Located in Fairbanks, Fort Wainwright is home a to large amount of US Army helicopters. The 1-52nd Aviation Regiment operates UH-60s and CH-47s. The 1-25th Attack Reconnaissance Battalion operates AH-64s and Gray Eagle UAVs. I had the opportunity to visit them last year and with some delay, here are some photos from the visit. Unfortunately not too much flying then, but Apaches with skis are pretty cool. In fact, everything there has skis
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Arctic helicopters - US Army base Fort Wainwright - Alaska
Arctic helicopters - US Army base Fort Wainwright - Alaska
Ivan Voukadinov
Re: Arctic helicopters - US Army base Fort Wainwright - Alas
What a great set!
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Re: Arctic helicopters - US Army base Fort Wainwright - Alas
Fantastic set of images Ivan
Re: Arctic helicopters - US Army base Fort Wainwright - Alas
Got to love US Army hardware...
Number 6 steals it for me though!
Number 6 steals it for me though!
Re: Arctic helicopters - US Army base Fort Wainwright - Alas
Something a bit different - many thanks and a great set Love that Chinook!
Andy
Andy
Re: Arctic helicopters - US Army base Fort Wainwright - Alas
Great report, well done.
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Re: Arctic helicopters - US Army base Fort Wainwright - Alas
Nice set of pics, visited there in Jun '96, no UAVs or AH64s but managed to get a trip out in the mountains in a CH47.
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Re: Arctic helicopters - US Army base Fort Wainwright - Alas
Got to love the snow shoes! Lovely pics....
Cheers Phil
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