps (USMC) helicopter pilots float onboard a raft as part ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mcas, Cherry Point State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: 2D MAW Scene Camera Operator: L... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Corporal (CPL) Jeffrey Pearson, a rifleman from Marine Security Element (MSE), India Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines, stationed at Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii (HI), carry a "downed pilot" to a waiting helicopter from Bravo Company 4-123 stationed at Fort Wainwright Army Post, Alaska (AK), during Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and personnel (TRAP) training for Exercise Northern Edge 04, at Eielson Air Force Base (AFB), Alaska (AK)

US Marine Corps (USMC) Corporal (CPL) Jeffrey Pearson, a rifleman from...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Eielson Air Force Base State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: PACAF Scene Camera Operator: SRA Jo... More

U.S. Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN James Kempfer (left), Flight Engineer, CAPT. Eric Hendrikson (center), Aircraft Commander, and CAPT. J. B. Marshal (right), Co-Pilot, 36th Rescue Flight, 336th Training Group, Air Education and Training Command, conduct an aircrew mission brief on Oct. 1, 2004, prior to flying their UH-1N Huey ("Iroquois") light-lift utility, search and rescue helicopter to support the U.S. Air Force Survival School at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash. (U.S. Air Force photo by STAFF SGT. Laura K. Smith) (Released)

U.S. Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN James Kempfer (left), Flight Engineer, CA...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fairchild Air Force Base State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Laura Smith, USAF Release St... More

Iraqi Army (IA) Soldiers, 2nd Commando Battalion (BN), Iraq Ministry of the Interior, and their US Marine Corps (USMC) Instructors, Force Reconnaissance Platoon (PLT), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), pose in front of a USMC CH-46E Sea Knight Helicopter that was used by the Iraqis to practice the proper boarding and exiting techniques during their helicopter training at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Kalsu, Babil Province, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Iraqi Army (IA) Soldiers, 2nd Commando Battalion (BN), Iraq Ministry o...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fob Kalsu, Iskandariyah State: Babil Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Caleb J. Smith, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Com... More

Near the US Navy (USN) 7th Fleet command ship USS BLUE RIDGE (LCC-19), Aviation Warfare Systems Operator 3rd Class (AWSO3) Karl Stiglbauer, assigned to the "Warlords" of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light Five One (HSL-51), communicates with the pilot

Near the US Navy (USN) 7th Fleet command ship USS BLUE RIDGE (LCC-19),...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19) Scene Camera Operator: Josn Marc Rockwell-Pate, Usn Release Status: Released to Pub... More

U.S. Army SPC. Rodney Bastow assigned to 4th Platoon, Bravo Company, 449th Aviation Support Battalion, from the Missouri Army National Guard, installs the cover on the Pilots Night Vision Sight on a AH-64 Apache helicopter at Logistic Support Area, Anaconda, Balad Air Base, Iraq, on Jan. 31, 2007, during Operation Iraqi Freedom. (A3606) (U.S. Army PHOTO by SGT. 1ST Class Erwin Orbe) (Released)

U.S. Army SPC. Rodney Bastow assigned to 4th Platoon, Bravo Company, 4...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Logistic Support Area Anaconda Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SFC Erwin Orbe, USA ... More

U.S. Navy LT. Bryan Weatherup (left) and LT. j.g. Josh Kidd (right), Pilots, Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light 51 (HSL-51,"Warlords"), assigned to the Oliver Hazard Perry Class Guided Missile Frigate USS GARY (FFG 51), Destroyer Squadron 15 (DESRON 15), fly their SH-60B Seahawk anti-surface warfare and anti-submarine warfare helicopter on Jan. 31, 2007, while operating out of Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, as part of the U.S. Navy's Forward Deployed Naval Forces. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST 2nd Class Barry R. Hirayama) (Released)

U.S. Navy LT. Bryan Weatherup (left) and LT. j.g. Josh Kidd (right), P...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: MC2 Barry R. Hirayama, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

The pilot and copilot man their stations in the cockpit of an SH-3 Sea King helicopter

The pilot and copilot man their stations in the cockpit of an SH-3 Sea...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Whorton Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

The pilot and copilot of a helicopter make their approach to the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ENTERPRISE (CVN 65). The carrier is en route to the Sea Fair Festival in Seattle

The pilot and copilot of a helicopter make their approach to the nucle...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Enterprise (CVN 65) Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Colkitt Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Serv... More

CHIEF Warrant Officer (CWO4) Ralph J. Sabroe from the 1ST Battalion, 17th Air Cavalry Brigade, pilots his AH-1 Cobra helicopter towards the Honduran artillery range at Camp Del Balomple during a mobilization of US Exercise Task Force DRAGON/GOLDEN PHEASANT. The task force, consisting of both the 82nd Airborne Division, was deployed by President Ronald Reagan to help discourage Nicaraguan forces from entering Honduras

CHIEF Warrant Officer (CWO4) Ralph J. Sabroe from the 1ST Battalion, 1...

