Four [Army] Helicopters Heading South

UPDATE 3:10 P.M.: Emily Jacobs of the County airport staff confirms that these were four Apache H64 Army “birds”  They just stopped to get fuel.

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Four helicopters were seen earlier today near McKinleyville flying south along the coast. Then at 2:50 P.M. the copters were spotted flying south over the Eel River Valley.

The crop blownup photo above shows what looks to be a military helicopter. Below is the formation they were flying.

Earlier about 2 P.M another person spotted two helicopters. One was headed west to east. The second  five minutes later came over the Garberville airport traveled towards the southwest from the northeast.