A Carson Helicopters S61T (modified) departs Shamulzai Forward Operating Base in Zabul province, Southern Afghanistan on 4th February 2010. In the foreground are US Army Lieutenant Hans Mogelgaard from Pensacola Florida (left) and Specialist Joshua Blair from St. Paris Ohio of Echo Company, 4th Brigade combat team, 1-508 parachute infantry regiment.
The 61 is part of a seven aircraft contract won by a company known as
Presidential Airways (formerly a subsidiary of the firm known as Blackwater). Presidential are now owned by another prominent US State Department contractor, AAR Corp.
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