010508-F-7685H-020. [Complete] Scene Caption: Guiding the UH-1N Iroquois via the pilot, scanner First Lieutenant Matt Cotreras, USAF, 37th Helicopter Flight, 90th Space Wing, Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming, calls the movements as they approach one of the obstacles. The goal is to guide a bucket of water dangling from the helicopter through the obstacles on the course without spilling the contents. The Helicopter Hover Competition course is flown with a crew of three, pilot and copilot with a flight engineer, or additional pilot as a scanner. Both pilot and copilot fly the entire course an
010508-F-7685H-020. [Complete] Scene Caption: Guiding the UH-1N Iroquois via the pilot, scanner First Lieutenant Matt Cotreras, USAF, 37th Helicopter Flight, 90th Space Wing, Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming, calls the movements as they approach one of the obstacles. The goal is to guide a bucket of water dangling from the helicopter through the obstacles on the course without spilling the contents. The Helicopter Hover Competition course is flown with a crew of three, pilot and copilot with a flight engineer, or additional pilot as a scanner. Both pilot and copilot fly the entire course and the scores awarded are averaged to determine the team score. GUARDIAN CHALLENGE, the world's premier space and missile competition, is a four-day event hosted annually at Vandenberg AFB, CA "to recognize the best and demonstrate the commands warfighting skills. GUARDIAN CHALLENGE creates competition-tough crews; improves readiness and combat capabilities through preparation, innovation and sharing; enhances esprit de corps and strengthens teamwork across all mission areas in the command." Subject Operation/Series: GUARDIAN CHALLENGE Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AFSPC
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