A UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter belonging to the 1/244th Assault Helicopter Battalion, State Aviation Command, Louisiana Army National Guard, in Hammond, La., performs sling-load operations, May 11, in support of the state of Louisiana's response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill of April 20. (Photo by Sgt. Michael Owens, 241st MPAD)
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Sgt. Christopher Beck, a crew chief for the Wyoming National Guard's Company C, 5th Battalion, 159th Aviation Regiment, stands outside of a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter in Khost province, Afghanistan, Feb. 26. Operating out of Forward Operating Base Salerno in Khost province and Forward Operating Base Orgun-E in Paktika province, the troops of Company C are responsible for providing the medical-evacuation support in a belt of land across southeastern Afghanistan that covers two and a half provinces—a little smaller than the state of Maryland. (Photo by Spc. Spencer Case)
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Guardmembers with 3rd Battalion, 172nd Infantry Regiment, of the Maine National Guard, prepare to board UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters, after successful completion of their first combat air assault mission in Lalakeh village, Paktya Province, Afghanistan, May 1. During the mission, a weapons cache was found and destroyed, and multiple arms dealers and insurgent militants were captured.
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KUNAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan – U.S. Army General Stanley A. McChrystal, commander of International Security Assistance Forces, disembarks a Black Hawk with Company A, 3rd Battalion, 238th Aviation Regiment, Delaware National Guard, Task Force Knighthawk, 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade, Task Force Falcon, to greet Afghan National Army commander during his visit to Korengal outpost as part of Operation Mountain Decent II, April 8. (Photo by U.S. Army Spc. Victor Egorov, 55th Combat Camera)
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New Orleans - Louisiana National Guard UH-60 Black Hawks of the 1st Battalion, 244th Aviation Regiment drop Christmas trees into Bayou Savage National Wildlife Refuge to help rebuild the wetlands on Mar. 30. The Christmas trees help to rebuild the missing wetlands that have been washed away over time by breaking waves and collecting silt for new vegetation to take root. (U.S. Air Force MSgt Toby M Valadie Louisiana National Guard State Public Affairs Office/Released)
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