A service member jumps from a Navy MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter during a mine warfare training event that U.S. and South Korean navy explosive ordnance disposal divers are conducting in Busan, South Korea, Oct. 19, 2017. Navy photo by Seaman William Carlisle
An MH-60S Seahawk helicopter hovers over the dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Charles Drew during an underway replenishment with the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan in the Philippine Sea, Oct. 11, 2017. – US Department of Defense Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class James Kimber
Local media in Japan’s Okinawa Prefecture have reported the crash of a helicopter today, just before noon local time. According to the Okinawa Times, the CH-53 went down near Takae. Local emergency personnel were called. So far, there have been no reports of any fatalities, though the Okinawa Times article did mention U.S. personnel on their […]
Soldiers prepare to rappel from a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during air assault training in Kingwood, W.V., Sept. 21, 2017. The soldiers are enrolled in Air Assault Class 307-17 at Camp Dawson, W.V. – DOD Featured image Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Mickey Miller
Have you ever seen anything like this? A KC-130 refueling a helicopter that just happens to be carrying a Humvee. A KC-130J Hercules, assigned to Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (VMGR) 234, is staged on the flight line at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., Feb. 23, 2017. VMGR-234 assisted Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron […]
(You can read part 13 here) Dedicated to SOFREP’s own sister Suzanne D. for her extraordinary personal generosity in my family’s time of desperation. Our jump master stood and banged his hands together several times and called out sharply: “ATTENTION EVERYONE, HEY, ATTENTION!!” He stood in the center of our aircraft with his arms outstretched, […]
According to Russian media outlets, two or three people were wounded when a KA-52 helicopter participating in the massive Russian War Games “Zapad ‘17” accidentally fired on a crowd of spectators that had been invited to witness the training cycle. The Russian military, however, contested these reports as “purposeful provocation or someone’s personal stupidity,” claiming […]
Somewhere in the vicinity of Baghdad, 4 Navy HH-60Hs lift out of a FOB, their cabins packed full of SOF assaulters. As the birds lift, the engines whine, struggling to perform in the hot summer air. The targeted individuals are all members of an al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) cell, and tonight we know where they are. The communications net crackles […]
Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) has given a contract valued at over $300 million to Sikorsky Aircraft for the production of two CH-53K King Stallion helicopters. “I am proud of what the team has negotiated to bring this remarkable and unrivaled helicopter one step closer to the fleet,” said Col Hank Vanderborght, program manager for NAVAIR’s […]
Police have reported finding the body of a Belgian helicopter pilot that fell out or jumped out of his helicopter while performing at an air show. Three Belgian troops had jumped out of the helicopter with parachutes as part of the performance. According to reports, the co-pilot helped the three parachutists jump, but then turned […]
A Marine Corps crew chief fires an M2 .50-caliber machine gun from the back of a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter near Misawa Air Base, Japan, August 21, 2017, during exercise Northern Viper 17. – US Department of Defense Featured image Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Andy Martinez
Hurricane Harvey hit Texas three days ago, bringing with it an unprecedented amount of rainfall that has caused serious flooding in many communities. According to an early Accuweather estimate, Harvey is now expected to be the most costly natural disaster to ever hit the United States, and as the storm closes back in on land […]
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