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A1C Bill Adams and SSGT Randall Simeona hook up an MH-2A hose cart to refuel a B-52 Stratofortress aircraft. The airmen are from the Fuels Management Branch, 22nd Supply Squadron, 22nd Bombardment Wing. The branch was recently named one of the top three units in the Strategic Air Command

A1C Bill Adams and SSGT Randall Simeona hook up an MH-2A hose cart to ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: March Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Angie Binford Release Status: Rel... More

Special Operations personnel rappel down from a Air Mobility Command's MH-53J Pave Low helicopter. Exact Date Shot Unknown

Special Operations personnel rappel down from a Air Mobility Command's...

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

An MH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter from the 55th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron uses a penetrator to pick up parajumpers participating in a low and slow water jump exercise in the Gulf of Mexico

An MH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter from the 55th Aerospace Rescue and Recov...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Kit Thompson, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A right front view of one of the latest additions to the Air Force's aircraft inventory, the MH-53J Enhanced Pave Low III helicopter, parked on the flight line

A right front view of one of the latest additions to the Air Force's a...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Hurlburt Field State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TECH. SGT. Lee Schading Release Status: Releas... More

An air-to-air elevated front view of a 20th Special Operations Squadron MH-53H PAVELOW helicopter passing over the Destin Bridge after completing water operations

An air-to-air elevated front view of a 20th Special Operations Squadro...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Hurlburt Field State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Lee Schading Release Status: Released to ... More

An air crew member looks out of a doorway as an MH-53H Pave Low III helicopter of the 20th Special Operations Squadron banks to the left during combat control operations over the Florida panhandle

An air crew member looks out of a doorway as an MH-53H Pave Low III he...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Hurlburt Field State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TECH. SGT. Lee E. Schading Release Status: Rel... More

An air-to-air front overhead view of an MH-53H helicopter of the 20th Special Operations Squadron (SOS) and a C-130 Hercules of the 16th SOS over Hurlburt Field, FL

An air-to-air front overhead view of an MH-53H helicopter of the 20th ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Hurlburt Field State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Steve Mcgill Release Status: Released to ... More

A front close-up view of an MH-53J helicopter of the 21st Special Operations Squadron, equipped with the new Pave Low infrared system for night operations, in-flight near the English coast

A front close-up view of an MH-53J helicopter of the 21st Special Oper...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: North Sea Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Dave Nolan Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

An NC-8A mobile powerplant and a hydraulic test stand sit beside an MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter from Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 15 (HM-15) outside a hangar containing two other Sea Dragons

An NC-8A mobile powerplant and a hydraulic test stand sit beside an MH...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Nas, Alameda State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Grzezdinski Release Status: Released to P... More

A squadron member on the ground gives hand signals to the crew of an MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter from Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 15 (HM-15) as it heads out over San Francisco Bay for minesweeping exercise. The helicopter trails a cable attached to a Mark 105 minesweeping sled

A squadron member on the ground gives hand signals to the crew of an M...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Nas, Alameda State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Grzezdinski Release Status: Released to P... More

Ground crewmen stand by as an MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter from Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 15 (HM-15) passes overhead trailing a tow cable for a Mark 105 minesweeping exercise

Ground crewmen stand by as an MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter from Helico...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Nas, Alameda State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Grzezdinski Release Status: Released to P... More

Maintenance crewmen work atop an MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter from Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 15 (HM-15) as another Sea Dragon passes overhead

Maintenance crewmen work atop an MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter from Hel...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Nas, Alameda State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Grzezdinski Release Status: Released to P... More

An MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter tows a Mark 105 hydrofoil minesweeping sled during the joint Thai/US combined exercise THALAY THAI '89

An MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter tows a Mark 105 hydrofoil minesweeping...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: THALAY THAI '89 Country: Thailand (THA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military S... More

Aviation Technician/AIRMAN D. Winger, navigator of a Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 14 (HM-14) MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter, monitors instruments during operations off the coast of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The unit is using the AQS-14 minehunting system to locate inert mines planted by U.S. forces as part of a minehunting exercise during Operation Desert Shield

Aviation Technician/AIRMAN D. Winger, navigator of a Helicopter Mine C...

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

A Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 14 (HM-14) MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter takes off as others stand on the flight line in preparation for exercises in the Persian Gulf. The helicopters are towing sonar devices of the AGS-14 minehunting system while searching for inert mines planted by Allied forces for minesweeping exercises taking place during Operation Desert Shield

A Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 14 (HM-14) MH-53E Sea Drago...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU) Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Joe Gawlowicz Release Status: Released to Public Combine... More

An MD-3A tow tractor is used to pull a U.S. Army MH-47D Chinook medium lift helicopter of the 2nd Battalion, 160th Special Operation Aviation Regiment forward to a take off position on the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN-73)

An MD-3A tow tractor is used to pull a U.S. Army MH-47D Chinook medium...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FLEET EXERCISE 2-94 Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: JOC Gregg Snaza Release Status: Released to Public C... More

A U.S. Air Force MH-53J combat search and rescue helicopter from the 20th Special Operations Squadron lifts off from the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN-73) during Fleet Exercise 2-94

A U.S. Air Force MH-53J combat search and rescue helicopter from the 2...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FLEET EXERCISE 2-94 Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: JOC Gregg Snaza Release Status: Released to Public C... More

