Helicopters help keep Tammany families safe, assisting in search and rescue missions, watercraft rescues, medical evacuations, and law enforcement. Here are the helicopter pictures I have in my files from over the years.
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A med-evac helicopter being shown to a Cub Scout group at Lakeview Regional Hospital in Mandeville in 1996
The St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office Helicopter
A Louisiana State Police Helicopter in a field exercise in Lacombe
A Red Ribbon Week visiting helicopter from US Customs lands at Pitcher Junior High Stadium in Covington
Red Ribbon Week tour of a sheriff's helicopter
Red Ribbon Week included a display of other Sheriff's Office vehicles
A group of Pineview Middle School students visited Hammond Airport for a tour of the National Guard helicopter hangar
National Guard helicopters at Hammond Airport
A National Guardsman points out the cable winch to Pineview students.
Kids love looking at helicopters up close.
Not exactly a helicopter, but two gyrocopters were on display at a recent "Wings and Wheels" event at Abita Springs airport.
A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter visited the Mandeville lakefront as part of a search and rescue demonstration.
Mandeville residents both young and old enjoy watching a helicopter take off from the harbor.