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

A pilot of an SH-3 Sea King helicopter observes the liquid natural gas carrier Hoegh Gandria underway in the gulf during Operation Desert Shield

A pilot of an SH-3 Sea King helicopter observes the liquid natural gas...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Persian Gulf Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Allen, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Militar... More

The pilot of a 45th Medical Company UH-60 Black Hawk (Blackhawk) helicopter converses with personnel on the flight deck of the hospital ship USNS COMFORT (T-AH-20) before lifting off with a simulated casualty during a drill in support of Operation Desert Shield

The pilot of a 45th Medical Company UH-60 Black Hawk (Blackhawk) helic...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: SGT. Brian Cumper Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military ... More

CPT John G. Worman, co-pilot, flies a Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 264 (HMM-264) CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter on a supply delivery mission. The material will be delivered to Kurdish refugees as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled from the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

CPT John G. Worman, co-pilot, flies a Marine Medium Helicopter Squadro...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Milton R. Savage Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

CPT John G. Worman, co-pilot, flies a Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 264 (HMM-264) CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter on a supply delivery mission. The material will be delivered to Kurdish refugees as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled from the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

CPT John G. Worman, co-pilot, flies a Marine Medium Helicopter Squadro...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Milton R. Savage Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

CPT Wayne Miller, a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter pilot with Marine Utility/Attack Helicopter Squadron 169 (HML/A-169), speaks with local residents upon his arrival during Operation Sea Angel, a U.S. military effort to provide disaster relief to victims of a cyclone which devastated Bangladesh on April 30th.

CPT Wayne Miller, a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter pilot with Marine Util...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SEA ANGEL Base: Haida Island Country: Bangladesh(BGD) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Pub... More

A former South Vietnamese Air Force helicopter pilot stands before a special memorial wall. MAJ Nquyen Quy An points, with his prosthetic hand, to a Vietnam map where he fought the communist north. An is wearing the Distinguished Flying Cross medal on his lapel he earned by risking his life to save four American soldiers in a sniper-filled jungle in Laos

A former South Vietnamese Air Force helicopter pilot stands before a s...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Travis Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Mike Dial Release Status: Released t... More

A cockpit shot of LT. Russell, E Company, 502nd Aviation Regiment, Aviano, Italy, as he pilots his CH-47D Chinook helicopter. The Army pilot is practicing landings and take-offs from the deck of the amphibious assault ship as it operates off the coast of Italy

A cockpit shot of LT. Russell, E Company, 502nd Aviation Regiment, Avi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Tana R. Hamilton Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Lieutenant Commander Curt Walther, a SH-60 Seahawk helicopter pilot, points to some areas of operation on a map during a mass familiarization mission brief with other members of the Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron, North Island, California. The mission will include a search for Scud missile sites in the Alamogordo Bombing Range. The helicopter squadron is participating in ROVING SANDS '97 exercise as part of the Red force. ROVING SANDS is a multinational effort and is the largest military exercise on United States soil that allows training in a joint environment to hone command and control procedures and integrate new systems in Theater and Air Missile Defense

Lieutenant Commander Curt Walther, a SH-60 Seahawk helicopter pilot, p...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ROVING SANDS Base: Roswell Air Force Base State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operat... More

US Air Force Special Operations helicopter pilot, Captain Bill Denehen lectures to JROTC at Brentwood High School, NY on 11 May 00. On 2 May 99, while assigned with the 55th Special Operations Squadron, CPT Denehen and his crew courageously penetrated one of the most sophisticated air defense networks in the world to rescue an F-16C pilot (Not shown) trapped deep inside of Serbia. This was the first mission in history where a special operations rescue force penetrated and successfully defeated an active integrated air defense system of a determined military. During Operation Allied Force, Denehen's special Ops helicopter was pre-positioned deep inside Bosnia-Herzegovina. The rescue force ...

