Tag Archives: uh-60

Technology

Vehicle I-D: Black Hawk with Skis, ‘Hang Ten’

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Alaskan UH-60 Black Hawks with skis:

U.S. Marine Corps photo by Corporal Sean Evans, 15MAR2018.

Alaska Army National Guard photo by Specialist Michael Risinger, 09FEB2019.

This Alaska Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk is wearing just the tail ski. U.S. Air Force photo by Alejandro Peña, 30MAY2018.

The rear portion of the main skis can be lowered for hoisting operations. U.S. Air Force photo by Justin Connaher, 30JUL2016.

U.S. Air Force photo by Alejandro Peña, 21NOV2017.

Alaska Air National Guard photo by David Bedard, 05JUN2018.

Alaska Air National Guard photo by David Bedard, 05JUN2018.

Photo by John Pennell, 28NOV2017.

Video, aerial refueling March 2018:

 

U.S. Air Force photo by Alejandro Peña, 21NOV2017.

U.S. Air Force photo by Alejandro Peña, 29JUL2016.

U.S. Air Force photo by Alejandro Pena, 24FEB2015.

Video, Operation Rock and a Hard Place, March 2015:

‘Hang Ten’ was originally a symbol of surfing in late 1950s California, then becoming the logo of a surf-clothing company in the 1960s. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sergeant Joshua Turner, 20AUG2015.

‘Hang Ten’ video, people jumping out of a perfectly good helicopter with Hang Ten painted skies in the middle of an Alaskan Winter, 2014:

Video report, Arctic Care 2013:

U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sergeant Burt Traynor, 13JUN2019.

MILITIA UH-60L LOOSES WINDSHIELD AT NTC!

VEHICLE ID: UH-60 BLACK HAWK M240 LIVE FIRE, GRAFENWOEHR

BLACK HAWK DOWN JAPAN: U.S. ARMY TRAINS YOKOHAMA TO RESCUE DOWNED UH-60 CREWS

Idaho, Technology

Idaho militia preps firefighters for climate change disasters!

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07APR2018 (02:12 UTC-07 Tango 06)  18 Farvardin 1397/21 Rajab 1439/22 Bing-Chen 4716

“It’s easier to train a fire fighter that has swift water training to ride on the hoist than it is to train an Army hoist operator to become swift water qualified.”-Mike Barbero, Boise firefighter and Army National Guard pilot

Idaho Army National Guard photo by Captain Robert Taylor, 03APR2018.

The Idaho Army National Guard spent the first week of April conducting joint rescue training with the city of Boise’s fire department.  The helicopter hoist training event was the result of a February 2017 rescue of a man stranded by flooding in the town of Weiser, in which the National Guard and Boise Fire Department cooperated.

That 2017 rescue revealed the Boise Fire Department dive/swift water rescue team did not have helicopter hoist training and as a result National Guard personnel conducted the hoist rescue.

Idaho Army National Guard photo by Captain Robert Taylor, 03APR2018.

“This joint training that the Guard provides Boise Fire with is highly specialized and it provides the unique opportunity to learn techniques that could save a life. This training solidifies what we need to know to be successful in helicopter rescue scenarios.”-Paul Roberts, Boise Fire Department

IDAHO AIR MILITIA PREPS CIVILIANS FOR CLIMATE CHANGE DISASTER!

IDAHO MILITIA PROVIDES ITS OWN CELL SERVICE, TO SURVIVE COMING CLIMATE CHANGE DISASTER?

U.S.

Arizona Militia deployed for Hurricane Harvey!

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“This is the kind of stuff I joined the Guard to do!”-Staff Sergeant Larson, medic Arizona National Guard

Video of Arizona National Guard deploying three UH-60 Blackhawks to Texas, plus interviews, 26 AUG 2017:

HARVEY SINKS SHIP, COAST GUARD TO THE RESCUE!

TEXAS MILITIA, & OTHERS, PREP FOR HARVEY!

International, U.S.

Maryland Militia spends Memorial weekend rescuing pilots in Canada!

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Canucks conduct rescue training with Maryland Army National Guard.

Maryland National Guard’s 1st Battalion Company C 169th Aviation Regiment spent their Memorial weekend at Camp Wainwright in Alberta, Canada.

Rescuing downed pilots is part of NATO training operation Maple Resolve 2017.  British empire member Canada is also a member of NATO.

ILLINOIS, KANSAS & MISSISSIPPI MILITIAS 2017 MEMORIAL WEEKEND FUN IN THE SUN NTC STYLE!

Me riding C-130 on the way back to Idaho from a ‘friendly’ with Canadian armor in Alberta, in 2002.

Technology

Holy virtual ‘copter! Iowa militia 1st to use BAT!

