Let's timezone that.
Not particularly. I just cannot cap them nearly fast enough. Most metro areas have multiple helos in the area. EMS and cops are the most common type. It takes quite a bit of time to check each helo and find out if it's an air ambulance, if the owner's name is a leasing company or a bank who holds the note. What I'm attempting is literally impossible, yet planefags never abandon their position. Maybe I will see a fraction of the interesting ones.
So those 2 Blackhawk helos we were observing circling over Des Moines, are no longer on radar. Altitude was 2600' and 1600'. Final capture shows them decreasing altitude so I assume they probably landed.
Either it was a training exercise, or they were looking for something. Both were going 85 knots, slow, and circling.
R7
IDEN?
well both are back on radar and back up above 2300' circling the same area still.
Kudos to the anon who spotted this.
Monitoring
What is the identity of the man wearing the Bavarian crest decorated hat?
Guess I'm a color freak. Love the colors.
Solved. The 2 Blackhawks set down in a field adjacent to Camp Dodge.
Camp Dodge is a military installation in the city of Johnston, Iowa. Centrally located near the capital of Iowa, it currently serves as the headquarters of the Iowa National Guard.
So this was a National Guard training activity.