Army helicopters aid stranded oil rig

A CH-47F Chinook helicopter piloted by Chief Warrant Officer 3 Tommi Weber and Chief Warrant Officer 3 Chris Hastings, and crewed by Sgt. 1st Class Clayton Sauer and Sgt. Michael Cummings carries a 16,000-pound load to the stranded oil rig Kulluk Jan. 7. Two CH-47F Chinook helicopters from B Company, 1st Battalion, 52nd Aviation Regiment flew to Kodiak on a mission to help the Kulluk by hauling equipment to and from the rig. (U.S. Air Force photo/SSgt. Aaron M. Johnson)

Army helicopters aid stranded oil rig

A CH-47F Chinook helicopter piloted by Chief Warrant Officer 3 Tommi Weber and Chief Warrant Officer 3 Chris Hastings, and crewed by Sgt. 1st Class Clayton Sauer and Sgt. Michael Cummings carries a 16,000-pound load to the stranded oil rig Kulluk Jan. 7. Two CH-47F Chinook helicopters from B Company, 1st Battalion, 52nd Aviation Regiment flew to Kodiak on a mission to help the Kulluk by hauling equipment to and from the rig. (U.S. Air Force photo/SSgt. Aaron M. Johnson)

Army helicopters aid stranded oil rig

A CH-47F Chinook helicopter piloted by Chief Warrant Officer 3 Tommi Weber and Chief Warrant Officer 3 Chris Hastings, and crewed by Sgt. 1st Class Clayton Sauer and Sgt. Michael Cummings picks up a 16,000-pound load Jan. 7. Two CH-47F Chinook helicopters from B Company, 1st Battalion, 52nd Aviation Regiment flew to Kodiak on a mission to help the grounded oil rig Kulluk by hauling equipment to and from the rig. (U.S. Air Force photo/SSgt. Aaron M. Johnson)

Army helicopters aid stranded oil rig

Army Staff Sgt. Evan Sutton watches as a CH-47F Chinook helicopter piloted by Chief Warrant Officer 3 Tommi Weber and Chief Warrant Officer 3 Chris Hastings, and crewed by Sgt. 1st Class Clayton Sauer and Sgt. Michael Cummings picks up a 16,000-pound load Jan. 7. Two CH-47F Chinook helicopters from B Company, 1st Battalion, 52nd Aviation Regiment flew to Kodiak on a mission to help the grounded oil rig Kulluk by hauling equipment to and from the rig. (U.S. Air Force photo/SSgt. Aaron M. Johnson)

Army helicopters aid stranded oil rig

Army Staff Sgt. Evan Sutton waits as his CH-47F helicopter is refueled Jan. 7. Two CH-47F Chinook helicopters from B Company, 1st Battalion, 52nd Aviation Regiment flew to Kodiak on a mission to help the grounded oil rig Kulluk by hauling equipment to and from the rig. (U.S. Air Force photo/SSgt. Aaron M. Johnson)

Army helicopters aid stranded oil rig

Pfc Ryan Yetman watches out a side window for potential hazards as his CH-47F helicopter flies toward the Kodiak coast Jan. 7. Two CH-47F Chinook helicopters from B Company, 1st Battalion, 52nd Aviation Regiment flew to Kodiak on a mission to help the grounded oil rig Kulluk by hauling equipment to and from the rig. (U.S. Air Force photo/SSgt. Aaron M. Johnson)