Helicopter training

1st Lt. Wyeth Lindeke, a first assignment instructor pilot with the 23rd Flying Training Squadron at Fort Rucker, Ala., coordinates flight plans with other pilots before a training mission. The 23rd FTS is the third and final phase of undergraduate pilot training before the student pilots can obtain their wings. It is the Air Force's primary source of helicopter pilot training for special operations, combat search and rescue, missile support and distinguished visitor airlift missions. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Anthony Jennings)

Helicopter training

Student pilots from the 23rd Flying Training Squadron at Fort Rucker, Ala., meet with their instructor before takeoff for a training mission. The 23rd FTS is the third and final phase of undergraduate pilot training before the student pilots can obtain their wings. It is the Air Force's primary source of helicopter pilot training for special operations, combat search and rescue, missile support and distinguished visitor airlift missions. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Anthony Jennings)

Helicopter training

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 training before the student pilots can obtain their wings. It is the Air Force's primary source of helicopter pilot training for special operations, combat search and rescue, missile support and distinguished visitor airlift missions. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Anthony Jennings)

Helicopter training

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 training before the student pilots can obtain their wings. It is the Air Force's primary source of helicopter pilot training for special operations, combat search and rescue, missile support and distinguished visitor airlift missions. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Anthony Jennings)

Fairchild Airmen rescue hikers

A UH-1N Huey is seen through pair of night-vision goggles June 26 in Washington. Airmen of the 36th Rescue Flight from Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., rescued a hiker from Fort Lewis, Wash., who tumbled more than 1,000 feet down a mountain just west of Wenatchee, Wash. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jacob Bragg)

Fairchild Airmen rescue hikers

A UH-1N Iroquois sits on the top of Calispel mountain in the northern survival training area June 26 in Washington. Airmen of the 36th Rescue Flight from Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., rescued a hiker from Fort Lewis, Wash., who tumbled more than 1,000 feet down a mountain just west of Wenatchee, Wash. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jacob Bragg)

Malmstrom Airmen rescues injured hiker on mountain peak

A UH-1N Huey helicopter prepares to land at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont. A crew assigned to the 40th Helicopter Squadron from Malmstrom AFB rescued an injured hiker Aug. 10 near Cook City, Mont., just north of the Montana-Wyoming border. (U.S. Air Force photo)

Rescue flight crews provide help from above

Students practice static line parachuting techniques from a UH-1N Huey assigned to the 36th Rescue Flight at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash. The jumpers are performing demo drops for students attending survival school. The 36th RQF supports this school, along with survival, evasion, resistance and escape specialist training, and also responds to civilian search and rescue requests through the National Search and Rescue Plan. (U.S. Air Force photo)

Helicopter squadron provides support, security from air

Airman Timothy Merlin scans the terrain during a security mission April 26 near Minot Air Force Base, N.D. As flight engineer with the 54th Helicopter Squadron, one piece of equipment Airman Hardin gets to use is the Forward Looking Infrared System, a high-tech camera with night vision and thermal heat-seeking capabilities. Airman Hardin uses the FLIR system to scan surrounding areas during missions. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Wesley Wright)

Helicopter squadron provides support, security from air

A UH-1N Huey helicopter from the 54th Helicopter Squadron takes off on a security mission April 26 from Minot Air Force Base, N.D. The mission of the 54th HS is to ensure the integrity of the 91st Space Wing's nuclear deterrence by providing immediate, flexible and effective combat helicopter support anywhere and anytime. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Wesley Wright)

Helicopter crew starts new year with rescue

MALMSTROM AIR FORCE BASE, Mont. -- Tech. Sgt. Al Davis, of the 341st Operations Group, assembles a litter that can be used with a hoist mounted inside a UH-1N Huey. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman John Parie)

Bases, aircraft prepare for Hurricane Ivan

HURLBURT FIELD, Fla. -- A UH-1N Huey helicopter is placed in a hangar here Sept. 13. Aircraft that are not evacuating because of Hurricane Ivan are being secured in hangars. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kimberly Gilligan)

Cold-weather capture

MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. (AFPN) -- A UH-1N Huey helicopter from the 54th Helicopter Flight takes off after the termination of a recapture exercise Jan. 14 at a missile launch facility near here. The exercise tested the base's ability to handle intruders at the launch facility. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jocelyn Rich)

Rescue chopper

MALMSTROM AIR FORCE BASE, Mont. -- A UH-1N Huey crew returns here safely after a successful rescue Aug. 12. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class John Parie)

UH-1N Huey

FILE PHOTO -- The UH-1N Huey is a light-lift Air Force utility helicopter used for support of Department of Defense contingency plans. The helicopter has a number of uses. Its primary mission includes airlift of emergency security and disaster response forces, medical evacuation, security surveillance of off-base movements of nuclear weapons convoys and test range areas during launch conditions. It is also used for space shuttle landing support, priority maintenance dispatch support, and search and rescue operations. Other uses include airlift of missile support personnel, airborne cable inspections and distinguished visitor transport. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Andy Dunaway)

Huey

FILE PHOTO -- The UH-1N Huey is a light-lift Air Force utility helicopter used for support of Department of Defense contingency plans. The helicopter has a number of uses. Its primary mission includes airlift of emergency security and disaster response forces, medical evacuation, security surveillance of off-base movements of nuclear weapons convoys and test range areas during launch conditions. It is also used for space shuttle landing support, priority maintenance dispatch support, and search and rescue operations. Other uses include airlift of missile support personnel, airborne cable inspections and distinguished visitor transport. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Andy Dunaway)