ARCTIC CHINOOK: A CH-47 Chinook lifts off from an ice field near Deadhorse, Alaska. The helicopter was participating in a simulated alert rescue operation as part of exercise Arctic Eagle 2020. Photo taken February 28, 2020. In this second photo a North Dakota Air National Guard CH-47 drops sandbags in an effort to protect a dam during a flood that occurred in April 2009.

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