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DBII

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After finding so many helicopter photos in my files, I decided to start a sperate thread. Presenting the Blackhawk.
 

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Next round. This one was at Wings Over Houston. I have to look up the year. It was after Hurricanes hit NC. They were hammered with back to back strikes. This Blackhawk fly rescue missions.
 

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Time for the big boys.i never thought I would get a chance to shoot this one.
 

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Time for the big boys.i never thought I would get a chance to shoot this one.
Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 15 (HM-15) is a United States Navy helicopter squadron established in 1987 and based at Naval Station Norfolk.

That dark green H-53E with the extra-large sponsons is the MH-53E Sea Dragon, which is fitted for long-range minesweeping or airborne mine countermeasures missions, and performs heavy-lift duties for the Navy.

The light grey one is a more normal CH-53E Super Stallion.
 
Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 15 (HM-15) is a United States Navy helicopter squadron established in 1987 and based at Naval Station Norfolk.

That dark green H-53E with the extra-large sponsons is the MH-53E Sea Dragon, which is fitted for long-range minesweeping or airborne mine countermeasures missions, and performs heavy-lift duties for the Navy.

The light grey one is a more normal CH-53E Super Stallion.
Always good to hear about unit and mission. Thank you.
 
Civilian birds.
 

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Early helicopters. Pictures from the 80 and 90s from Ft Hood and Ft Knox.
 

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Last set far the day. The oldest black and white is from my first airshow in 73. I took it with a instamadic 126 camera.
 

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Found another photo from Fulda, Oct 85.
 

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Hueys anyone?
 

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Next round for the day.
 

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Getting close to the end. I have photos of some less common helicopters in other of my albums. I will save them for another time. The first photo is from my TDY deployment to Korea. I have a few more from the museum. The second is one of the Cobra prototypes. It was at the Patton Museum at Ft Knox.
 

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