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A U.S. Air Force HC-130 Hercules aircraft gets a brownout from the rotor wash of an HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter on a dirt airstrip in the desert surrounding Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Ariz., April 16, 2010, during Angel Thunder 2010. The Hercules crew is assigned to the 39th Rescue Squadron on Patrick Air Force Base, Fla.

ROTOR WASH

A U.S. Air Force HC-130 Hercules aircraft gets a brownout from the rotor wash of an HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter on a dirt airstrip in the desert surrounding Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Ariz., April 16, 2010, during Angel Thunder 2010. The Hercules crew is assigned to the 39th Rescue Squadron on Patrick Air Force Base, Fla.

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