STAFF SGT. Troy Kohler, MH-60 Crew CHIEF, 55th Special Operations Squadron, Hurlbert Field, Florida, inspects the main rotor blades of his aircraft during Bright Star 94

STAFF SGT. Troy Kohler, MH-60 Crew CHIEF, 55th Special Operations Squa...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR 94 Base: Cairo West Air Base State: Al Qahirah Country: Egypt (EGY) Scene Camera Operator: SENIOR AIRMAN Steve M... More

Members of explosive ordnance disposal teams keep the fast rope from flying into the rotors of a U.S. Air Force MH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter as it lands. This is a multi-national, explosive ordnance disposal training exercise

Members of explosive ordnance disposal teams keep the fast rope from f...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: BELL THUNDER '95 Base: San Clemente Island State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Opera... More

An aerial close up view of a US Marine Corps MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter from the 2ND Marine Aircraft Wing, (MCAS) New River, NC, flying in support of a Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel (TRAP) mission, during the Revised Capabilities Exercise (RCAPEX), at Camp Lejeune, NC

An aerial close up view of a US Marine Corps MH-53E Sea Dragon helicop...

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

A US Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion refuels using the (Left) port-side drogue of a KC-130 Hercules off the coast of Congo. Visible in the photo is the horizontal stabalizer of the KC-130 (left) and another USMC helicopter, a MH-53E Sea Dragon. The KC-130 is from VMGR-252 while the CH/MH-53's are from HM-365, USS Nassau

A US Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion refuels using the (Left) port-...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pointe Noire Country: Congo (COG) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Gregory L. Davis, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service ... More

Sailors from helicopter squadron HM-15, Corpus Christi, Texas, perform maintenance checks on a MH-53E Sea Dragon under a full moon on USS DENVER (LPD 9) off the coast of Southern California 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

Sailors from helicopter squadron HM-15, Corpus Christi, Texas, perform...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ '97 Base: Uss Denver (LPD 9) Scene Major Command Shown: HM-15 Scene Camera Operator: PH2 (Nac) Jeff Viano, USN ... More

Sailors on USS DENVER (LPD 9) off the coast of Southern California direct an MH-53E Sea Dragon from helicopter squadron HM-15, Corpus Christi, Texas, during take-off for mine counter measure Exercises in 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

Sailors on USS DENVER (LPD 9) off the coast of Southern California dir...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Uss Denver (LPD 9) Scene Major Command Shown: HM-15/USS DENVER Scene Camera Operator: PH2 (Nac) Jeff Viano, USN Release Status: Released to Publi... More

A Landing Craft Utility (LCU), filled with High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV) and Marines nears the stern and wet dock of the USS TARAWA (LHA-1), as MH-53E Sea Dragons operate on its upper deck during DEEP STRIKE 97

A Landing Craft Utility (LCU), filled with High-Mobility Multipurpose ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DEEP STRIKE '97 Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Camera Operator: CPL Jon W. Halinkowski Release Status: Released to Public... More

An MH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter, lands at night on a Kuwait desert, during a training mission, in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH 1998. Night scope used

An MH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter, lands at night on a Kuwait desert, dur...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH 1998 Base: Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base State: Al Ahmadi Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC Sce... More

A US Air Force (USAF) MC-130P Combat Shadow aircraft assigned to 67th Special Operations Squadron (SOS) refuels a USAF MH-53J Pave Low IV helicopter from the 21st SOS. Both Squadrons are deployed to Air Force Base Hoedspruit, South Africa, to support Operation ATLAS RESPONSE. The Operation is a Humanitarian Aid Operation directed by the US European Command (USEUCOM) to help the people of Mozambique, after severe flooding displaced over a million people from their homes

A US Air Force (USAF) MC-130P Combat Shadow aircraft assigned to 67th ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ATLAS RESPONSE Base: Hoedspruit Air Force Base Country: South Africa (ZAF) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Cary Humphries, USAF ... More

Medium long shot. Maintainers from the 352nd Maintenance Squadron, Royal Air Force, Mildenhall, move the gear box of an MH-53M Pave Low IV helicopter to its transpot box so it will fit on a C-5 for re-deployment from Air Force Base Hoedspruit, South Africa. The 352nd is deployed here in support of Operation Atlas Response, a humanitarian relief mission in southern Africa

Medium long shot. Maintainers from the 352nd Maintenance Squadron, Roy...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ATLAS RESPONSE Base: Hoedspruit Air Force Base Country: South Africa (ZAF) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Ken Bergmann Release ... More

Medium long shot. AIRMAN First Class Brewster Esses, a MH-60 Pave Hawk Crew CHIEF, from the 41st Rescue Squadron, Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, makes ready his helicopter, for transport aboard a C-5 back at Air Force Base Hoedspruit, South Africa, after they arrived from Beira, Mozambique, where they delivered relief supplies to the far reaches of the country, as Operation Atlas Response, a humantiarian relief mission in southern Africa comes to a close

Medium long shot. AIRMAN First Class Brewster Esses, a MH-60 Pave Hawk...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ATLAS RESPONSE Base: Hoedspruit Air Force Base Country: South Africa (ZAF) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Ken Bergmann Release ... More

An MH-53J Pave Low helicopter flies over the full honor funeral (not shown) for US Air Force Second Lieutenant Richard Vandegeer at Arlington National Cemetery on October 27, 2000

An MH-53J Pave Low helicopter flies over the full honor funeral (not s...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Arlington State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Jennifer Gangemi, USAF Release Status: Releas... More

Naval MH-53 Helicopter crew chiefs from HC4 Black Stallions, Sigonella Naval Air Station, Sicily and Army soldiers from A Company, 1-508th Airborne Infantry Battalion escort American civilians and foreign national non-combatants to a MH-53 Helicopter. 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 ...

