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An Air Force pararescueman from the 38th Rescue Squadron at Moody Air Force Base, Ga., jumps out of the back of an HC-130 Hercules during a rescue near the island of St. Maarten on July 22, 2004. The airman is parachuting in to provide medical support to a Chinese fisherman who sustained a chest injury while working on the fishing vessel Yuh Pao.

An Air Force pararescueman jumps out of the back of an HC-130 Hercules.

An Air Force pararescueman from the 38th Rescue Squadron at Moody Air Force Base, Ga., jumps out of the back of an HC-130 Hercules during a rescue near the island of St. Maarten on July 22, 2004. The airman is parachuting in to provide medical support to a Chinese fisherman who sustained a chest injury while working on the fishing vessel Yuh Pao.

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