2009 In Aviation In The United States

Helicopter arrival at the Cheviot Hills Park Landing Zone, Los Angeles, Calif., March 18, 2009. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

Support helicopters fly at dusk with Marine One en route to the South Lawn of the White House from Camp David, May 24, 2009. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

President Barack Obama attends a ceremony at Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Del., Oct. 29, 2009, for the dignified transfer of 18 U.S. personnel who died in Afghanistan. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

Staff Sgt. Desiree Palacios tests and makes final settings on her camera before taxing out to on sortie in a F-16D Fighting Falcon with the 182d Fighter Squadron, Lackland Air Force Base, TX. Sgt. Palacios is More

A Colombian AS-555 Fennec helicopter from the frigate ARC Almirante Padilla (FM-51) moves into position and takes aim at the decommissioned U.S. Navy destroyer Connolly (DD 979) during the sinking exercise por More

Clouds swirl after a C-130J from Air Station Elizabeth CIty, NC. passes through. The C-130J is the latest incarnation of this enduring, multi-mission platform. Air Station Elizabeth CIty has the first operation More

NARRAGANSETT, R.I. - Personnel from U.S. Navy Operational Support Center Newport, R.I., get a tour of Coast Guard Station Point Judith here Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2009. A Black Hawk helicopter from A Company 1-12 More

NEW YORK - A 25-foot response boat crew from Coast Guard Station New York, based on Staten Island, N.Y., await the arrival of President Barack Obama during a surge in security operations near the South Street More

A C-130-H displaying an historic color scheme to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the C-130 in Coast Guard Service, flies in formation with a new HC-130J from Air Station Elizabeth City. This aircraft will b More

USCG HC-130J in flight

Fisher P-75A Eagle

GREAT LAKES, Ill. (June 22, 2009) An HH-65C Dolphin helicopter from U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Traverse City, Mich., takes off from historic Ross Field in front of headquarters Building 1 at Naval Station Gr More

A Civil Air Patrol Cessna 172 aircraft sits next to the runway at the regional airport just north of Altus. The aircraft is used for search and rescue, emergency response and other Civil Air Patrol missions. F More

Cadet Airman Zack Legate (L) and Cadet 2nd Lt. Charlie Wolff secure the Civil Air Patrol Cessna 172P near the runway at the Altus/Quartz Mountain Regional Airport just north of Altus Air Force Base.

Maj. Joseph Bachmann, a developmental test pilot for the F-35 Lightning II, takes off in an F-35 AA-1 March 19 from the runway at the Lockheed Martin Aeronautics plant here. Bachmann was the first Marine to fl More

Maj. Joseph “O. D.” Bachmann, a developmental test pilot for the F-35 Lightning II, stands in front of the F-35 AA-1, moments after successfully flying it from the Lockheed Martin Aeronautics plant here March More

"Warhorse" Marines look on as a "Super Stallion" taxies its way through the Creech AFB flightline towards the snow-capped mountains of Nevada. Marines from Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 465 participated in More

090418-F-2907C-374 With its cargo hold full, the crew of a Boeing 747 cargo jet from Evergreen International closes its nose door while U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Elizabeth Brown, Senior Airman Devin Mayh More

A U.S. Marine holds his hat as President Barack Obama takes off in Marine One after attending the Points of Light Foundation forum at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas, Oct. 16, 2009.

A Navy chain and chalk walker from the USS Green Bay signals Capt. Gary Shill, AV-8B Harrier test pilot with Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 31, to increase his throttle before taking off from Auxiliary Airfi More

A 1st Helicopter Squadron UH-1N Huey flies by the U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C. The 1 HS performs flying missions over D.C. to ensure the pilots have adequate training in order to ensure emergency reaction r More

A CV-22 Osprey aircraft from the 8th Special Operations Squadron flies over the Emerald Coast outside Hurlburt Field, Fla., on Jan. 31, 2009. While over the water, the crew practiced using a hoist, which is us More

DAVIS-MONTHAN AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz. -- An A-10 Thunderbolt II banks left at the Heritage Flight Conference March 8. Pilots of vintage and current aircraft spend the weekend performing their routines in preparat More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Pedro Melendez, a flight engineer with the 1st Helicopter Squadron, performs preflight checks on a UH-1 Huey helicopter at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., on March 24, 2009.

