MH-60R Knighthawk

One of two Naval Air System Command’s (NAVAIR) MH-60R “Knighthawk” helicopters conducts an airborne low frequency sonar (ALFS) operation during testing and evaluation at the Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center (AUTEC). Pilots logged 126 hours on the two helicopters in three weeks and captured all of the data required by the test plan. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

MH-60S Knight Hawk

A MH-60S "Knight Hawk" assigned to the “Pack-Rats" of Helicopter Combat Support Squadron Three (HC-3) makes a low pass in the Southern California desert during routine training operations. (Photo: U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Third Class Gregory Badger)

MH-60S Knight Hawk

A MH-60S "Knight Hawk" assigned to the “Pack-Rats of Helicopter Combat Support Squadron Three (HC-3) flies over the Southern California mountains during routine training operations. (Photo: U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Gregory Badger)

MH-60S Knighthawk

An MH-60S Knighthawk helicopter assigned to the “Providers” of Helicopter Composite Squadron Five (HC-5) slows down for a landing on the flight deck of the Military Sealift Command ship USNS Concord (T-AFS 5). Kitty Hawk and her embarked Carrier Air Wing Five (CVW-5) are in the Indian Ocean with coalition forces in that area. Kitty Hawk is the Navy’s only permanently forward-deployed aircraft carrier and operates out of Yokosuka, Japan. (Photo: U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 3rd Class William H. Ramsey)

MH-60S Knighthawk

Two MH-60S Knighthawk helicopters assigned to the “Providers” of Helicopter Composite Squadron Five (HC-5) pass one another during a replenishment detail with USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63). Kitty Hawk and her embarked Carrier Air Wing Five (CVW-5) are in the Indian Ocean with coalition forces in that area. Kitty Hawk is the Navy’s only permanently forward-deployed aircraft carrier and operates out of Yokosuka, Japan. (Photo: U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 3rd Class William H. Ramsey)