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A U.S. Air Force HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter carrying pararescuemen flies over the Iraqi landscape during a proficiency exercise outside Joint Base Balad, Iraq, April 10, 2009. The crew and airmen are assigned to the 64th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron.

A U.S. Air Force HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter carrying pararescuemen flies over the Iraqi landscape during a proficiency exercise outside Joint Base Balad, Iraq, April 10, 2009. The crew and airmen are assigned to the 64th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron.

A U.S. Air Force HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter carrying pararescuemen flies over the Iraqi landscape during a proficiency exercise outside Joint Base Balad, Iraq, April 10, 2009. The crew and airmen are assigned to the 64th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron.

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