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[Lockheed C-130 Hercules Family refueling Sikorsky (S-61R) HH-3E Jolly Green Giant]
Photograph of a Lockheed C-130 Hercules refueling a Sikorsky (S-61R) HH-3E Jolly Green Giant helicopter in Thailand, circa 1967-1968. Both aircraft have United States Air Force markings.
[Sikorsky (S-61R) HH-3E Jolly Green Giant helicopter]
Photograph of a Sikorsky (S-61R) HH-3E Jolly Green Giant helicopter with United States Air Force markings and camouflaged paint scheme, parked in a field in Thailand, circa 1967-1968. A group of local civilians with bicycles are gathered on the left to see the helicopter.
[Sikorsky (S-61R) HH-3E Jolly Green Giant helicopters]
Photograph of Sikorsky (S-61R) HH-3E Jolly Green Giant helicopters at Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand, circa 1967-1968.
[Sikorsky (S-61R) HH-3E Jolly Green Giant helicopter]
Photograph of people walking near a parked Sikorsky (S-61R) HH-3E Jolly Green Giant at Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand, circa 1967-1968.
[Bell UH-1H Iroquois helicopter on approach]
Photograph of a Bell UH-1H Iroquois (Huey) helicopter of the 240th Assault Helicopter Company, approaching a landing zone in a forested area of Vietnam, circa 1970-1971. A red smoke signal marks the landing zone. The photo was taken from another Bell UH-1H helicopter during an air assault.Caption from donor: "Smoke dropped from the command and control aircraft on where troops the ground commander…
[Sikorsky CH-45 Tahre lifting Boeing-Vertol CH-47 Chinook]
Photograph of a Sikorsky CH-45 Tahre (United States Army variant of the Sikorsky S-64 Skycrane), lifting a Boeing-Vertol CH-47 Chinook helicopter at an air base in Vietnam, circa 1970-1971. Caption from donor: "Tarhe Crane (CH-54) picking up Chinook (CH-47)."
[Smoke in landing zone]
Photograph of plumes of smoke in a helicopter landing zone in Vietnam, circa 1970-1971. The photo was taken from a Bell UH-1H Iroquois (Huey) helicopter of the 240th Assault Helicopter Company during an air assault.Caption from donor: "Explosions on LZ; ours or VC??? Time on the ground is [not] longer than 1 second. Troops jump off the helicopter. Anyone not off the helicopter in 1 second is…
[Helicopter landing zone in Vietnam]
Photograph of a helicopter landing zone in a forested of area of Vietnam, circa 1970-1971. The photo was taken from a Bell UH-1H Iroquois (Huey) helicopter of the 240th Assault Helicopter Company during an air assault.Caption from donor: "LZ being prepped by our gunships. On long final [approach] to the LZ, we move to a trail formation."
[Bell UH-1H Iroquois helicopter on approach]
Photograph of a Bell UH-1H Iroquois (Huey) helicopter of the 240th Assault Helicopter Company, approaching a landing zone in a forested area of Vietnam, circa 1970-1971. The photo was taken from another Bell UH-1H helicopter during an air assault.Caption from donor: "Approaching LZ. Each aircraft begins to identify a flat area to land."
[Bell UH-1H Iroquois helicopters in flight]
Photograph of Bell UH-1H Iroquois (Huey) helicopters of the 240th Assault Helicopter Company, flying in staggered formation above a forest in Vietnam, circa 1970-1971. The photo was taken while en route to an air assault.Caption from donor: "Low leveling to the Landing Zone (LZ). We're in a staggered formation."