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Sikorsky HH-60G Pave Hawk US Air Force (89-26212)

Sikorsky HH-60G Pave Hawk

Ground and air crew conducting final checks before lifting out of RAF Lossiemouth.

 

The 56th Rescue Squadron provides a rapidly-deployable, worldwide combat rescue and reaction force response utilizing five HH-60G Pavehawk helicopters. The 56th RQS integrates with the Guardian Angels weapon system and other special forces to support insertion, extraction and recovery of both U.S. and allied combatants. The squadron offers long-range rescue, humanitarian assistance, non-combatant evacuation, and disaster relief capabilities for USEUCOM, USAFRICOM, and NATO in peacetime, contingency, and wartime operations.

Believe the 56th and 57th will relocate to Aviano some time in 2017.

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Uploaded on March 12, 2017
Taken on April 19, 2013