PREFLIGHT INSPECTION
U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Heather R. Holbert conducts a preflight inspection of her CH-53E Super Stallion on the flight deck of the USS Tarawa, under way in the Persian Gulf, Feb. 12, 2008. Holbert is assigned to Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron Reinforced 166. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Richard Doolin

Labels: Ch-53E, helicopter, photos, Super Stallion, US Navy, USMC, USS Tarawa

A U.S. Marine assigned to the 4th Marine Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Marine Division uses binoculars during an operation while looking for suspicious activities and personnel outside Al Qaim, Iraq, Aug. 22, 2007. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Charles S. Howard


U.S. Marines assigned to the Regimental Combat Team 2 search underneath a railroad car during an operation while looking for suspicious activities outside Al Qaim, Iraq, Aug. 22, 2007. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Charles S. Howard


U.S. Marines assigned to the Regimental Combat Team 2 and a Marine with 4th Marine Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Marine Division confer with each other outside an Iraqi railroad station during an operation near Al Qaim, Iraq, Aug. 22, 2007. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Charles S. Howard


A U.S. Marine assigned to the Regimental Combat Team 2 advances on a railroad station during an operation while looking for suspicious activities and personnel outside Al Qaim, Iraq, Aug. 22, 2007. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Charles S. Howard


An Iraqi army soldier assigned to the 2nd Brigade, 7th Iraqi Army Division questions an Iraqi girl in an abandoned railroad station in Al Qaim, Iraq, Aug. 22, 2007. The soldier is a part of an operation used to search for suspicious activities and personnel within the area of operations. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Charles S. Howard


An Iraqi army soldier assigned to the 2nd Brigade, 7th Iraqi Army Division photographs an AK-47 in an abandoned railroad station in Al Qaim, Iraq, Aug. 22, 2007. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Charles S. Howard


A U.S. Marine assigned to the Regimental Combat Team 2 provides security while looking for suspicious activities and personnel outside an Iraqi railroad station during an operation near Al Qaim, Iraq, Aug. 22, 2007. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Charles S. Howard


U.S. Marines assigned to the Regimental Combat Team 2 load onto a CH-53E Sea Stallion helicopter after an operation looking for suspicious activities and personnel outside Al Qaim, Iraq, Aug. 22, 2007. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Charles S. Howard




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Labels: 4th Marine Division, 4th Marine Reconnaissance Battalion, 7th Iraqi Army Division, Al Qaim, Ch-53E, Iraq, Iraqi Army, photo essays, photos, Regimental Combat Team 2, USMC

WATCHFUL EYE — Two aircraft maintainers from Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron-464 keep a watchful eye out for three returning CH-53E Super Stallion transport helicopters that were conducting a flight over Camp Lemonier, Djibouti, July 29, 2007. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Mary Popejoy

Labels: aircraft, Camp Lemonier, Ch-53E, Djibouti, helicopter, Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 464, photos, Super Stallion, USMC

U.S. Marines with Heavy Helicopter Squadron 465 perform preflight checks on a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter prior to launching a mission from Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, April 2, 2007. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Sheila M. Brooks


U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Benjamin Bayless, with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 465, performs preflight checks on a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter prior to launching a mission from Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, April 2, 2007. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Sheila M. Brooks


U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Timothy Lypka, an airframes aerial observer with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 465, wipes down the windows of a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter prior to launching a mission from Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, April 2, 2007. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Sheila M. Brooks


U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Richard Chadwick, a flight line crew chief with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 465, prepares a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter for launch at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, April 2, 2007. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Sheila M. Brooks


U.S. Marines with Heavy Helicopter Squadron 465 perform preflight checks on a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter prior to launching a mission from Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, April 2, 2007. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Sheila M. Brooks


U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Richard Chadwick, a flight line crew chief with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 465, uses hand and arm signals to communicate with the pilots of a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter prior to launch at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, April 2, 2007. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Sheila M. Brooks


U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Steven Sells, an airframes mechanic with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 465, uses hand and arm signals to communicate with the pilots of a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter as it taxies on the flight line in preparation to launch at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, April 2, 2007. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Sheila M. Brooks


A CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 465 flies away from Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, April 2, 2007, to conduct a mission. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Sheila M. Brooks

Labels: Al Asad, Ch-53E, helicopter, Iraq, photos, Super Stallion, USMC