US Air Force Special Operations helicopter pilot, Captain Bill Denehen...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: US Air Force Special Operations helicopter pilot, Captain Bill Denehen lectures to JROTC at Brentwood High School, NY on 11 May... More

CHIEF Warrant Officer (CWO4), Dennis E. Lane, USA, CH-47 Chinook helicopter Pilot, assigned to Detachment 1, Company F, 106th Division, Iowa National Guard, Davenport, IA pilots the aircraft during a mission 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 Training...

CHIEF Warrant Officer (CWO4), Dennis E. Lane, USA, CH-47 Chinook helic...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: CHIEF Warrant Officer (CWO4), Dennis E. Lane, USA, CH-47 Chinook helicopter Pilot, assigned to Detachment 1, Company F, 106th Di... More

Lance Corporal Steven Guffee, USMC, (left), Corporal Christopher Wood, USMC, (center), and Corporal Leann Beane, USMC, lift an AGM-114 "Hellfire" laser guided missile from its carrying case. The missile will be loaded onto a AH-1W Cobra Helicopter for night fire during the Exercise MILLENNIUM EDGE at Osan Air Force Base, Osan, Korea. MILLENNIUM EDGE is a joint and combined training exercise conducted in the Republic of Korea with assets from Marine and Air Force units. The exercise gives both the pilots and ground crew members a chance to operate in an unfamiliar place with different types equipment

Lance Corporal Steven Guffee, USMC, (left), Corporal Christopher Wood,...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: MILLENNIUM EDGE Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Jennifer A. Arndt, Usmc Rele... More

A crowd of Family member and loved ones looks on as three US Marine Corps (USMC) CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters perform a flyover during the Memorial Service for USMC Major (MAJ) Jay T. Aubin, at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS), Yuma, Arizona (AZ). MAJ Aubin, a helicopter pilot assigned to Maine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (AWTS-1) was killed during a helicopter crash in Kuwait, while supporting Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A crowd of Family member and loved ones looks on as three US Marine Co...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Yuma State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Christopher D. Surber, USMC Release Status: Release... More

US Air Force (USAF) Captain Kenneth Smeenk, a pilot with the 56th Rescue Squadron (RS), Naval Air Station (NAS) Keflavik, Iceland, performs a preflight check of her MH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter, prior to a familiarization flight over Sierra Leone (SLE)

US Air Force (USAF) Captain Kenneth Smeenk, a pilot with the 56th Resc...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Lungi Country: Sierra Leone (SLE) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: Tsgt Justin D. Pyle, USAF Release Status: Released to ... More

US Navy (USN) Lieutenant Junior Grade (LTJG) Eric Danielsen (left), a helicopter pilot participating in the rescues training exercise DESERT RESCUE XI, is interview by US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Reynaldo Ramon, a Photographer assigned to the 1ST Combat Camera Squadron (CCS). The exercise is the premiere Search And Rescue (SAR) training exercise involving all branches of the US Military and is conducted at the ranges of Fallon Naval Air Station, Nevada (NV)

US Navy (USN) Lieutenant Junior Grade (LTJG) Eric Danielsen (left), a ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT RESCUE XI Base: Naval Air Station, Fallon State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Ope... More

A US Marine Corps (USMC) helicopter pilot prepares to be dunked simulating a helicopter crash into a large body of water at the Aviation Survival Training Center pool at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Cherry Point, North Carolina (NC). The pilots will need to release themselves from the seats and use their flotation devices, instructors watch ready to act if necessary. USMC Pilots are required to re-qualify in aviation water survival every four years

A US Marine Corps (USMC) helicopter pilot prepares to be dunked simula...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mcas, Cherry Point State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: 2D MAW Scene Camera Operator: L... More

U.S. Army 1ST LT. Aaron Van Zant, a CH-47 Chinook helicopter pilot from the California Army National Guard, checks the landing of his helicopter before the opening of the Western Air and Space Show at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., on Oct. 31, 2004. (USAF PHOTO by STAFF SGT Quinton Russ) (Released)

U.S. Army 1ST LT. Aaron Van Zant, a CH-47 Chinook helicopter pilot fro...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Quinton Russ, USAF Release ... More

Soldiers assigned to the Combined Joint Task Force 76 are shown exiting a CH-47 Chinook Helicopter at the Kandahar Airfield in Afghanistan after the completing of their mission on Jun. 22, 2005. (U.S. Army photo by SPC. Jerry T. Combes) (Released)

Soldiers assigned to the Combined Joint Task Force 76 are shown exitin...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Airfield Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: CJTF 76 Scene Camera Operator... More

