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A helicopter maintenance man signals the SH-60 Seahawk helicopter pilot as the rest of the crew removes their gear after a familiarization flight over the Alamogordo bombing range. The helicopter and ground crew are from the Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron, North Island, California, and are in New Mexico participating in ROVING SANDS '97. The helicopters are participating as part of the Red forces for the exercise. 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
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A helicopter maintenance man talks to Lieutenant Commander Lineberry about the SH-60 Seahawk helicopter after a familiarization flight over the Alamogordo bombing range. The helicopter and ground crew are from the Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron, North Island, California, and are in New Mexico participating in ROVING SANDS '97. The helicopters are participating as part of the Red forces for the exercise. 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
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Guiding the UH-1N Iroquois via the pilot, scanner First Lieutenant Matt Cotreras, USAF, 37th Helicopter Flight, 90th Space Wing, F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming, calls the movements as they drop, right on target, a bucket of water, spilling some of the contents. The goal is to guide a bucket of water dangling from the helicopter through the obstacles on the course without spilling the contents. The Helicopter Hover Competition course is flown with a crew of three, pilot and copilot with a flight engineer, or additional pilot as a scanner. Both pilot and copilot fly the entire course and the scores awarded are averaged to determine the team score. GUARDIAN CHALLENGE, the world's...
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Crewman aboard a UH-1H Iroquois helicopter from the 571st Medical Evacuation Company, Fort Carlson, Colorado, activates the intercom to tell the pilot the "injured" soldiers are ready for flight. The helicopter will take the soldiers to the 131st Field Hospital at Oro Grande Range, Biggs Army Air Field, New Mexico. The 131st is a multi-national and multi-service unit providing health care at the Oro Grande base camp, or in the field units, with rotating medical teams
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Subject Operation/Series: ROVING SANDS '95
Base: Fort Bliss
State: Texas (TX)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Lance Cheung
Release Status: Released to Public
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Date
03/05/1995
Location
Fort Bliss
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The U.S. National Archives
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