Fine-tuning good reception

Staff Sgt. Dustin Lough inspects the VHF antenna on an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter at RAF Lakenheath, England, March 1, 2010. The VHF antenna helps aircraft communicate with other aircraft and personnel on the ground. Sergeant Lough is a communications and navigations avionics journeyman with the 56th Helicopter Maintenance Unit. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Connor Estes)

Supplies going down

Pararescuemen from the 31st Rescue Squadron send emergency equipment down from an HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter during the unit's Rescue Fest Feb. 20, 2010, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. Many servicemembers and their families watched demonstrations of the squadron's mission. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jason Lake)

Helicopter training

1st Lt. Wyeth Lindeke, a first assignment instructor pilot with the 23rd Flying Training Squadron at Fort Rucker, Ala., coordinates flight plans with other pilots before a training mission. The 23rd FTS is the third and final phase of undergraduate pilot training before the student pilots can obtain their wings. It is the Air Force's primary source of helicopter pilot training for special operations, combat search and rescue, missile support and distinguished visitor airlift missions. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Anthony Jennings)

Helicopter training

Student pilots from the 23rd Flying Training Squadron at Fort Rucker, Ala., meet with their instructor before takeoff for a training mission. The 23rd FTS is the third and final phase of undergraduate pilot training before the student pilots can obtain their wings. It is the Air Force's primary source of helicopter pilot training for special operations, combat search and rescue, missile support and distinguished visitor airlift missions. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Anthony Jennings)

Helicopter training

Students from the 23rd Flying Training Squadron at Fort Rucker, Ala., piloting UH-1H Iroquois helicopters, practice formation-flight patterns. The 23rd FTS is the third and final phase of undergraduate pilot training before the student pilots can obtain their wings. It is the Air Force's primary source of helicopter pilot training for special operations, combat search and rescue, missile support and distinguished visitor airlift missions. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Anthony Jennings)

Helicopter training

Students from the 23rd Flying Training Squadron at Fort Rucker, Ala., piloting UH-1H Iroquois helicopters, practice formation-flight patterns. The 23rd FTS is the third and final phase of undergraduate pilot training before the student pilots can obtain their wings. It is the Air Force's primary source of helicopter pilot training for special operations, combat search and rescue, missile support and distinguished visitor airlift missions. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Anthony Jennings)