two black military helicopters spotted over prescott, az

There are tons of air force bases in az.....

Its a fallout state due to tectonic plates surrounding it but not going through it.....meaning: the military has excess amounts of planes on hand in az. They have more planes than trained pilots!

Ever drive from winslow to tuscon?

Better yet look at a road atlas of az and try to count all the "restricted areas" i.e. military bases.

Someone representing uncle sam was flying those things believe that.

Prescott is a nice pitstop on the way to flag. Oil can henrys for the win!

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Umm..............yeah........

These types of things are becoming a 'non-event' since we all know we are conducting all kinds of operations all ober the US now. Its gone mainstream, right?

Ive been on the lookout ever since jade helm was announced. First time seeing something like this here..

Haha did you see my picture?

I suppose it has.

Hey OP, it's why they call it the "BLACKHAWK" and yes, most of them are black.

If one crashes, that's thread worthy, if one or two fly over and appear to be functioning normally, that's not really news or thread worthy.

Yep. This time of the year is also Air National Guard training season, so it might be a couple of fliers looking to put in some air hours.

Just thought it was weird is all.

Might just be a drug bust.

Lots of shite going down in (or through) Prescott/Prescott Valley if ya know what I mean.

But yeah, two at a time is consistent with flyboys doing their thing.

Def not for a drug bust.. But yeah there are alot of drugs around here.

What would they be doin, just flyin around fkr no reason? Training? I see alot of other aircraft around here, but never black helicopters.

looks like the deadly Dragon Fly Squadron.

Could be a visiting unit. Maybe they're from a midwestern or eastern state, for example, and need to train in some sand.

Here ya go:

"The I Marine Expeditionary Force G-7 will be conducting a Realistic Military Training this week, using the Prescott Municipal Airfield as a helicopter refueling point in order to facilitate a Long Range Raid at Camp Navajo, Arizona."

[link to www.prescottenews.com]

Yeah, sigh, sounds like these boys are headed for war.

"The purpose of the exercise is to "...provide the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) the opportunity to conduct training in unfamiliar environments during the final phase of their pre-deployment program. During CERTEX, the 15th MEU will be required to conduct a series of challenging and realistic training events to test their ability to conduct conventional and specialized missions."

I can understand if you're not used to seeing them, but I kinda see them all the time and am nowhere near a base, except for national guard.


If I made a thread for every black military helicopter I have seen, the thread count would be in the thousands.


Long story short, we have some of the best pilots in the world because we train them, a lot.

That was like last month i think