Monday, July 8, 2019

Photos of US Army Sikorsky UH-60M Blackhawk Helicopter (**-)20401 "Bigfoot 01" Departing Rockhampton Airport - Plus More!

During the afternoon on Monday 8 July, US Army Sikorsky UH-60M Blackhawk helicopter (**-)20401 of the 2nd Battalion 158th Aviation Regiment 'Warhawks', was photographed departing Rockhampton Airport for Camp Rocky and then the Shoalwater Bay Training Area (SWBTA) as "Bigfoot 01".







It wrapped up another day of multiple US Army UH-60 Blackhawk and also US Navy Sikorsky MH-60S Seahawk (Knighthawk) helicopter arrivals and departures.

The two United States Navy (USN) Sikorsky MH-60S Seahawk (Knighthawk) helicopters - 167833 / NF-611 and 167871 / NF-621 of the Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 12 (HSC-12) "Golden Falcons" - continue to fly between Rockhampton Airport and Shoalwater Bay as "Hunter 71 Flight".

While fellow US Navy Sikorsky MH-60S Seahawk (Knighthawk) helicopter 168546 / RB-05 flying as "Knightrider 05" was also noted departing Rockhampton Airport also on Monday 8 July.  It is presently deployed on board the USS Wasp (LHD-1) and is flown by the Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 25 (HSC-25) "Island Knights".

Finally, also on Monday 8 July, two of the three visiting United States Army (US Army) (US Army Reserve Command) Beech C-12V Huron (Beech B200 King Air) aircraft, popped into Rockhampton Airport again.

As happened the previous day, the two to visit Rocky on Monday were identified as 95-00088 as "Pat 088" and  94-00320 as "Pat 320".

It appears these Huron aircraft might be quite busy over the Exercise, with it appearing that they will be regular flyers between Brisbane, Rockhampton and Townsville - where they appear to be based during Exercise Talisman Sabre 2019 (TS19).

Photos taken by Scott Harris and 'IAD'  ©

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