Sikorsky H-60 - All Variants

[Bubak]

[Joe Copalman]

First production S-70i at Chandler last year for minigun tests with Dillon. 

[jslugman]

Best helo flyby I ever saw. JASDF UH-60J from Hyakuri Rescue Wing slowly taxiing past the towers at walking speed and almost eye level.


JASDF Mitsubishi UH-60J 98-4569 RJAH by James O'Rear acm2727 by James "JSlugman" O'Rear, on Flickr


JASDF Mitsubishi UH-60J 98-4569 RJAH by James O'Rear acm2728 by James "JSlugman" O'Rear, on Flickr


JASDF Mitsubishi UH-60J 98-4569 RJAH by James O'Rear acm2729 by James "JSlugman" O'Rear, on Flickr

[Jay Beckman]

Really buying what you're selling there brother!  Great Stuff.

Is everything in their inventory that's US designed, actually license-built?  IOW, we just sold Japan the plans and not the planes?

[jslugman]

For the most part yes. The RF-4Es are actually McD built (the RF-4EJs are Japanese built RF-4E models converted to recon via belly pods). The factory that makes the F-15 engines is actually right next to the base here at Yokota. Transfer of technology is a big part of the JSDF manufacturing process it seems.

[Jeff D. Welker]

Badges - We don't need no stinkin' badges

[phantomphan1974]

HSC-12 "Golden Falcons" MH-60S by PhantomPhan1974 Photography, on Flickr


HSC-12 "Golden Falcons" MH-60S by PhantomPhan1974 Photography, on Flickr

[Chris Kennedy]

The Navy H-60's at Deer Valley are a mixture of two types.

SH-60F Oceanhawk



HH-60H Rescue Hawk



They are from Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron Five (HS-5), Nightdippers, on the U.S.S. Dwight D. Eisenhower, which is home-ported in Norfolk.

[Chris Kennedy]

A shot from today's HS-5 departure from DVT. This is the CO's bird, but based on the five stars on the rear fuselage, it may also have been used to fly an admiral around.



I spoke with a woman whose son is one of the pilots and she said they were just overnighting on the way to NAS Fallon for training. They train there because the terrain is similar to Afghanistan.

The helicopters taxied on their wheels to a point near the west end of the runway and took off from there. I hadn't seen H-60s taxiing before and noticed that they can't turn very sharply on their wheels. If they have to do so, they increase pitch and kind of hop to turn.

If anybody has noticed that the sharpness of my photos has increased, it's probably because I stretched my budget to the limit and bought myself the Canon 100-400 zoom for Christmas. Hey, new tires can wait another six months, right?  They aren't that bad.

[Chris Kennedy]

A little better shot of the HS-5 squadron insignia.

[Chris Kennedy]

HH-60H

[Chris Kennedy]

615 lifting off.

[Scott Youmans]

Chris, great shot of the colorful H-60.  The others are good too but the paint job is very cool on "610"

Congrats on the new Canon 100-400mm.  A very useful lens indeed.

[Chris Kennedy]

Thanks, Scott.

I really like the new lens, although it's taking some getting used to. I keep finding myself putting my hand on the focus ring to hold up the front when it's zoomed all the way out, which doesn't help the auto focus function. It's also a lot bigger and heavier than what I am used to (55-250 kit lens). I guess I'll have to start working out. 

[phantomphan1974]

MOH on one of her last trainning flights on 11/29/11

IMG_0516DDuranHS-10_MOH_SH-60F by PhantomPhan1974 Photography, on Flickr


HS-10 Warhawks Medal of Honor SH-60F by PhantomPhan1974 Photography, on Flickr