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I was working with another helicopter when this H145 from Civil Security Search and Rescue in the French Alps took off from Chamonix. I was at 3800 meters and it was around -15°, it was quite exceptional to be able to witness this.

Minus 16°C with out wind chilling on top of Þórisglacier. So fun even though we only lasted for 10 minutes outside. Mylifeasahelicopterpilot with his customers in sightseeing tours.

Monte Rosa ... on top of the Alps, working at Rifugio Capanna Regina Margherita ... 4554 mtrs above seal level. Very dangerous and challenging environment ...

After a long day of training new pilots for the upcoming season, this ASTAR rests while the lights dance above it in Skagway, AK.

The Air Service (SAER) and the Special Mountain Intervention Rescue Groups (GREIM) of the Spanish Civil Guard have the responsibility of carrying out mountain and high mountain rescues in a large part of the Spanish Pyrenees.

A Coast Guard Rescue Swimmer prepares for a Free Fall Deployment from a MH-65E during a training exercise while a MH-60T is looking from afar.

Belgian Air Force 40th Squadron Heli Search&Rescue SAR diver

Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake Search and Rescue MH-60S Blackhawk practices out in the Southern California desert. A crew member is lifted up along a rock formation as the skilled pilots hover above.

RAF Chinook on a low level sortie in South Wales.

An American AH-64E Apache helicopter out of Fort Novosel, Alabama flies down the Gulf Coast over the Atlantic Ocean. The AH-64 is the primary attack helicopter of the United States Army.

Australian Army Aviation Corps ARH Tiger 'A38-016' flying overhead the Brisbane River during rehearsals for the annual Riverfire display. A handful of ARH Tigers are based at the nearby Swartz Barracks as part of the Army Aviation Training Centre.

Helicopters Express’s Skycrane drops water at the Post Fire near Gorman, California. I looked at Flightradar24 to see where the helicopters were dropping and found a dirt road that got me to the perfect location.

A Sikorsky S61N fire bomber returns to base after a long day on the Grampians Fire Grounds. The sun is smothered in thick bushfire smoke, creating a thick muddy scene, framing the helicopter in an apocalypse now type energy, not too dissimilar to the daily battle to overcome the flames and destruction that transpire below on a daily basis

Billings Flying Services CH-47 Chinook making numerous runs during the Airport fire in Orange County California. The sunset caused the orange glow of the smoke. This Chinook was working the fire for numerous days. The exact location of this photo was off of Dove Canyon Road. There were a few other aircraft that were getting water from this location as well as the Oso lake. The fire has burned over 23,000 acres and spread int Riverside county. Currently the fire is at 88% containment. The fire started in the Trabuco Canyon area by county workers.