LT Lee O. McKinnon, instructor pilot with Helicopter Training Squadron 8, (left) watches a student go through the preflight procedures for a TH-57A Sea Ranger Helicopter

LT Lee O. McKinnon, instructor pilot with Helicopter Training Squadron...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, Whiting Field State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Carolyn Harris Release S... More

Lieutenant Colonel Thomas W. Holden, left, commanding officer of Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 262 (HMM-262), prepares to undergo decontamination procedures with the aid of Corporal Marchezo during a combat readiness evaluation exercise. Corporal Marchezo is wearing nuclear-biological-chemical (NBC) gear. Lieutenant Colonel Holden is exiting a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter

Lieutenant Colonel Thomas W. Holden, left, commanding officer of Marin...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: CPL Lewandowski Release Statu... More

An Egyptian soldier kneels down so that an American soldier can use his field radio to direct helicopter pilots, as an air assault takes place during the joint Exercise Bright Star '83

An Egyptian soldier kneels down so that an American soldier can use hi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR '83 Base: Cairo West Air Base State: Al Qahirah Country: Egypt (EGY) Scene Camera Operator: Joint Service Audiov... More

An interior view of a helicopter cockpit with pilots preparing for takeoff. (SUBSTANDARD)

An interior view of a helicopter cockpit with pilots preparing for tak...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Camera Operator: Dan O'Sullivan Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Members of the 1ST Helicopter Squadron stand by as COL Edwin L. Harvey, Headquarters, Tactical Air Command, salvages his belongings following the crash of his Grumman AA-1B aircraft near Andrews Air Force Base. Harvey was piloting the plane at the time of the accident and usstained minor injuries

Members of the 1ST Helicopter Squadron stand by as COL Edwin L. Harvey...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Brandywine State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Ken Hammond Release Status: Released to Publ... More

Two student pilots watch as a fellow Training Wing 5 (TAW-5) pilot brings a TH-57 Sea Ranger helicopter in for a landing on the flight deck of the helicopter landing trainer IX-514. The trainer, a converted harbor utility craft, is based at Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida

Two student pilots watch as a fellow Training Wing 5 (TAW-5) pilot bri...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pensacola Bay State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Art Giberson Release Status: Released to Public... More

Smoke from a fire marks the landing site for a Soviet-made Mi-8 helicopter which will be arriving with representatives from the Joint Casualty Recovery Center. The representatives are arriving at the site, which is located on Dong Nua Mountain, Quang Binh Province, to work in conjunction with members of a joint U.S./Vietnamese anthropological team searching for remains of an American pilot whose A-7 Corsair II aircraft crashed on the mountainside during the war in Vietnam.

Smoke from a fire marks the landing site for a Soviet-made Mi-8 helico...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Viet Nam(VNM) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT. Jose Lopez Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

CAPT. Wayne Miller, a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter pilot with Marine Utility/Attack Helicopter Squadron 169 (HML/A-169), speaks with local residents upon his arrival during Operation Sea Angel, a U.S. military effort to provide disaster relief to victims of a cyclone which devastated Bangladesh on April 30th.

CAPT. Wayne Miller, a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter pilot with Marine Ut...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SEA ANGEL Base: Haida Island Country: Bangladesh(BGD) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Pu... More

CAPT. John Cottrell, a helicopter pilot from the 38th Air Rescue squadron instructs members of the 377th Medical Company in escape and evasion techniques during a joint Combat Search and Rescue training exercise

CAPT. John Cottrell, a helicopter pilot from the 38th Air Rescue squad...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Seoul Country: Korea Scene Camera Operator: TSGT. Scott Stewart Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Inverted M16A2 service rifles, serve as representation of the 14 service members who perished in the 10 May, 1996 helicopter accident at Camp Lejeune during CJTFEX 96. The different head gear on top of the rifles shows that helicopter pilots, crewman, infantryman, and a U.S. Army STAFF Sergeant, were among those who died. This photo was taken during the memorial service

Inverted M16A2 service rifles, serve as representation of the 14 servi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Combined Joint Training Field Exercise (CJTFEX) 96 Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: ... More

LCDR Curt Walther (far left), a SH-60 Black Hawk (Blackhawk) helicopter pilot, discusses the familiarization flight with his crew chief, AW2 Steve Ayers (far right) while other crew members listen. Assigned to the Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron, North Island, California their deployed mission, during the world's largest joint service, multi-national tactical air operations exercise will be as members of the Red Forces

