Just wondering...

[Rino]

     Anyone have any idea what this is all about?



     Maybe a prelude to a heavy lift?

[Seanaldinho]

That would be my guess since their are chains on both sides.

Nice pic though.

[GNucks]

The tracked vehicle is conducting en-route refueling, nothing special.

[Rino]

     Maybe it's jump starting the -53?  You know the old "put it in 2nd gear and pop the clutch!" thing 

[Seanaldinho]

The tracked vehicle is conducting en-route refueling, nothing special.

That was my second guess but I thought the refuel-53's had the extra big side pylon thingies

Like this one ---> http://www.g2mil.com/KCH-53X.htm

[Melvin]

Looks like photoshop to me. 

[Masherbrum]

Looks like photoshop to me. 

Slow news day in the Hiawatha forest eh?

[TinmanX]

Looks like photoshop to me. 

I'd have to agree.

[RightF00T]

And within seconds, Tobias quickly figured out why parking was so cheap that Saturday. 

[Saxman]

When these guys do control-line model aircraft they don't play around.

[guncrasher]

the hose usually drags in back.  not in the front, unless the chopper got excited.

semp

[USRanger]

Not sure what country that vehicle & uniforms are from.  Not ours.  Plus the dust would be just as bad for the photographer as it is in the background.  I say shopped.

[GFShill]

Looks like a 'Nam-era APC with a Navy chopper.  I was thinking Marine unit but the boots are wrong.

[Rino]

     It looks like a soviet type APC or command vehicle to me.  HST means something, but my memory is shot.
Most of the army guys I worked with were Hemtt towtruck operators.  I think one told me about HST while
describing his adventures hauling Iraqi wrecks back for displays or museums.

     He said he once looked inside a knocked out BMP, what he saw ensured he never felt the urge again.

[Masherbrum]

    It looks like a soviet type APC or command vehicle to me.  HST means something, but my memory is shot.
Most of the army guys I worked with were Hemtt towtruck operators.  I think one told me about HST while
describing his adventures hauling Iraqi wrecks back for displays or museums.

     He said he once looked inside a knocked out BMP, what he saw ensured he never felt the urge again.

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HST - Helicopter Support Team.  

It ISN'T Photoshopped as the Helicopters the USMC/Navy use for these teams are CH-53 Echoes.   My cousin was an Airframer at Pendleton on them.