When leaving work around 8pm, I heard a helicopter flying low over the building. As a bit of a plane lover, I opened Flight Radar and saw it was a Maryland State Police helicopter. When looking at the map, I noticed there was a second helicopter over town as well. They were both flying patterns over town. The second helicopter was only identified as a Bell, a 407 I think, but FR didn't have anything to confirm if it was a news station or other entity.

I didn't see anything on the news, and it seems weird to me that a Maryland State Police chopper would be circling directly over the PA State Police barracks located in Hamburg. Anyone have any guesses or insight on this?

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FMG1978 t1_janryld wrote on March 2, 2023 at 7:34 PM

Probably looking for your mom's house

Wuz314159 t1_janvs6g wrote on March 2, 2023 at 7:59 PM

Army national guard were running training missions this week.

kingbloop OP t1_jaohmug wrote on March 2, 2023 at 10:20 PM

Oh, that sounds logical. Thanks! More curious than anything. I certainly don't have warrants out of Maryland....

That's cool though. I just wonder who chopper #2 belonged to.

Wuz314159 t1_japxfaa wrote on March 3, 2023 at 5:01 AM

FlightRadar24 is a great resource.

Ct-5736-Bladez t1_jaocprf wrote on March 2, 2023 at 9:47 PM

Probably training.

Fine-Blacksmith-9330 t1_jaoq11t wrote on March 2, 2023 at 11:19 PM

Taking down balloons it’s cheaper with a rotor blade than a $400,000 missile

five_eight t1_jaoswu8 wrote on March 2, 2023 at 11:40 PM

Dropping in for Trivia Night at 1787.

DatabaseChemical9131 t1_japue3c wrote on March 3, 2023 at 4:33 AM

It could have been Trooper 3. It is a Maryland State Police Air Medical helicopter that is staffed with state troopers who are trained paramedics. They respond to medical calls in PA and WV from time to time.

https://mdsp.maryland.gov/Organization/Pages/SupportServicesBureau/AviationCommand/Sections.aspx

kingbloop OP t1_japxwqm wrote on March 3, 2023 at 5:06 AM

That's super cool! Thanks for the reply. I knew if I'd find answers anywhere, it'd be on Reddit. It just seems so far away from the border, but by chopper it's probably like 30 minutes. We have a lot of life flight helicopters in the area, but maybe they needed more. I just haven't heard about a mass casualty accident on 78 or anything that might require that.