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20 April 2017 / 19:19 UTC-07 Tango 06  (01 Ordibehest 1396/24 Rajab 1438/25 Jia Chen 4715)

In the BAT ‘cave’ at Camp Dodge Joint Maneuver Training Center, Iowa.

According to the following video report there are only two BAT (BLACKHAWK AIRCREW TRAINER) in use, and the Iowa National Guard is the first state militia unit to get one of them:

By the way, one BAT costs taxpayers $9-million USD, which is cheaper than flying the real thing.

UH-60, WASHINGTON MILITIA SHOOTS THE ‘SHIT’ OUTTA THEIR TWO-FORTIES!

VEHICLE ID: UH-60 BLACK HAWK M240 LIVE FIRE, GRAFENWOEHR

VEHICLE ID: NEW HH-60M FOR HAWAIIAN MILITIA

BLACK HAWK DOWN JAPAN: U.S. ARMY TRAINS YOKOHAMA TO RESCUE DOWNED UH-60 CREWS

Technology

Vehicle I-D: New HH-60M Black Hawk for Hawaiian militia MEDEVAC

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Hawaii Air National Guard Photo By Technical Sergeant Andrew Jackson, 28OCT2016.

National Guard MEDEVAC, Detachment 1, Company G, 1st Battalion, 189th Aviation Regiment, Kalaeloa, Hawaii, offloads new HH-60M Black Hawks from C-17 Globemaster-3.   The HH-60M have an external hoist, a Forward Looking Infrared Radar (FLIR) and the capability to carry six patients:

Hawaii Air National Guard Photo By Technical Sergeant Andrew Jackson, 28OCT2016.

VEHICLE ID: UH-60 BLACK HAWK M240 LIVE FIRE, GRAFENWOEHR

BRAND NEW UH-60M: CANUCKS JOIN SNAKE RIVER MILITIA, AIR ASSAULT MOVE TO CONTACT, ROMANIA!

BLACK HAWK DOWN JAPAN: U.S. ARMY TRAINS YOKOHAMA TO RESCUE DOWNED UH-60 CREWS

OBAMA DISAPPEARS THE LAST OF IDAHO’S APACHES!

PAKISTAN TO GIVE CHINA DOWNED U.S. STEALTH BLACKHAWK

Idaho, U.S.

World War Three: 116th Snake River’s 2015 NTC Rotation

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Oregon National Guard photo by Major W. Chris Clyne.

D Company, 3rd Battalion, 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team (CBCT), Oregon Army National Guard. Oregon National Guard photo by Major W. Chris Clyne.

In August 2015, the 116th Cavalry (Cav-al-ry, not Cal-vary) Brigade Combat Team (Idaho, Montana & Oregon) deployed to Fort Irwin, California, for Total Force Warfare training.

Oregon National Guard photo by Major W. Chris Clyne.

Oregon Army National Guard photo by Specialist Michael Germundson.

126th Engineers, backhoes & bulldozers:

126th Engineers explainer:

M113 based M106 mortar carrier. Oregon Army National Guard photo by Specialist Michael Germundson.

M88A2 Hercules recovery vehicle. Oregon Army National Guard photo by Specialist Michael Germundson.

Logistics (lots-o-trucks), M2s and M1A2s arrive at Fort Irwin:

M2A3 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle. Oregon Army National Guard photo by Specialist Michael Germundson.

Oregon Army National Guard photo by Major W. Chris Clyne.

Idaho National Guard COLT (Combat Observation Lasing Teams) of the 1-148 FA (HQ in Pocatello), identified by the AN/TVQ-2 Ground/Vehicular Laser Locator Designator (G/VLLD, usually called a ‘glid’) mounted next to the .50 cal machine gun. Oregon Army National Guard photo by Major W. Chris Clyne. In 1998, I was at NTC representing the 1-148 FA as a FiST/V (Fire Support Team Vehicle) crewman.

Maneuvers:

Idaho Army National Guard UH-60, M240 door gunner with A Company, 1st Battalion, 183rd Aviation Reconnaissance Battalion. Oregon Army National Guard photo by Major W. Chris Clyne.

The August 2015 NTC rotation (15-09) also included National Guard units from six other states, providing air support through Task Force Talon:

Arkansas Army National Guard’s 1036th Engineer Company supports the 116th CBCT by detonating an M58 Mine Clearing Line Charge (MCLC, pronounced mic-lic). Oregon Army National Guard photo by Major W. Chris Clyne.

Video, Combined Arms Live Fire, “On the way!”:

The last time the 116th went to NTC was in 1998, with yours truly.

1998 Desert Avenger certificate of appreciation

“THIS IS WHERE ARMOR FIGHTS!” IDAHO NATIONAL GUARD