Photo by Fred Guthrie.

The Sikorsky S-72 Rotor Systems Research Aircraft (RSRA) was funded by NASA and the US Army to test advanced helicopter rotors in flight and featured detachable wings. Two S-72s were built and first flown in Stratford, CT on Oct 12, 1976. The first aircraft was delivered in July 1977 to NASA Wallops Island Flight Test Facility, VA and made its first full compound flighton April 10, 1978. The second S-72 was delivered to the NASA Ames Research Center in Fall 1978 and late joined by aircraft No. 1 in Sep 1979. Later used for RSRA/X-wing program 1986-1987. Msn 72-002 was NASA 546, 741 and N741NA.

Four UH-60L remained in Haiti to support post earthquake operations by the United Nations. US Army Honduras-based 1-228 AVN provided these helicopters, and 04-27006 was one of them.

Landing Rwy 31.

I don't know anything about this picture, so any help on location and/or year is appreciated. Photographer unknown

Arrived from Germany en route to the USA. Taxiing for r30 departure after fuel stop.

ex US Army CH-47C serial 68-15819. Now WFU and stored.

As located until about 2018. Marked as "0-38476" implying 63-8476, however that serial actually belonged to a Douglas SLV-2 Thor missile. Repainted as 66-15160 sometime between 2010 and 2012. Sometimes quoted as 63-8662, but that serial is also reported as having gone to Colombia, and the VVA chapter that owns this bird has paperwork for her as 66-15160.

As she's now displayed at the Kentucky Army National Guard Readiness Center in Burlington, close to KCVG. I'm not entirely certain when she was relocated here from the previous location in Independence.