Formerly US Army UH-1D 65-12871, this UH-1 was stripped down and re-built in 1995 by Northwest Helicopters of Olympia, WA and now contacts out with the USFS for wildfire duties.
Due to the overload of fire assets needed this summer in Washington, help was called in from out of state. This Medevac is from the New Mexico National Guard and is on stand-by for the Snag Canyon Fire burning North of town.
This UH-60A from the Arizona National Guard (just transferred from Tennessee) touches down on an asphalt strip surrounded by dead grass, making for quite a hailstorm of debris around it.
North American B-25D Mitchell 'Grumpy' rotates early on its takeoff roll, remiscient of what was required during the Doolittle raids over Japan during WWII. Seen rolling down runway 34L at PAE.
This Medevac is pulling double-duty as it gets ready to take to the air with a 660-gallon "Bambi Bucket" in preparation to attack the Snag Canyon Fire actively burning 12 miles North of Ellensburg.
Bravo Company, 4 Battalion, 160th SOAR(A) Nightstalkers, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. Bravo Company is named "Evil Empire" after Turbine 33, the MH-47 lost in Operation Red Wings (the operation made popular in the movie Lone Survivor).
Almost exactly two years since it was here to work on the Taylor Bridge Fire, 430 is back in Ellensburg on fire fighting duty. You can see the Snag Canyon Fire burning about 12 miles out of town in the background.
Originally CH-47A 61-2409, My Old Lady is the oldest airframe of any type in the United States Army inventory, and continues to soldier on with the Washington National Guard. She is currently fighting the largest forest fire in recorded Washington history
Pulling away after dropping off a load of US Marine Force Recon and a boat on the surface of Lake Washington during the MAGTF demo as part of Seattle Seafair 2014.
Two US Marines from HMLAT-303 watch as Blue Angel #4, piloted by Major Brandon Cordill, the lone member of the USMC in the Diamond Formation, rolls by.