Moonrise DC
February 8th, 2012 | The Wires | Posted by Alan Lessig
This NASA photo released February 8, 2012 shows a United States Marine Corps helicopter (HMX-1) flying through this scene of the full Moon and the US Capitol on February 7, 2012 from Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. (Bill Ingalls/AFP/Getty Images)
A Nice Evening to Rappel
October 19th, 2011 | From the Ranks | Posted by Mike Morones
ARABIAN SEA (Oct. 6, 2011) A Sailor assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 2 rappels from an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 9 during a training exercise aboard the guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg (CG 64). HSC-9 and Gettysburg are deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations and support missions as part of Operations Enduring Freedom and New Dawn. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Betsy Knapper)
Preparing the Red Dragon
August 22nd, 2011 | From the Ranks | Posted by Mike Morones
PACIFIC OCEAN – Helicopter crew chief Cpl. Mathew A. Collins prepares a UH-1Y Huey Venom before a training mission over waters off Southern California’s coast Aug. 18. Collins, 21, hails from Red Bluff, Calif., and serves with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 268 (Reinforced), the aviation combat element of the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, which is scheduled to deploy this fall. (Gunnery Sgt. Scott Dunn/USMC)
Hang Time
June 21st, 2011 | From the Ranks | Posted by Mike Morones
A U.S. Special Operations team member is hoisted into a UH-60 aircraft during a medical evacuation training evolution June 13, at Multinational Base Tarin Kowt in Uruzgan province, Afghanistan. Coalition Special Operations team members routinely conduct refresher training in medical evacuation evolutions to prepare for contingencies while operating in the field. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Ryan Whitney)
Shadow Dustoff
October 15th, 2010 | Photography | Posted by Chris Maddaloni
On Monday, we’ll publish the story on our nearly month long embed with Shadow Dustoff in Kandahar during the start of Operation Dragon Strike – here is an outtake from the edit.
U.S. soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, near COB Terra Nova, Arghandab valley, Kandahar, Afghanistan, carry an ANA soldier who was wounded on patrol to a “Shadow Dustoff” helicopter, September 18th, 2010. The soldier was a double amputee from a pressure plate IED.
Flood Relief
September 16th, 2010 | The Wires | Posted by Alan Lessig
Pakistani children living in the town of Faridabad, cutoff by surrounding flood waters, climb a tree to watch a navy helicopter evacuating residents to safer ground in Sindh province, Pakistan, on September 14, 2010. A US official is quoted as saying the United Nations will raise an emergency appeal to support flood-ravaged Pakistan, despite concerns that an initial call to donors has fallen short. CARL DE SOUZA/AFP/Getty Images
Riding Shotgun
September 10th, 2010 | Photography | Posted by Chris Maddaloni
Spc. Nathan Webster, a door gunner on a B/6-101st Avn Rgt “chase” Blackhawk helicopter, scans the ground of a hot LZ in the Arghandab valley where a medievac picks up a wounded U.S. soldier.
Balancing Act
September 9th, 2010 | From the Ranks | Posted by Alan Lessig
Hovering with only the rear wheels touching the edge of a cliff, pilots from Company B, 2nd General Support Aviation Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, perform a maneuver called a pinnacle in a CH-47F Chinook helicopter during a training flight, at Fort Hood, Aug. 26. The pinnacle allows the pilots to drop of ground forces in areas too dangerous or too difficult to fully land in. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. N)
Damage Inspector
September 9th, 2010 | Photography | Posted by Chris Maddaloni
Back at Kandahar Airfield, C/6-101st Avn Rgt CW3 Robert Ware helps investigates a medievac helicopter after a mission where it received gunfire during multiple pickups in hot LZs. The bullet (hole can be seen on the lower left, circled) sent shrapnel flying into the crew cabin.
Over Arghandab
September 8th, 2010 | Photography | Posted by Chris Maddaloni
A C/6-101st Avn Rgt medievac Blackhawk helicopter flies back to Kandahar Airfield hospital carrying a U.S. soldier who had been shot twice from a hot LZ in the Arghandab valley.