US military helicopter in Training Fire Exercise, Virginia USA, Mar 2007

H-1 Upgrades Test Pilot, Capt. Mark Angersbach, launches a pair of 2.75 inch rockets from UH-1Y #1 at Fort A.P. Hill Va. during the final phase of Rocket Ingestion and Accuracy testing on the Y model. Maj. Eldon Metzger took the co-pilot's seat on this flight after having previously fired his portion of the 356 total rockets launched by the test team over a two-week span.

An American military helicopter [Marines UH-1Y Huey], similar to the one in the photo, crashed after carrying out relief work following a massive earthquake on 12 May. Eight soldiers- two Nepalese and six American- were killed.

Taken on 2007-03-02 *
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