Naval MH-53 Helicopter crew chiefs from HC4 Black Stallions, Sigonella...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: Naval MH-53 Helicopter crew chiefs from HC4 Black Stallions, Sigonella Naval Air Station, Sicily and Army soldiers from A Compa... More

An MH-47E Chinook, carrying "rescued" 128th Air Refueling Wing, General Mitchell Field, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, aircrew members, departs from a simulated terrorist camp. On the ground Special Forces soldiers from Operational Detachment Alpha 954, 2nd Battalion 19th Special Forces Group, West Virginia Army guard, along with an Air Force Combat Control Team STAFF Sergeant, provide cover and protect a simulated coffin. The event is part of exercise WHITETAIL 2001

An MH-47E Chinook, carrying "rescued" 128th Air Refueling Wing, Genera...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: WHITETAIL 2001 State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ANG/AMC Scene Camera... More

An aircrew member from the 128th Air Refueling Wing, General Mitchell International Airport, Milwaukee, is helped aboard an MH-47 Chinook helicopter from Company "B", 2nd Battalion 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, Ft. Campbell, Kentucky, during water rescue exercise over Lake Michigan, Wisconsin, as part of Exercise WHITETAIL 2001

An aircrew member from the 128th Air Refueling Wing, General Mitchell ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: WHITETAIL 2001 Base: Lake Michigan State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ... More

A MH-53J/M Pave Low, 20th Special Operations Squadron (SOS), Hurlburt Field, Florida, is taken off a C-17A Globemaster III, at an unknown forward deployed location. The tasking of this equipment is part of the mobilization for the attack on terrorism during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

A MH-53J/M Pave Low, 20th Special Operations Squadron (SOS), Hurlburt ...

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

STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Kimo Kaono, USAF, 16th Helicopter Generation Squadron (HGS) Hurlburt Field AFB, Florida, performs diagnostic checks on a MH-53 Pave Low helicopter that will be playing a supporting role in Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Kimo Kaono, USAF, 16th Helicopter Generation Squ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: Air Force Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Cecilio M. Ricardo Jr, USA... More

At approximately 11:45 PM (JST), The bodies of three US service members arrived at Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan, onboard a C-130 Hercules. Aircrew members render a salute as an Army and Air Force joint honor guard team, carry one of the transfer cases off the aircraft. Names are being with held pending notification to next of kin. The three were recovered from the crash of a US Army MH-47E Chinook in the Bohol Sea near the island of Apo. The Chinook carried eight US Army personnel, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, Fort Campbell, Kentucky, and two US Air Force para-rescue jumpers, 320th Special Tactics Squadron, Kadena Air Base, Japan

At approximately 11:45 PM (JST), The bodies of three US service member...

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

US Army (USA) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Harold Keanini, (background) and USA Sergeant (SGT) Moses Talavera, E/Company 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, (160th SOAR) perform a general maintenance wash down on a USA MH-47E Chinook helicopter at Edwin Andrew Air Base (EAAB), Republic Of Philippines. The MH 47E is the main platform for the 160th SOAR and Joint Task Force 510, which is support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Army (USA) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Harold Keanini, (background) and U...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Edwin Andrew Air Base State: Zamboanga Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Andrew M... More

US Air Force (USAF) Pararescuemen assigned to the 321st Special Tactics Squadron (STS), give a "thumbs up" after executing a water drop from a USAF MH-53M Pave Low IV helicopter from the 21st Special Operations Squadron (SOS), during a training mission conducted from Royal Air Force (RAF) Mildenhall, United Kingdom (UK). The units are part of the 352nd Special Operations Group (SOG), the air component for special operations within the European Command area of responsibility

US Air Force (USAF) Pararescuemen assigned to the 321st Special Tactic...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: United Kingdom (GBR) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Andrew E. Lynch, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Pho... More

A US Army (USA) MH-47 Chinook Special Operations Force (SOF) helicopter (background), deployed from Okinawa, Japan (JPN), hovers above the flight deck of the Kitty Hawk Class Aircraft Carrier, USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63), as it prepares to land behind several parked US Navy (USN) F/A-18 Hornet multi-mission fighter/attack aircraft aboard the USS KITTY HAWK as part of an approach training and carrier qualification program with the US Navy (USN)

A US Army (USA) MH-47 Chinook Special Operations Force (SOF) helicopte...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Todd Frantom, Usn Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mili... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Gregg Thompson, a squad automatic weapon gunner with Easy Company 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), prepares for a flight in an MH-53J Pave Low helicopter to practice Special Purpose Insertion and Extraction (SPIE) in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Gregg Thompson, a squad a...

