Tiger ARH

Australian Army Tiger aircraft from the 1st Aviation Regiment are currently flying armed reconnaissance missions in the Shoalwater Bay training area as part of Exercise Talisman Sabre 2011. (Photo: Australia DoD)

Tiger ARH

Australian Army Tiger aircraft from the 1st Aviation Regiment are currently flying armed reconnaissance missions in the Shoalwater Bay training area as part of Exercise Talisman Sabre 2011. (Photo: Australia DoD)

Tiger ARH

Officer Commanding of 162 Reconnaissance Squadron, Major Hayden Archibald, waves as the Tiger Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter conducts a 'show of force'' after the US and Australian Combined Joint Live Fire Exercise held on Townshend Island during Exercise Talisman Sabre 2011. (Photo: Australia DoD)

CH-53E Sea Stallion

A CH-53E Sea Stallion launches from the flight deck aboard amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2). Essex is the only permanently forward-deployed amphibious assault ship and serves Task Force 76. Task Force 76 is headquartered at White Beach Naval Facility, Okinawa, Japan, with an operating detachment in Sasebo, Japan. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Drae Parker)

CH-53E Super Stallion

A sailor aboard amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5), guides a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter during a Carrier Qualification evolution. Marines and Saliors assigned to the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit are on board Bataan as part of their current deployment in support of the global war on terrorism. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Freddy G. Cantu)