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Images of Helicopters and Rotary Wing Aircraft
  • A swimmer is raised from the waters of San Francisco Bay by a United States Coast Guard HH-65C Dolphin helicopter. The helicopter and crew, based at U.S. Coast Guard Air Station San Francisco, was on a practice mission with the Coast Guard Auxilary to maintain search and rescue proficiency. Photographed 04/08 By photographer Rick Pisio
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  • A United States Coast Guard HH-65C Dolphin helicopter hovers above the deck of a Coast Guard Auxiliary vessel. The helicopter and crew, based at U.S. Coast Guard Air Station San Francisco, was on a practice mission with the Coast Guard Auxilary to maintain search and rescue proficiency. Photographed 04/08 By photographer Rick Pisio
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  • A United States Coast Guard HH-65C Dolphin helicopter hovers above the deck of a Coast Guard Auxiliary vessel. The helicopter and crew, based at U.S. Coast Guard Air Station San Francisco, was on a practice mission with the Coast Guard Auxilary to maintain search and rescue proficiency. Photographed 04/08 By photographer Rick Pisio
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  • With the dummy victim positioned in the door a United States Coast Guard HH-65C Dolphin helicopter hovers above the San Francisco Bay. The helicopter and crew, based at U.S. Coast Guard Air Station San Francisco, was on a practice mission with the Coast Guard Auxilary to maintain search and rescue proficiency. Photographed 04/08 By photographer Rick Pisio
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  • A swimmer is winched from the waters of San Francisco Bay by a United States Coast Guard HH-65C Dolphin helicopter. The helicopter and crew, based at U.S. Coast Guard Air Station San Francisco, was on a practice mission with the Coast Guard Auxilary to maintain search and rescue proficiency. Photographed 04/08 By photographer Rick Pisio
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  • A rescue basket is lowered to the deck of a Coast Guard Auxiliary vessel by a United States Coast Guard HH-65C Dolphin helicopter. The helicopter and crew, based at U.S. Coast Guard Air Station San Francisco, was on a practice mission with the Coast Guard Auxilary to maintain search and rescue proficiency. Photographed 04/08 By photographer Rick Pisio
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  • A United States Coast Guard HH-65C Dolphin hovers above the San Francisco Bay west of Alcatraz Island.The helicopter and crew, based at U.S. Coast Guard Air Station San Francisco, was on a practice mission with the Coast Guard Auxilary to maintain search and rescue proficiency. Photographed 04/08 By photographer Rick Pisio
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  • A United States Coast Guard HH-65C Dolphin helicopter lowers a rescue basket to the deck of a Coast Guard Auxiliary vessel. The helicopter and crew, based at U.S. Coast Guard Air Station San Francisco, was on a practice mission with the Coast Guard Auxilary to maintain search and rescue proficiency. Photographed 04/08 By photographer Rick Pisio
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  • A United States Coast Guard HH-65C Dolphin helicopter lowers a rescue basket to the deck of a Coast Guard Auxiliary vessel. The helicopter and crew, based at U.S. Coast Guard Air Station San Francisco, was on a practice mission with the Coast Guard Auxilary to maintain search and rescue proficiency. Photographed 04/08 By photographer Rick Pisio
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  • A swimmer is raised from the waters of San Francisco Bay by a United States Coast Guard HH-65C Dolphin helicopter. The helicopter and crew, based at U.S. Coast Guard Air Station San Francisco, was on a practice mission with the Coast Guard Auxilary to maintain search and rescue proficiency. Photographed 04/08 By photographer Rick Pisio
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  • A swimmer is raised from the waters of San Francisco Bay by a United States Coast Guard HH-65C Dolphin helicopter. The helicopter and crew, based at U.S. Coast Guard Air Station San Francisco, was on a practice mission with the Coast Guard Auxilary to maintain search and rescue proficiency. Photographed 04/08 By photographer Rick Pisio
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  • A United States Forest Service 'Firewatch' Helicopter approaches the Grass Valley Air Attack Base in California's Sierra Nevada mountains. The USFS "Firewatch" helicopter is based on a demilitirized Army Cobra gunship with the chin gun removed and replaced with a forward looking infrared thermal imaging system that allows the crew to send images to the command center to show where a forest fire's hot spots are. In addition the thermal imaging system the aircraft is also equipped with a Traffic Collision and Avoidance System for identifying other aircraft in the vicinity, an onboard computer, geo-locating capabilities to aid in low visibility and microwave for sending live infrared videos back to fire camp at a distance of up to 30 miles. Photographed 07/05 By photographer Rick Pisio
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  • A United States Forest Service 'Firewatch' Helicopter dusts off from the Grass Valley Air Attack Base in California's Sierra Nevada mountains to fight a forest fire. The USFS "Firewatch" helicopter is based on a demilitirized Army Cobra gunship with the chin gun removed and replaced with a forward looking infrared thermal imaging system that allows the crew to send images to the command center to show where a forest fire's hot spots are. In addition the thermal imaging system the aircraft is also equipped with a Traffic Collision and Avoidance System for identifying other aircraft in the vicinity, an onboard computer, geo-locating capabilities to aid in low visibility and microwave for sending live infrared videos back to fire camp at a distance of up to 30 miles. Photographed 07/05 By photographer Rick Pisio
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  • A United States Coast Guard HH-65C Dolphin patrols San Francisco Bay during 2007 San Francisco Fleet Week activities. The mission of the Aerospatiale built HH-65 "Dolphin" helicopter is to perform search and rescue, enforce laws and treaties, drug interdiction, polar ice breaking, marine environmental protection, and pollution control. Though the HH-65A is normally stationed ashore it is capable of landing and taking off from the 210-foot WMEC, 270-foot WMEC, and 378-foot WHEC Coast Guard Cutters. These cutters are capable of refueling and supporting the helicopter for the duration of a cutter patrol. By photographer Rick Pisio
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  • Nevada Army National Guard Ch-47D "Chinook" aircraft from Detachment 1, 140th Aviation Company flies over Lemon Valley, north of Reno, Nevada. By photographer Rick Pisio
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  • Nevada Army National Guard Ch-47D "Chinook" aircraft from Detachment 1, 140th Aviation Company flies over Lemon Valley, north of Reno, Nevada. By photographer Rick Pisio
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  • United States Marine Corps AH-1W Super Cobra flown by Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 367 (HMLA 367) comes in low during the 2006 San Francisco Fleet Week Airshow. The squadron is based at Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, California and falls under the command of Marine Aircraft Group 39 (MAG-39) and the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (3rd MAW). By photographer Rick Pisio
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  • Bell Model 212 hovers prior to landing after a firefighting demonstration at the Grass Valley Air Attack Base in Grass Valley, California. The Bell 212 Twin Huey (also known as the Twin Two-Twelve) is a two-bladed, twin-engined, medium helicopter based on the U.S. Army's UH-1N. By photographer Rick Pisio
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