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 Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Mark Wolcott, Aerial GUNNER, Air Force Special Operations (AFSO) Detachment, Camp Lemonier, Djibouti, participates in dust-out (landing in zero visibility dust storm) training on board a USAF MH-53M Pave Low IV during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Mark Wolcott, Aerial GUNNER,...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Lemonier Country: Djibouti (DJI) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Cherie A. Thurlby, USAF Release Sta... More

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Glenn Fleming, Aerial GUNNER, Air Force Special Operations (AFSO) Detachment, Camp Lemonier, Djibouti, cleans his glasses onboard a USAF MH-53M Pave Low IV prior to conducting dust-out training during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Glenn Fleming, Aerial GUNNER...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Lemonier Country: Djibouti (DJI) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Cherie A. Thurlby, USAF Release Sta... More

US Air Force (USAF) MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Todd Corey, Flight Engineer, Air Force Special Operations (AFSO) Detachment, Camp Lemonier, Djibouti, checks his GAU-2B/A 7.62 mm minigun during dust-out (landing in zero visibility dust storm) training on board a USAF MH-53M Pave Low IV during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Todd Corey, Flight Engineer...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Lemonier Country: Djibouti (DJI) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Cherie A. Thurlby, USAF Release Sta... More

US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) James Turman, right, an MH-60G Black Hawk helicopter Crew CHIEF with the 301st Rescue Squadron (RS), marshals in his helicopter at a forward-deployed location, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) James Turman, right, an ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: CENTCOM Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Shane Cuomo, USAF Release S... More

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Matthew McNutt, the 352nd Maintenance Squadron (MXS), removes cannon plug from a T56 engine for an MH-53 Super Stallion helicopter, at Royal Air Force (RAF) Mildenhall, United Kingdom (UK)

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Matthew McNutt, the 352nd...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: RAF Mildenhall Country: Great Britain / England (GBR) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Stacia M. Willis, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combin... More

Five US Military members who were killed when their MH-53M Pave Low helicopter crashed in Afghanistan (AFG) in support of Operation MOUNTAIN RESOLVE, part of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM, are brought to their final resting place by a horse-drawn caisson during a mass funeral at the Arlington National Cemetery (ANC), Arlington, Virginia (VA). Honored are US Air Force (USAF) Major (MAJ) Steven Plumhoff, US Army (USA) Sergeant Major (SGMJ) Phillip R. Albert, USAF MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) William J. Kerwood, USAF Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Howard A. Walters and USAF STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Thomas A. Walkup

Five US Military members who were killed when their MH-53M Pave Low he...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Arlington National Cemetery State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Jim Varhegyi, USAF Release ... More

US Air Force (USAF) Honor Guard Pallbearers from a joint honor guard carry flag drapped fallen military members, killed when their MH-53M Pave Low helicopter crashed in Afghanistan (AFG) in support of Operation MOUNTAIN RESOLVE, part of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. A mass funeral is held at the Arlington National Cemetery (ANC), Arlington, Virginia (VA). Honored are US Air Force (USAF) Major (MAJ) Steven Plumhoff, US Army (USA) Sergeant Major (SGMJ) Phillip R. Albert, USAF MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) William J. Kerwood, USAF Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Howard A. Walters and USAF STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Thomas A. Walkup

US Air Force (USAF) Honor Guard Pallbearers from a joint honor guard c...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Arlington National Cemetery State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Jennifer Gangemi, USAF Rele... More

A US Army (USA) MH-60 Black Hawk (Blackhawk) helicopter taxies after landing on the flight line at Balad Air Base, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The setting sun silhouettes the image. (SUBSTANDARD)

A US Army (USA) MH-60 Black Hawk (Blackhawk) helicopter taxies after l...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Balad Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Keith Brown, USAF Release Status: Release... More

U.S. Air Force Airmen of the 31st Security Forces Squadron and local Carabineri work together during joint helicopter deployment training with the a U.S. Navy MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter, Helicopter Combat Support Squadron, Naval Air Station Sigonella, Italy, on Sept. 26, 2004 at Aviano Air Base, Italy. (U.S. Air Force photo by STAFF Sergeant Bethann Caporaletti) (Released)

U.S. Air Force Airmen of the 31st Security Forces Squadron and local C...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Bethann Caporaletti, USAF Release Status: Released to Public C... More

United States Air Force, 31st Security Forces Squadron personnel board a U.S. Navy MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter, Helicopter Combat Support Squadron (HC-4) Black Stallions, during joint helicopter deployment training at Aviano, Air Base, Italy, on Sept. 26, 2004. (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by AIRMAN 1ST Class Desiree Hayden) (RELEASED)

United States Air Force, 31st Security Forces Squadron personnel board...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Desiree Hayden, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combine... More

Personnel with the 31st Security Forces Squadron and local Italian Carabinieri or military police, work together during joint helicopter deployment training on board a U.S. Navy MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter at Aviano Air Base, Italy, on Sept. 26, 2004. (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by STAFF SGT Bethann Caporaletti) (RELEASED)

Personnel with the 31st Security Forces Squadron and local Italian Car...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mh-53e Sea Dragon Helicopter Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Bethann Caporaletti, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Di... More

US Navy (USN) Sailors, assigned to Carrier Air Wing 2 (CVW-2) and aid workers unload injured Indonesians from the cabin of an USN MH-60S Knighthawk helicopter, Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 11 (HC-11), Gunbearers, Detachment 2, to a triage site for treatment and evaluation. Medical teams from USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN 72) [not shown], CVW-2 and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) set-up a triage site located on Sultan Iskandar Muda Air Force Base (AFB), Banda Aceh, Sumatra

US Navy (USN) Sailors, assigned to Carrier Air Wing 2 (CVW-2) and aid ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Sultan Iskandar Muda Air Base State: Sumatra Country: Indonesia (IDN) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Jordon R. Beesley, Usn Release Status: Release... More