LCDR Curt Walther (far left), a SH-60 Black Hawk (Blackhawk) helicopte...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ROVING SANDS '97 Base: Roswell State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. C... More

1LT Lorne Eshelman, pilot, 33rd Rescue Squadron, with an application of moulage to simulate facial burns, waits for rescue teams to arrive. Members of the 33rd Rescue Squadron, Detachment 1 51st Civil Engineer/Fire department and 51st Medical Group, Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, team up during a simulated emergency landing of a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter. The landing, with fire, smoke, and all but one aircrew member injured, was simulated during a Combat Employment Readiness Exercise held in conjunction with exercise Foal Eagle

1LT Lorne Eshelman, pilot, 33rd Rescue Squadron, with an application o...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE '98KOREA CD Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Lance Cheung Release... More

CPT Kris Kraiger, UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter co-pilot, 33rd Rescue Squadron acts panicked and interferes with rescue crews, who will have to restrain him. Members of the 33rd Rescue Squadron, Detachment 1 51st Civil Engineer/Fire department and 51st Medical Group, Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, team up during a simulated emergency landing of a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter. The landing, with fire, smoke, and all but one aircrew member injured, was simulated during a Combat Employment Readiness Exercise held in conjunction with exercise Foal Eagle

CPT Kris Kraiger, UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter co-pilot, 33rd Rescue Squ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE '98KOREA CD Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Lance Cheung Release... More

Left side profile medium close-up shot as USAF Major Kevin Killpack a HH-60 Pavehawk helicopter pilot, from the 41st Rescue Squadron, Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, does his pre-flight checks prior to lift off to a live fire exercise at near Naval Air Station Fallon, Nevada. This mission is in direct support of Exercise Desert Rescue

Left side profile medium close-up shot as USAF Major Kevin Killpack a ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT RESCUE Base: Naval Air Station, Fallon State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operat... More

US Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Larry Rohekohr a co-pilot on an MC-130P Combat Shadow aircraft from the 129th Rescue Wing, California Air National Guard, Moffett Federal Field, flies the aircraft while the navigator, US Air Force Major Andy Ferguson, watches the ongoing training rescue operation being conducted in the Pacific Ocean off the California coast. The aircraft works in tandem with an HH-60G Pavehawk helicopter (not shown) during rescue operations, the C-130 is the mission commander and has operational control. The 129th is one of only three Rescue units in the ANG, and the only one on the west coast

US Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Larry Rohekohr a co-pilot on an MC-130...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Andrew Hughan, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photog... More

Seen in the green glow of a night scope while on the flightline, HH-60H Seahawk helicopter pilot Lieutenant Commander Greg Sauter (Hometown: Columbia, Maryland) assigned to Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron 4 (HAS 4) based at Norfolk, Virginia, checks communications prior to a start of a night mission during DESERT RESCUE IX exercise at Naval Air Station Fallon, Nevada. Desert Rescue is the premiere Search And Rescue (SAR) training exercise involving Navy, Army, Air Force and Marine personnel. It is conducted at the ranges of Fallon Naval Air Station, Nevada. d)

Seen in the green glow of a night scope while on the flightline, HH-60...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT RESCUE IX Base: Naval Air Station, Fallon State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Comm... More

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NARA & DVIDS Public Domain Archive

The objects in this collection are from The U.S. National Archives and Defense Visual Information Distribution Service. The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) was established in 1934 by President Franklin Roosevelt. NARA keeps those Federal records that are judged to have continuing value—about 2 to 5 percent of those generated in any given year. There are approximately 10 billion pages of textual records; 12 million maps, charts, and architectural and engineering drawings; 25 million still photographs and graphics; 24 million aerial photographs; 300,000 reels of motion picture film; 400,000 video and sound recordings; and 133 terabytes of electronic data. The Defense Visual Information Distribution Service provides a connection between world media and the American military personnel serving at home and abroad. All of these materials are preserved because they are important to the workings of Government, have long-term research worth, or provide information of value to citizens.

Disclaimer: A work of the U.S. National Archives and DVIDS is "a work prepared by an officer or employee" of the federal government "as part of that person's official duties." In general, under section 105 of the Copyright Act, such works are not entitled to domestic copyright protection under U.S. law and are therefore in the public domain. This website is developed as a part of the world's largest public domain archive, PICRYL.com, and not developed or endorsed by the U.S. National Archives or DVIDS.  https://www.picryl.com

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