Showing posts with label Apache. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Apache. Show all posts

Sunday, February 8, 2015

Photos from Drill Weekend

No big events this weekend, but some good shots of soldiers training:


Putting safety wire on an air sensor on the main rotor blade of a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter.



Soldiers from Bravo Company, 628th ASB prepare an AH-64 Apache helicopter for installation of main rotor blades.


Thursday, October 9, 2014

Apache Live Fire

In mid-August I watched AH-64D Apache Longbow helicopters fire rockets and cannon at targets on Range 40 at Camp Grayling, Michigan.  The exercise included ground troops, mortars, artillery and US Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II ground attack fighters.

Here are the Apaches firing rockets and cannon:






Next post I will show the ground crews loading the rockets and 30mm chain gun.

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