U.S. Air Force HH-60 Pavehawk

Forward deployed in an undisclosed location, 09 April 2003 — A member of the 66th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron is checking over the 50 caliber machine gun before a flight. The 66th had just completed a Time Compliance weapon modifications on an HH-60 Pavehawk helicopter. Forward deployed, the 410 Air Expeditionary Wing, is responsible for combat search and rescue sorties flown in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Operation Iraqi Freedom is the multi-national coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate Iraqi's weapons of mass destruction and end the regime of Saddam Hussein.

U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Samuel A. Park, 49 CS Holloman AFB, NM

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