Indonesian Soldiers and US Navy (USN) aviators unload relief supplies in the village of Jalan, Sumatra, Indonesia (IDN), from an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the Gunbearers of Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 11 (HC-11), in support of Operation UNIFIED ASSISTANCE

Indonesian Soldiers and US Navy (USN) aviators unload relief supplies ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Jalan State: Nangarhar Country: Indonesia (IDN) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Philip A. Mcdaniel, Usn Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

A US Navy (USN) MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the Gunbearers of Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 11 (HC-11), Detachment 2, lands where an earthquake and Tsunami affected the region. Helicopters and Sailors assigned to the USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN 72) are supporting Operation UNIFIED ASSISTANCE

A US Navy (USN) MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the Gunbearers ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: Sumatra Country: Indonesia (IDN) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Jeremie M. Yoder, Usn Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service D... More

Two US Navy (USN) Sailors carry an injured Indonesian man on a stretcher from an MH-60S Seahawk helicopter, Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 5 (HC-5), Andersen Air Force Base (AFB), Guam, on the helicopter pad at Albadin University Hospital in Banda Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia. The man received medical treatment aboard the Military Sealift Command (MSC) Hospital Ship USNS MERCY (T-AH 19) [not shown] anchored off shore

Two US Navy (USN) Sailors carry an injured Indonesian man on a stretch...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Banda Aceh State: Sumatra Country: Indonesia (IDN) Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Joshua Smith, Usn Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mili... More

A US Navy (USN) MH-60S Knighthawk helicopter from Helicopter Combat Support Squadron Six (HC-6) assigned to the Nimitz Class USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN 71) aircraft carrier, transfers ordnance from the Military Sealift Command (MSC) fast Combat Support Ship (TAFS) USNS SUPPLY (T-AOE 6), not shown, during a Vertical Replenishment (VERTREP) at sea

A US Navy (USN) MH-60S Knighthawk helicopter from Helicopter Combat Su...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) Scene Camera Operator: JO3 Mark A. Catalano, Usn Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digi... More

Dr. Dana Braner (left), Project HOPE (a civilian organization of medical volunteers), assisted by US Navy (USN) Information Systems Technician Second Class (IT2) Sheronda Allen, carry an Indonesian child in respiratory distress from a USN MH-60S Seahawk helicopter, Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 5 (HC-5), Andersen Air Force Base (AFB), Guam, onboard the Military Sealift Command (MSC) hospital ship USNS MERCY (T-AH 19). The child was medically evacuated from the island of Nias, Indonesia to the ship, where MERCY's medical personnel are conducting humanitarian assistance operations in the wake of the devastating earthquake that struck the island on March 28, 2005

Dr. Dana Braner (left), Project HOPE (a civilian organization of medic...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Usns Mercy (T-AH 19) Country: Indian Ocean (IOC) Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Joshua Smith, Usn Release Status: Released to Public Combined Militar... More

US Navy (USN) Aviation Ordnancemen, assigned to Weapons Department, hook a cargo pendant to a MH-60S Seahawk helicopter, assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron Two Five (HCS-25) during Vertical Replenishment (VETREP) conducted between the USN Military Sealift Command (MSC), Kilauea Class Ammunition Ship USNS FLINT (T-AE 32) and the USN Aircraft Carrier, USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63). The KITTY HAWK is currently operating in the Coral Sea in support of Exercise TALISMANS SABER 2005. The USN Arleigh Burke Class (FLIGHT I) Guided Missile Destroyer (Aegis), USS FIRZGERALD (DDG 62) is underway in the background

US Navy (USN) Aviation Ordnancemen, assigned to Weapons Department, ho...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Joshua Legrand, Usn Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photog... More

A US Army (USA) MH-47 Chinook, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (SOAR) (Airborne), Fort Campbell, Kentucky (KY), departs from the flight deck of the US Navy (USN) Amphibious Assault Ship USS WASP (LHD 1) during the ship's deck landing qualification. The MH-47 Special Operations Aircraft (SOA) is a long distance, heavy-lift helicopter, equipped with aerial refueling capability, a fast-rope rappelling system and other upgrades of operations-specific equipment

A US Army (USA) MH-47 Chinook, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regim...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Wasp (LHD 1) Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 (Aw) D. Keith Simmons, Usn Release Status: Released to Public Combined ... More

Two US Navy (USN) Search and Rescue (SAR) Swimmers, Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 28 (HSC-28), watch a rescue unfold, while seated on the deck of their USN Sikorsky MH-60S Seahawk Helicopter, to see if their assistance is needed. These Swimmers are part of Joint Task Force (JTF) Katrina, which is delivering humanitarian and relief assistance to the Gulf Coast victims of Hurricane Katrina

Two US Navy (USN) Search and Rescue (SAR) Swimmers, Helicopter Sea Com...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Jeremy L. Grisham, Usn Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service ... More

Displaced residents from New Orleans board a US Army (USA) MH-60 Black Hawk helicopter outside the Super Dome in New Orleans, Louisiana (LA). The Super Dome is being used as a central staging and relocation center for thousands of displaced residents affected by the devastation of Hurricane Katrina

Displaced residents from New Orleans board a US Army (USA) MH-60 Black...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: New Orleans State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Scott Reed, USAF Release Status: Released ... More

A US Air Force (USAF) Air National Guard (ANG) MH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter is used to deliver water and Meals Ready-to-Eat (MRE) humanitarian relief supplies to stranded citizens at a distribution point in New Orleans, Louisiana (LA) after the city was devastated by Hurricane Katrina. The USAF is assisting in humanitarian assistance operations, led by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), in conjunction with the Department of Defense (DOD)

