2021 Photo Contest Finalists: U.S. Military Rotorcraft
November 29, 2021
Credit: James Reeder/Palmdale, California
A U.S. Navy MH-60S from Helicopter Sea Combat Sqdn. 3 departs U.S. Naval Air Facility El Centro in California between Blue Angel practice flights.
Credit: Mark Holtzman/Sherman Oaks, California
This military helicopter looks like it is rising from the sea, but it actually was just hovering low over the ocean off the coast of San Diego and causing an interesting wake pattern.
Credit: Yissachar Ruas/Bet Shemesh, Israel
The crew of a U.S. Coast Guard HH-65 from Coast Guard Air Station Miami practices lifting external loads.
Credit: Marc Sherman/New York
U.S. Marines guard Marine One at the Wall Street Helipad in New York, awaiting the arrival of President Joseph Biden on Sept. 21, 2021.
Credit: Mark Holtzman/Sherman Oaks, California
A Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey crosses the shore in San Diego. Birds scatter to avoid the low-flying behemoth.
Credit: Josh Hill/Springfield, Virginia
A U.S. Navy MH-53E Sea Dragon “Blackhawk,” of Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Sqdn. 15 (HM-15), transits the Delaware coast on its way home to NAS Norfolk, Virginia, on Sept. 8, 2021.
Credit: James Reeder/Palmdale, California
A U.S. Navy MH-60S from Helicopter Sea Combat Sqdn. 3 departs U.S. Naval Air Facility El Centro in California between Blue Angel practice flights.
Credit: Mark Holtzman/Sherman Oaks, California
This military helicopter looks like it is rising from the sea, but it actually was just hovering low over the ocean off the coast of San Diego and causing an interesting wake pattern.
Credit: Yissachar Ruas/Bet Shemesh, Israel
The crew of a U.S. Coast Guard HH-65 from Coast Guard Air Station Miami practices lifting external loads.
Credit: Marc Sherman/New York
U.S. Marines guard Marine One at the Wall Street Helipad in New York, awaiting the arrival of President Joseph Biden on Sept. 21, 2021.
Credit: Mark Holtzman/Sherman Oaks, California
A Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey crosses the shore in San Diego. Birds scatter to avoid the low-flying behemoth.
Credit: Josh Hill/Springfield, Virginia
A U.S. Navy MH-53E Sea Dragon “Blackhawk,” of Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Sqdn. 15 (HM-15), transits the Delaware coast on its way home to NAS Norfolk, Virginia, on Sept. 8, 2021.
Credit: James Reeder/Palmdale, California
A U.S. Navy MH-60S from Helicopter Sea Combat Sqdn. 3 departs U.S. Naval Air Facility El Centro in California between Blue Angel practice flights.
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Aviation Week Photo Contest winning entries will be announced here on AviationWeek.com and in the Dec. 6 issue of Aviation Week & Space Technology.
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