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U.S. Air Force airmen carefully guide an HH-60 Pavehawk helicopter into a C-17 Globemaster III at Kadena Air Force Base, Japan, on Jan 3, 2004. U.S. service men and women are working to deliver humanitarian relief supplies and provide medical assistance to the tsunami-stricken countries as part of Operation Unified Assistance. The airmen are assigned to the 33rd Aircraft Maintenance Unit and the Pavehawk to the 33rd Rescue Squadron.

Air Force airmen carefully guide an HH-60 Pavehawk helicopter into a C-17 Globemaster III.

U.S. Air Force airmen carefully guide an HH-60 Pavehawk helicopter into a C-17 Globemaster III at Kadena Air Force Base, Japan, on Jan 3, 2004. U.S. service men and women are working to deliver humanitarian relief supplies and provide medical assistance to the tsunami-stricken countries as part of Operation Unified Assistance. The airmen are assigned to the 33rd Aircraft Maintenance Unit and the Pavehawk to the 33rd Rescue Squadron.

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