Flying a hawk home

An HH-60G Pave Hawk, secure on the C-17 Globemaster III, waits to take off Sept. 9, 2009, at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. The C-17 is transporting the helicopter back to home station for redeployment. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Felicia Juenke)

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Photo essay: Flying a Hawk home

Published Sept. 10, 2009
By Senior Airman Felicia Juenke
455th Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs

BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan (AFNS) -- Members of the 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron load and secure an HH-60G Pave Hawk here for transit home on a C-17 Globemaster III Sept. 9, 2009. The Pave Hawk is attached to the 56th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, with a primary wartime mission of combat search and rescue.

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Flying a hawk home

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