Milshots

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This thread is for showcasing your best military helicopter shots!

Bulgarian Air Force Mi-24V 140 overflies the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Sofia, Bulgaria on 5th May 2008 (Photo: Ognyan Stefanov)
Our sincere thanks to Ognyan for his permission to post this spectacular photo on Aviafora!

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Royal Navy Westland Sea King HC4 ZA296 landing at Salisbury Plain Training Area on 5th June 2013 (Photo: Mark Empson)

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Royal Air Force SA330E Puma XW216 over Blenheim Palace

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Royal Canadian Navy CH-124 Sea King deploys flares over the Indian Ocean on 14th August 2014 while on a sortie from HMCS Regina during Operation Artemis (Photo: Cpl Michael Bastien)

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Netherlands Air Force AS532U2 S-419 Cougar Mk2 as seen at Oirschot in the Netherlands on 18th August 2014 (Photo: Jimmy Van Drunen)

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Westland Sea King HAR5 XV661/26 as seen at Southport on 21st September 2014 (Photo: Paul Markman)

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AW159 Lynx Wildcat ZZ388 flying as 'Spear 325' as seen over Salisbury Plain Training Area in October 2014 (Photo: Philip Stevens)

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Pakistan Army AS350 Fennec 786-401C2 as seen in Pakistan on 20th May 2015 (Photo: Hamza Tariq)

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Fuerza Aérea Mexicana (Mexican Air Force) UH-60M Black Hawk 1065, shadowed by a Bell 412, as seen approaching Santa Lucia Airport in Mexico City on 16th September 2016 (Photo: Carlos Morales)

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A pair of Fuerza Aérea Mexicana (Mexican Air Force) Bell 206 training craft, No.'s 1606 and 1615, as seen over Mexico City on 16th September 2016 (Photo: Jesús Vázquez Basilio)

Ahh .. nothing warms the nostalgic heart quite like the sight of singles traversing expansive built-up areas! A faithful reflection of that distinctive quirk found in North and South American rotary-wing operations!

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Kamov Ka-52 Alligator '72 Red' as seen overhead the Church of the Holy Trinity, Platnirovskaya, Krasnodar Krai, Russia in December 2016 (Photo: Cheburashka)

Some may recall reading the comments of Vitalii on Shrieking Gazelles that the plant which builds these helicopters is close to where he lives. Here now we have been given a lovely chance to see this aircraft in flight (from just a few days ago) courtesy of photographer Cheburaska to whom we extend great thanks for his permission to post this wonderful photo!

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Belgian Air Force NH90 in flight over Gabon during Exercise Tropical Storm on 2nd October 2017 (Photo: Bart Rosselle)

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Royal Danish Navy Westland WG-13 Mk90B Super Lynx S-191 & S-134 as seen near Yeovilton on 9th July 2017 (Photo: Weimeng)

In 2017 two Super Lynx from the Royal Danish Navy (RDN) visited Yeovilton to commemorate 37 years of Lynx operations as well as to mark the type's final year of service with the Danish armed forces. As from 2018 the Lynx are being replaced by Sikorsky's MH-60R Seahawk.

The RDN took delivery of an initial eight Lynx Mk80's between 1980 and 1981, with a further two (Mk90's) delivered in 1987 and 1988 as attrition replacements. In 2000 all of Denmark's Lynx were upgraded to Mk90B's. Operated by the Danish Naval Air Squadron, the Lynx were typically assigned to naval inspection vessels and were used to patrol Greenland, the Faroe Islands and Danish coastal areas.

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Kawasaki OH-1 Ninja, Mt. Fuji, Japan

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SA330L Pumas of the Pakistan Army seen near Islamabad on 15th March 2015 (Photo: Waqas Shah)

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An RAF Puma from 33 Squadron delivers supplies to islanders in Cane Garden Bay, Tortola Island, British Virgin Islands in September 2017 in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma

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AW139's of the Pakistan Army as seen near Islamabad on 11th March 2015 (Photo: Waqas Shah)

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A pair of US Navy Sikorsky MH-60R Seahawks NE-712 and NE-700 from Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 77 (HSM-77) 'The Sabrehawks', as seen over the Pacific Ocean

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Russian Air Force Mi-28 RF-95653 as seen in flight over Russia NFI

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Esercito Italiano ICH-47F Chinook MM81793 as seen over Lago di Misurina on 20th February 2019 (Photo by Marco Papa)

Delivered to Esercito Italiano in December 2018 and seen here while participating in 'Exercise Aquila Blu 2019'.

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Fuji-Bell UH-1J troop insertion exercise in Japan

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Thats a great shot... hang on in there boys !!

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'Apocalypse Now' Japanese style!

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US Air Force HH-60G Pave Hawk 26992 as seen at Boise Gowen Field on 9th November 2020 (Photo by CJ Moeser)

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A nice wintry shot... reminds me to search for some Snow gazelles to put some joy into this possible miserable winter

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That will be great Elipix!

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Russian Navy Mi-24V RF-34197 'Red 37' in flight over Russia on 28th April 2021 (Photo by Alexander Rybalchenko)

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US Army CH-47F as seen in Alaska on 9th November 2021 (Photo by Alejandro Peña)

A US Army CH-47F Chinook operated by crew from the 1-52nd General Support Aviation Battalion, takes off from Malemute Drop Zone while supporting airborne training at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Alaska. Army aviators and Air Force tactical air control specialists from the 3rd Air Support Operations Squadron conduct this airborne training to maintain operational proficiency in austere environments.