A US Air Force (USAF) Air National Guard (ANG) MH-60 Pave Hawk helicop...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JOINT TASK FORCE (JTF) KATRINA Base: New Orleans State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera ... More

US Navy (USN) PETTY Officer Second Class (PO2) Kirk Crabb, Aviation Machinist's Mate, Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 15 (HM-15), Naval Air Station (NAS) Corpus Christi, Texas (TX), directs Hurricane Katrina evacuees toward the rear ramp of a USN MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center parking lot in New Orleans, Louisiana (LA). The Navy's involvement in the Hurricane Katrina Humanitarian Assistance Operations is led by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), in conjunction with the Department of Defense (DoD)

US Navy (USN) PETTY Officer Second Class (PO2) Kirk Crabb, Aviation Ma...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ernest N. Morial Convention Ctr. State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Pedro A. Rodriguez, Us... More

On board the US Navy (USN) Tarawa Class Amphibious Assault Ship, USS NASSAU (LHA 4), Sailors and US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines form a brigade line, while offloading mail and cargo from a USMC MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter assigned to Helicopter Mine Counter Measure Squadron 15 (HM-15). The NASSAU is currently underway in the Persian Gulf, on a regularly scheduled deployment in support of maritime security operations (MSO), in the US Central Command (USCENTCOM) Area Of Responsibility (AOR)

On board the US Navy (USN) Tarawa Class Amphibious Assault Ship, USS N...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Nassau (LHA 4) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Michael J. Sandberg, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photog... More

US Navy (USN) flight deck personnel attach a cargo pendant to an MH-60S Seahawk helicopter on the flight deck of the Amphibious Assault Ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2)

US Navy (USN) flight deck personnel attach a cargo pendant to an MH-60...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Saipan (LHA 2) Country: At Sea Scene Major Command Shown: USS SAIPAN (LHA-2) Scene Camera Operator: MCSN Patrick W. Mullen II, Usn Release S... More

A US Navy (USN) MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 25 (HSC-25) flies past the bow of the USN Arleigh Burke Class (Flight I) Guided Missile Destroyer USS RUSSELL (DDG 63) during Vertical Replenishment (VERTREP) operations. The RUSSELL is currently underway in the Western Pacific Ocean for a scheduled six-month deployment

A US Navy (USN) MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter Sea ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Usns Concord (T-AFS 5) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Ronald A. Dallatorre, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital ... More

A US Navy (USN) MH-60R Seahawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 41 (HSM-41), flies over the Pacific Ocean, during a routine flight

A US Navy (USN) MH-60R Seahawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter Marit...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 (Nac) Rebecca J. Moat, Usn Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital ... More

Onboard the flight deck of the US Navy (USN) Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier, USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN 72), a USN Helicopter Landing Signal Enlisted (LSE) officer directs a USN MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the "Island Knights" of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 25 (HSC-25) to the flight deck. THE LINCOLN and embarked Carrier Air Wing 2 (CVW-2) are currently underway in the Western Pacific Ocean operating area

Onboard the flight deck of the US Navy (USN) Nimitz Class Aircraft Car...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN James R. Evans, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital ... More

A US Navy (USN) MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 25 (HSC-25) delivers supplies to the flight deck aboard the USN Military Sealift Command (MSC), Hospital Ship, USNS MERCY (T-AH 19), during a Replenishment at Sea (RAS) evolution with the USN MSC Mars Class: Combat Stores Ship, USNS CONCORD (T- AFS 5). The USNS MERCY is currently underway in the Pacific Ocean, conducting a scheduled five-month deployment to deliver aid and humanitarian assistance to the Pacific Islands and Southeast Asia

A US Navy (USN) MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter Sea ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Usns Mercy (T-AH 19) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Erika N. Jones, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

One Navy (N) MH-60S Seahawk (Sea Hawk) multi-mission (anti-submarine warfare (ASW), undersea warfare (W), anti-surface warfare (AW), naval special warfare (NSW) insertion, search and rescue (SAR), combat search and rescue (CSAR), vertical replenishment (VERTREP), and medical evacuation (MEDEVAC) capabilities) helicopter (background) lifts off, as a second MH-60S Seahawk (foreground) prepares to lift off, from the flight deck of the N Kitty Hawk Class Aircraft Carrier, S KITTY HAWK (CV 63). The S KITTY HAWK is currently underway on station in the 7th Fleet Area of Responsibility (AOR) helping to demonstrate N power projection and sea control, as the only forward deployed...

