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Air Station Kodiak Jayhawk helicopter crews conduct formation training flight in winter weather

KODIAK, Alaska - Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak H-60 Jayhawk helicopter crews prepare for a formation flight in snowy conditions Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009.

Formation flights train general aircraft handling skills as well as skills that aircrews use when conducting multi-ship vertical insertion operations of Maritime Safety and Security Team boarding teams.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Charly Hengen.

KODIAK, Alaska - Four Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak H-60 Jayhawk helicopter crews taxi out for a formation flight in at Air Station Kodiak Dec. 2, 2009.

Formation flights train general aircraft handling skills as well as skills that aircrews use when conducting multi-ship vertical insertion operations of Maritime Safety and Security Team boarding teams.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Charly Hengen.

KODIAK, Alaska - The four MH-60 Jayhawk rescue helicopters attached to Air Station Kodiak taxi down the Coast Guard base taxiway in preparation for a formation flight Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009, in 17 mph winds with snow squalls and temperatures in the 30s.

Formation flights train general aircraft handling skills as well as skills that aircrews use when conducting multi-ship vertical insertion operations of Maritime Safety and Security Team boarding teams.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Sara Francis.

KODIAK, Alaska - The four MH-60 Jayhawk rescue helicopters attached to Air Station Kodiak conduct hover checks on Kodiak runway 36 in preparation for a formation flight Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009, in 17 mph winds with snow squalls and temperatures in the 30s.

Formation flights train general aircraft handling skills as well as skills that aircrews use when conducting multi-ship vertical insertion operations of Maritime Safety and Security Team boarding teams.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Sara Francis.

KODIAK, Alaska - An MH-60 Jayhawk rescue helicopter attached to Air Station Kodiak passes in front of the wind turbines on Pillar Mountain near Kodiak City during a formation flight Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009, in 17 mph winds with snow squalls and temperatures in the 30s.

Formation flights train general aircraft handling skills as well as skills that aircrews use when conducting multi-ship vertical insertion operations of Maritime Safety and Security Team boarding teams.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Sara Francis.

KODIAK, Alaska - Three MH-60 Jayhawk rescue helicopters attached to Air Station Kodiak fly over Cliff Point on Women's Bay near the Coast Guard base on Kodiak Island during a formation flight Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009, in 17 mph winds with snow squalls and temperatures in the 30s.

Formation flights train general aircraft handling skills as well as skills that aircrews use when conducting multi-ship vertical insertion operations of Maritime Safety and Security Team boarding teams.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Sara Francis.

KODIAK, Alaska - Three MH-60 Jayhawk rescue helicopters attached to Air Station Kodiak fly near the Buskin River over Chiniak Bay on Kodiak Island during a formation flight Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009, in 17 mph winds with snow squalls and temperatures in the 30s.

Formation flights train general aircraft handling skills as well as skills that aircrews use when conducting multi-ship vertical insertion operations of Maritime Safety and Security Team boarding teams.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Sara Francis.

KODIAK, Alaska - Three MH-60 Jayhawk rescue helicopters attached to Air Station Kodiak pass over Chiniak Bay near Kodiak Island during a formation flight Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009, in 17 mph winds with snow squalls and temperatures in the 30s.

Formation flights train general aircraft handling skills as well as skills that aircrews use when conducting multi-ship vertical insertion operations of Maritime Safety and Security Team boarding teams.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Sara Francis.

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