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)

Fairchild Airmen rescue hikers

A UH-1N Huey is seen through pair of night-vision goggles June 26 in Washington. Airmen of the 36th Rescue Flight from Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., rescued a hiker from Fort Lewis, Wash., who tumbled more than 1,000 feet down a mountain just west of Wenatchee, Wash. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jacob Bragg)

Fairchild Airmen rescue hikers

A UH-1N Iroquois sits on the top of Calispel mountain in the northern survival training area June 26 in Washington. Airmen of the 36th Rescue Flight from Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., rescued a hiker from Fort Lewis, Wash., who tumbled more than 1,000 feet down a mountain just west of Wenatchee, Wash. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jacob Bragg)