One Navy (N) MH-60S Seahawk (Sea Hawk) multi-mission (anti-submarine w...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: One US Navy (USN) MH-60S Seahawk (Sea Hawk) multi-mission (anti-submarine warfare (ASW), undersea warfare (USW), anti-surface wa... More

A young Bengali girl prepares to board a US Navy (USN) MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to Sea Combat Squadron 25 (HSC-25), to be flown aboard the USN Military Sealift Command (MSC), Hospital Ship, USNS MERCY (T-AH 19), stationed off shore. The girl will undergo cleft lip surgery during the Ship's visit to provide humanitarian and civic assistance to the people of Bangladesh. The MERCY is on a scheduled five-month deployment to deliver aid and humanitarian assistance to South and Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands

A young Bengali girl prepares to board a US Navy (USN) MH-60S Sea Hawk...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Chittagong Country: Bangladesh (BGD) Scene Camera Operator: MCC Edward G. Martens, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servi... More

060719-N-5914D-003 (Jul. 19, 2006)US Navy (USN) aircraft handler (foreground) guides a USN MH-60S Knighthawk helicopter as US Marine Corps (USMC) Combat Cargo Marines prepare to hook a load during a vertical replenishment aboard the USN Wasp Class Amphibious Assault Ship USS BOXER (LHD 4). The BOXER is part of Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) 5 which is currently participating in the Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX) off the coast of Southern California.U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST Third Class Noel Danseco (RELEASED)

060719-N-5914D-003 (Jul. 19, 2006)US Navy (USN) aircraft handler (fore...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Boxer (LHD 4) Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Camera Operator: MC3 Noel Danseco, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military ... More

060723-N-8604L-289 (Jul. 23, 2006)US Navy (USN) Supply Department fork lift drivers, USN Kitty Hawk Class Aircraft Carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63), wait for cargo from a MH-60S Seahawk helicopter, Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 25 (HSC-25), during a vertical replenishment (VERTREP) operation located in the Pacific Ocean (POC). U.S. Navy official photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST SEAMAN Joshua Wayne LeGrand (RELEASED)

060723-N-8604L-289 (Jul. 23, 2006)US Navy (USN) Supply Department fork...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) Scene Camera Operator: MCSN Josua Wayne Legrand, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital P... More

U.S. Navy PETTY Officer 1ST Class Eric Morley, Aviation Ordnanceman 1ST Class oversees an ammunition offload with an MH-60 Seahawk anti-submarine helicopter assigned to Helicopter Antisubmarine Combat Support Squadron 28, aboard the Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN 73). The USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN 73) is currently conducting training evolutions off the coast of Virginia Va. Aug.17, 2006. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST SEAMAN Ian Schoeneberg) (Released)

U.S. Navy PETTY Officer 1ST Class Eric Morley, Aviation Ordnanceman 1S...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS George Washington (CVN 73) Scene Camera Operator: MCSN Ian Schoeneberg, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digit... More

Residents and visitors to San Francisco for Fleet Week explore static displays of a U.S. Navy (USN) MH-60S Knighthawk helicopter and a U.S. Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier aircraft aboard USN Wasp Class Amphibious Assault Ship USS BONHOMME RICHARD (LHD 6) on Oct. 8, 2006. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST SEAMAN Jeffery Gabriel Jr.) (Released)

Residents and visitors to San Francisco for Fleet Week explore static ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MCSN Jeffery J. Gabriel Jr., U... More

U.S. Navy Aviation Machinist's Mate 3rd Class Lavanti Peters, assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 28, checks a MH-60S Seahawk helicopter tail rotor assembly during a daily turnaround inspection aboard the Military Sealift Command Fast Combat Support Ship USNS SUPPLY (T-AOE 6) in the Arabian Sea, Nov. 17, 2006. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST 2nd Class Kitt Amaritnant) (Released)

U.S. Navy Aviation Machinist's Mate 3rd Class Lavanti Peters, assigned...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Arabian Sea Scene Camera Operator: MC2 Kitt Amaritnant, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Two U.S. Navy MH-60 Knighthawk helicopters assigned to the"Chargers"of Helicopter Sea Combat Support Squadron 26 carry cargo during an underway Vertical Replenishment with the Military Sealift Command Advanced Auxiliary Dry Cargo/ Ship, USNS LEWIS AND CLARK (T-AKE 1) in the Atlantic Ocean, Dec. 17, 2006. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST SEAMAN William Weinert) (Released)

Two U.S. Navy MH-60 Knighthawk helicopters assigned to the"Chargers"of...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: MCSN William Weinert, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Phot... More

U.S. Marines from Combat Cargo, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, hook up cargo nets of pallets to an MH-60S Nighthawk helicopter from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron-28 to be transported to the USNS CONCORD (T-AFS 5) from USS BATAAN March 6, 2007. USS BATAAN received 39 pallets of supplies from USNS CONCORD (T-AFS 5) during a replenishment at sea. The BATAAN ESG is currently supporting maritime security operations (MSO) in the U.S. Naval Forces Central Command area of operations.(U.S. Marine Corps photo by GUNNERY SGT. Clark J. Schindler) (Released)

U.S. Marines from Combat Cargo, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, hook u...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Bataan (LHD 3) Country: Indian Ocean (IOC) Scene Major Command Shown: 26TH MEU Scene Camera Operator: GYSGT Clark J. Schindler, USMC Release... More

A right side view of an MH-53H Pave Low III helicopter

A right side view of an MH-53H Pave Low III helicopter

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Kit Thompson, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

An MH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter from the 55th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron uses a penetrator to pick up parajumpers participating in a low and slow water jump exercise in the Gulf of Mexico

An MH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter from the 55th Aerospace Rescue and Recov...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Kit Thompson, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Members of the 1723rd Combat Control Squadron rappel from an MH-53H Pave Low III helicopter during a training exercise over the Florida panhandle

Members of the 1723rd Combat Control Squadron rappel from an MH-53H Pa...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TECH. SGT. Lee Schading Release Status: Released to Public Combined ... More

An air-to-air left front view of an MH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter near Eglin Air Force Base. The helicopter is undergoing testing for use by the 55th Special Operations Squadron

