For our early morning photo-shoot on NAS Mayport, our focus was the ramp full of Atlantic based MH-60R/S "Seahawks" of the United States Navy and the Saudi training unit newly formed on the base. Unlike my visit a month earlier which only brought dark sky and rain this ramp tour brought some moody sky and plenty of sunshine.

Visits with HSM-40, 46 and 48 would mean plenty of photos from each squadron but unfortunately it seemed liked all the CAG birds were in the hangers, never mind, the CAG birds in the sun another time maybe? Another reason to return again.

Report and photography by Mark Forest