NEW ORLEANS (July 11, 2009) Two F-15 Strike Eagles assigned to the Louisiana Air National Guard 159th Fighter Wing fly over southern Louisiana's wetlands during a photo exercise. The 159th is stationed on Nava More

Civil Air Patrol Lt. Col. Wayne Schulz, left, and Capt. John Barringer walk to a C-182 Cessna before departing Astoria, Ore., during Amalgam Dart 2009, June 18, 2009. Amalgam Dart is a field test of the Depart More

An F-16 Fighting Falcon Aggressor flies over the Nevada Test and Training Range after being refueled by an Ohio Air National Guard KC-135 Stratotanker Oct. 19. Red Flag 10-01 is a realistic combat training exe More

Students from the 23rd Flying Training Squadron at Fort Rucker, Ala., piloting UH-1H Iroquois helicopters, practice formation-flight patterns. The 23rd FTS is the third and final phase of undergraduate pilot t More

Staff Sgt. Krystal Lerohl, a flight attendant with the 1st Airborne Command and Control Squadron at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., wipes off a table in the private quarters of an E-4B prior to a simulated alert m More

A Republic of Singapore Air Force IAI Searcher II Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) sits in a hangar at Henry Post Army Airfield, at Fort Sill. About 600 Singaporean soldiers and airmen are in Southwest Oklahoma p More

A Presidential Airways Casa CN-235-10 with 53rd Movement Control Battalion (Echelons Above Corps) is parked on the flight line on Dover Air Force Base, Del., March 30, 2009, as it receives maintenance. The air More

A 1st Helicopter Squadron, 316th Operations Group UH-1N Huey flies by the U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C. The 1 HS performs flying missions over D.C. to ensure the pilots have adequate training in order to ens More

DAVIS-MONTHAN AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz. -- An F-15 Strike Eagle (left), A-10 Thunderbolt II (center), F-15C (right) and an F-16 Fighting Falcnon fly in a Heritage Flight formation March 8. The Heritage Flight Conf More

DAVIS-MONTHAN AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz. -- An F-22 Raptor (left), F-15 Strike Eagle (second from left), F-15C (center), A-10 Thunderbolt II (second from right) and F-16 Fighting Falcon in formation March 8. The air More

NEW ORLEANS (July 11, 2009) Two F/A-18C Hornets assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 204 and two F-15C Eagles assigned to the Louisiana Air National Guard 159th Fighter Wing fly in an echelon formation o More

NEW ORLEANS (July 11, 2009) Eight F/A-18 Hornets assigned the River Rattlers, Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 204, fly in a column formation over southern Louisiana's wetlands during a photo exercise. VFA 204 is More

An Italian Air Force AMX fighter takes off during a Red Flag training mission Aug. 26, 2009 at Nellis Air Force Base,

An Italian air force AMX Fighter aircraft lands at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., following a Red Flag 09-5 training mission Aug. 26, 2009.

Police helicopter, also known as FoxTrot of the Baltimore Police Department in Maryland.

A Royal Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon near Westover AFRB, Massachusetts, USA

Cape Air cessna at HGR.

Maj. Joseph Bachmann, a developmental test pilot for the F-35 Lightning II, takes off in an F-35 AA-1 March 19 from the runway at the Lockheed Martin Aeronautics plant here. Bachmann was the first Marine to fl More

An Ericcson Skycrane departs after filling up with 2,000 gallons of flame retardant to drop on the persistent La Brea wildfire here Aug. 13. Vandenberg firefighters have deployed Fire Engine 43, Tender 5 (a wa More

Allegiant Air flight 714 from Hagerstown Regional Airport to Orlando-Sanford International Airport. Aircraft is an MD-83 A.

Aerial photograph of Merced Regional Airport.