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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Brandon Taylor hoists simulated survivors into a HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter as part of a combat search and rescue scenario during exercise Pacific Thunder 2012 near Osan Air Base, South Korea, Oct. 15, 2012. Taylor, a flight engineer, is assigned to the 33rd Rescue Squadron.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Brandon Taylor hoists simulated survivors into a HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter as part of a combat search and rescue scenario during exercise Pacific Thunder 2012 near Osan Air Base, South Korea, Oct. 15, 2012. Taylor, a flight engineer, is assigned to the 33rd Rescue Squadron.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Brandon Taylor hoists simulated survivors into a HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter as part of a combat search and rescue scenario during exercise Pacific Thunder 2012 near Osan Air Base, South Korea, Oct. 15, 2012. Taylor, a flight engineer, is assigned to the 33rd Rescue Squadron.

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