An air-to-air left front view of an MH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter near E...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TECH. SGT. Kit Thompson Release Status: Released to Public Combined ... More

A left side view of personnel rappelling from an MH-53H helicopter of the 20th Special Operations Squadron

A left side view of personnel rappelling from an MH-53H helicopter of ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Hurlburt Field State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Rose Reynolds Release Status: Relea... More

Members of the 21st Special Operations Squadron prepare an MH-53J helicopter, equipped with the new Pave Low infrared system for night operations, for its functional flight check

Members of the 21st Special Operations Squadron prepare an MH-53J heli...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Raf Woodbridge Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. Dave Nolan Release Status: Released to Public Combined Militar... More

Crewmen work on a Mark 105 minesweeping sled as an MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter from Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 15 (HM-15) waits for the signal to take off

Crewmen work on a Mark 105 minesweeping sled as an MH-53E Sea Dragon h...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Nas, Alameda State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Grzezdinski Release Status: Released to P... More

Trailing a tow line attached to the Mark 105 minesweeping sled at right, an MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter from Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 15 (HM-15) heads out over San Francisco Bay for a minesweeping exercise

Trailing a tow line attached to the Mark 105 minesweeping sled at righ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Nas, Alameda State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Grzezdinski Release Status: Released to P... More

A ground crewman walks between two of the five MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopters from Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 15 (HM-15) parked on the flight line

A ground crewman walks between two of the five MH-53E Sea Dragon helic...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Nas, Alameda State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Grzezdinski Release Status: Released to P... More

An Army Special Forces Zodiac raft is loaded into an MH-53J Pave Low III helicopter of the 20th Special Operations Squadron during Jaguar Bite '89, a joint Army-Air Force exercise conducted by the U.S. Special Operations Command

An Army Special Forces Zodiac raft is loaded into an MH-53J Pave Low I...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JAGUAR BITE '89 State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Kit Thompson ... More

SGT. Wayne Watkins stands guard over an MH-60 Black Hawk (Blackhawk) helicopter of the 55th Special Operations Squadron

SGT. Wayne Watkins stands guard over an MH-60 Black Hawk (Blackhawk) h...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Eglin Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Publ... More

Members of Helicopter Mine Countermeasure Squadron 15 (HM-15) hold mooring lines securing a Mark 105 hydrofoil minesweeping sled. The sled will be towed by the HM-15 MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter in the background while conducting simulated mine-clearing operations during VALIANT BLITZ '89

Members of Helicopter Mine Countermeasure Squadron 15 (HM-15) hold moo...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: VALIANT BLITZ '89 Base: Pohang Country: Korea Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Ted Salois Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

A Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 15 (HM-15) MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter conducts mine countermeasures operations near Naval Air Station, Alameda, California

A Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 15 (HM-15) MH-53E Sea Drago...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Camera Operator: John R. Gaffney Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Members of a minehunting unit prepare to lower the sonar device of an AQS-14 minehunting system from a Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 14 (HM-14) MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter during operations off the coast of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The system is being used to locate inert mines planted by U.S. forces as part of a minehunting exercise during Operation Desert Shield

Members of a minehunting unit prepare to lower the sonar device of an ...

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

A Navy photographer working with a public affairs unit takes a picture of an officer from Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 14 (HM-14) in front of one of the squadron's MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopters during Operation Desert Shield. The public affairs unit is preparing hometown news releases for individual squadron members

A Navy photographer working with a public affairs unit takes a picture...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Base: Abu Dhabi Country: United Arab Emerites (UAE) Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Joe Gawlowicz Release Status: R... More

Flight deck crewmen load supplies into an MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter from Mine Countermeasures Squadron 15 (HM-15) aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN-69)

Flight deck crewmen load supplies into an MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter...

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

A U.S. Air Force MH-53 departs for a mission. The MH-53's were used to move troops throughout the exercise area.(Exact date unknown)

A U.S. Air Force MH-53 departs for a mission. The MH-53's were used to...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ROARING LION Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Chris Putman Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military S... More

A Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 15 (HM-15) MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter tows a Mark 105 hydrofoil minesweeping sled during the joint U.S.-Canadian fleet exercise MARCOT '93

A Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 15 (HM-15) MH-53E Sea Drago...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: MARCOT '93 Country: Strait Of Juan De Fuca Scene Camera Operator: PH1 David J. Kruse Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

A Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 15 (HM-15) MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter lands on the amphibious transport dock USS DULUTH (LPD-6) during MARCOT '93, a joint U.S. - Canadian fleet exercise

A Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 15 (HM-15) MH-53E Sea Drago...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: MARCOT '93 Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 David J. Kruse Release Status: Released to Public Combined... More

A crew chief from the 31st Special Operations Squadron is silhouetted by the sunset as he stands on top of an MH-53J Pave Low III helicopter deployed in support of Foal Eagle '93

A crew chief from the 31st Special Operations Squadron is silhouetted ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE '93 Base: Taegu Air Base Country: Korea Scene Camera Operator: SGT. Mike Reinhardt Release Status: Released to Pu... 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

U.S. soldiers of the 75th Special Forces Group embark onto a U.S. Air Force MH-53J combat search and rescue helicopter on the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN-73) during Fleet Exercise 2-94

U.S. soldiers of the 75th Special Forces Group embark onto a U.S. Air ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: 34366 Base: USS George Washington @@(Cvn 73) Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: JOC Gregg L. Snaza Release... More

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