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Air Force pararescuemen help each other climb a rope ladder back into an HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter during a tactical training mission in Tucson, Ariz., June 27, 2012.

Air Force pararescuemen help each other climb a rope ladder back into an HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter during a tactical training mission in Tucson, Ariz., June 27, 2012.

Air Force pararescuemen help each other climb a rope ladder back into an HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter during a tactical training mission in Tucson, Ariz., June 27, 2012.

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