FORMATION FLT SEES AND AVOIDS HELI.

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ON APR/XR/95 AT APPROX XA00 LCL WE PASSED A NAVY HELI. I WAS FLYING AS A IN A 2 SHIP FLT WITH B ON HIS LCL AREA ORIENTATION RIDE. WE HAD COMPLETED A LOW APCH AT BORINQUAN AIRFIELD 1 OF THE PRIMARY DIVERT FIELDS. FROM BORINQUAN WE DEPARTED TO THE E ON AN RTB TO ROOSEVELT ROADS NAVAL AIR STATION. WE WERE FLYING TACTICAL FORMATION; 7000 FT LINE ABREAST. I WAS IN CONTACT WITH SAN JUAN APCH. I INFORMED SAN JUAN THAT WE WERE HDG EBOUND PARALLELING THE COAST LINE AND THAT WE WOULD BE BELOW 1000 FT AGL. THEY INDICATED THAT THEY COULD ACCEPT US INTO THEIR AIRSPACE. APPROX 25 NM LATER WHEN E OF THE ISLA GRANDE ARPT OVER THE OCEAN I PAINTED A TARGET 10 MI ON THE NOSE ON MY RADAR. I THEN PICKED UP THE TALLY HO OF THE NAVY HELI WHO WAS A 180 DEGS OF ASPECT OFF OUR NOSE. B CALLED THE TFC OUT TO ME AND STATED THAT THE HELI WOULD PASS BTWN OUR FORMATION. I CHOOSE TO MANEUVER MY JET TOWARD B SO THAT THE HELI WOULD NOT PASS BTWN OUR FORMATION. I FELT THAT WHEN THE HELI DID SEE US HE WOULD MANEUVER TO THE L AWAY FROM OUR FORMATION AND CLOSER TO THE COASTLINE. THE HELI SAW MY TURN. THE HELI DID TURN AT THIS POINT. I WAS APPROX 400-500 FT FROM THE HELI AT THIS PASS. THE HELI WAS BELOW MY ALT. I HAD INFORMED SAN APCH THAT WE WOULD BE BELOW 1000 FT. OUR INTENTION WAS STAY BELOW SAN JUAN IFR TFC PATTERN.