Saturday, June 18, 2011

Ka-27 Helix

Russian KA-27 helicopter assigned to the Russian destroyer RFS Natoychiviy (DD 610) takes off from the British Royal Navy frigate HMS Sutherland (F 81) during Baltic Operations (BALTOPS) 2005. In its 33rd year, BALTOPS is a maritime and land international exercise, co-hosted by Latvia and the United States, which includes 11 nations, 4,100 people, 40 ships, 28 aircraft and two submarines in the spirit of "Partnership for Peace (PFP)." BALTOPS 2005 improves interoperability with allies and PFP countries by conducting peace support operations at sea to include a combined amphibious landing and a scenario dealing with potential real world crisis. (Photo: Royal Navy photo by Lt. Cmdr. Keith Lincoln)

Ka-27 Helix

Russian KA-27 helicopter assigned to the Russian destroyer RFS Natoychiviy (DD 610) takes off from the British Royal Navy frigate HMS Sutherland (F 81) during Baltic Operations (BALTOPS) 2005. In its 33rd year, BALTOPS is a maritime and land international exercise, co-hosted by Latvia and the United States, which includes 11 nations, 4,100 people, 40 ships, 28 aircraft and two submarines in the spirit of "Partnership for Peace (PFP)." BALTOPS 2005 improves interoperability with allies and PFP countries by conducting peace support operations at sea to include a combined amphibious landing and a scenario dealing with potential real world crisis. (Photo: Royal Navy photo by Lt. Cmdr. Keith Lincoln)

Ka-27 Helix

A Russian KA-27 Helix helicopter lands aboard Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Lassen (DDG 82) during exercise Pacific Eagle. Lassen and mine warfare ship USS Patriot (MCM 7) participated in exercise Pacific Eagle, a bilateral exercise with the Russian Federation Navy. (Photo: U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Chantel M. Clayton)

Ka-27 Helix

A Russian Helix KA-27 helicopterassigned to the Russian destroyer Admiral Vinogradov (DDG 572) flies near the guided-missile cruiser USS Vella Gulf (CG 72) while conducting operations in the Gulf of Aden. Vella Gulf is the flagship for Combined Task Force 151, a multi-national task force conducting counterpiracy operations to detect and deter piracy in and around the Gulf of Aden, Arabian Gulf, Indian Ocean and Red Sea. (Photo: U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications Specialist 2nd Class Jason R. Zalasky/Released)

Ka-26 Helix

Military Sealift Fleet Support Command (MSC) civil service mariner Boatswain's Mate Anthony Brooks, a landing signal enlisted flight crewmen, directs a Kamov (KA 26) Helix Soviet navy helicopter for takeoff aboard the amphibious command ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC/JCC 20) as part of an international partnership training during FRUKUS 2010. FRUKUS is an annual naval exercise involving the maritime forces of France, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States, developed to formulate joint activities within a multi-national operational formation while improving interoperability between the nations. (Photo: U.S. Navy photo by Chief Warrant Officer Jeffrey Lund/Released)