Photo Essay: Task Force Flying Dragons Mission to Helmand Province

By Capt. Brian HarrisJune 26, 2017

Tail Checks
1 / 14 Show Caption + Hide Caption – A U.S. Army UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter pilot assigned to Task Force Warhawk, 16th Combat Aviation Brigade, 7th Infantry Division conducts pre-fight checks at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, June 21, 2017. The Warhawks provide aviation support to U.... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Pilot Inspections
2 / 14 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Capt. Alexander Eadie, a U.S. Army UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter pilot assigned to Task Force Warhawk, 16th Combat Aviation Brigade, 7th Infantry Division, conducts pre-fight checks at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, June 21, 2017. The Warhawks provid... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Chinook over Kandahar
3 / 14 Show Caption + Hide Caption – A U.S. Army Reserve CH-47 Chinook helicopter pilot deployed with Task Force Warhawk, 16th Combat Aviation Brigade, 7th Infantry Division scans below over Kandahar, Afghanistan, June 21, 2017. The Warhawks provide aviation support to U.S. Forces Afgha... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Chief Prepares to Land
4 / 14 Show Caption + Hide Caption – A U.S. Army Reserve CH-47 Chinook helicopter pilot deployed with Task Force Warhawk, 16th Combat Aviation Brigade, 7th Infantry Division scans below during landing near Kandahar, Afghanistan, June 21, 2017. The Warhawks provide aviation support to U.... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Chinooks Land in Helmand
5 / 14 Show Caption + Hide Caption – U.S. Army Reserve CH-47 Chinook helicopter pilots deployed with Task Force Warhawk, 16th Combat Aviation Brigade, 7th Infantry Division land in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, June 21, 2017. The Warhawks provide aviation support to U.S. Forces Afghani... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Chinook Lands
6 / 14 Show Caption + Hide Caption – U.S. Army Reserve CH-47 Chinook helicopter pilots deployed with Task Force Warhawk, 16th Combat Aviation Brigade, 7th Infantry Division land in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, June 21, 2017. The Warhawks provide aviation support to U.S. Forces Afghani... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Loading in Helmand
7 / 14 Show Caption + Hide Caption – A U.S. Army Reserve CH-47 Chinook helicopter crew chief deployed with Task Force Warhawk, 16th Combat Aviation Brigade, 7th Infantry Division supervises loading in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, June 21, 2017. The Warhawks provide aviation support to... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Chinook Pilots Prepare
8 / 14 Show Caption + Hide Caption – U.S. Army Reserve CH-47 Chinook helicopter pilots deployed with Task Force Warhawk, 16th Combat Aviation Brigade, 7th Infantry Division prepare to depart in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, June 21, 2017. The Warhawks provide aviation support to U.S. F... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Soaring in Helmand
9 / 14 Show Caption + Hide Caption – U.S. Army Reserve CH-47 Chinook helicopter pilots deployed with Task Force Warhawk, 16th Combat Aviation Brigade, 7th Infantry Division fly over Helmand Province, Afghanistan, June 21, 2017. The Warhawks provide aviation support to U.S. Forces Afghan... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Desert's End
10 / 14 Show Caption + Hide Caption – A U.S. Army Reserve CH-47 Chinook helicopter pilot deployed with Task Force Warhawk, 16th Combat Aviation Brigade, 7th Infantry Division scans below over the Registan Desert in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, June 21, 2017. The Warhawks provide aviati... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Terrain Change
11 / 14 Show Caption + Hide Caption – A U.S. Army Reserve CH-47 Chinook helicopter pilot deployed with Task Force Warhawk, 16th Combat Aviation Brigade, 7th Infantry Division scans below over the Registan Desert in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, June 21, 2017. The Warhawks provide aviati... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Chinook Soaring High
12 / 14 Show Caption + Hide Caption – U.S. Army Reserve CH-47 Chinook helicopter pilots deployed with Task Force Warhawk, 16th Combat Aviation Brigade, 7th Infantry Division fly over Helmand Province, Afghanistan, June 21, 2017. The Warhawks provide aviation support to U.S. Forces Afghan... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Chief's View
13 / 14 Show Caption + Hide Caption – A U.S. Army Reserve CH-47 Chinook helicopter pilot deployed with Task Force Warhawk, 16th Combat Aviation Brigade, 7th Infantry Division scans below over Helmand Province, Afghanistan, June 21, 2017. The Warhawks provide aviation support to U.S. Forc... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Chinook and Afghan Town
14 / 14 Show Caption + Hide Caption – U.S. Army Reserve CH-47 Chinook helicopter pilots deployed with Task Force Warhawk, 16th Combat Aviation Brigade, 7th Infantry Division fly over Helmand Province, Afghanistan, June 21, 2017. The Warhawks provide aviation support to U.S. Forces Afghan... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan -- U.S. Army Reserve CH-47 Chinook helicopter pilots deployed with Task Force Warhawk, 16th Combat Aviation Brigade, 7th Infantry Division conduct a passenger and supply movement mission in Kandahar and Helmand Province, Afghanistan, June 21, 2017. The Warhawks provide aviation support to U.S. Forces Afghanistan as part of Operation Freedom's Sentinel.

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