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A US Air Force (USAF) HH-60G Pave Hawk search and rescue helicopter assigned to the 301st Rescue Squadron (RQS), flies a combat mission over the outskirts of Baghdad, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Two US Air Force (USAF) Special Operation Forces (SOF) HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter assigned to the 301st Rescue Squadron, take off from Tallil AB, Iraq, for a mission during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) Pararescuemen from the 301st Rescue Squadron (RQS), rappels from a hover MH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter, during a Search and Rescue (SAR) mission in Southern Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A US Air Force (USAF) HH-60G Pave Hawk search and rescue helicopter assigned to the 301st Rescue Squadron (RQS), conducts in flight refueling with a Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) KC-130 Hercules tanker aircraft from the 39th Rescue Squadron (RQS), during a mission over Tallil Air Base (AB), Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) Pararescuemen assigned to the 304th Rescue Squadron (RQS), conduct a walk through rescue training scenario using their MH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter at Tallil Air Base, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Eric Baugh, a Pararescueman assigned to the 301st Rescue Squadron (RQS), awaits take off aboard a HH-60G Pave Hawk search and rescue helicopter at Tallil Air Base (AB), Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) crewmember with the 301st Rescue Squadron (RS), is suited and ready for a mission aboard his HH-60G Pave Hawk Rescue Helicopter, at a forward-deployed location, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A US Air Force (USAF) Special Operations HH60G Pave Hawk from the 301st Rescue Squadron (RS), takes off on a mission at a forward-deployed location in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A US Air Force (USAF) HH-60G Pave Hawk, 301st Rescue Squadron (RQS), Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC), Patrick Air Force Base (AFB), Florida (FL), flies a mission over Baghdad. The Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) unit is currently assigned to Baghdad International Airport (BIAP) in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Two A US Air Force (USAF) HH-60G Pave Hawk search and rescue helicopters assigned to the 301st Rescue Squadron (RQS), prepare to leave for a mission at Tallil Air Base (AB), Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

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Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM

Base: Tallil Air Base

State: Dhi Qar

Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Shane Cuomo, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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label_outline Explore Hawk Search, Rescue Helicopters, Ssgt Shane Cuomo

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) John Ideus (foreground), Marine Wing Support Squadron Three Seven One (MWSS-371) prepares to refuel a US Army (USA) CH-47 Chinook helicopter at a Forward Area Refueling Point (FARP), at Tallil Air Base, Iraq during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A US Air Force (USAF) A-10 Thunderbolt II, 442nd Fighter Wing (FW), Whiteman Air Force Base (AFB), Missouri (MO), pilot taxis into position for a hot refuel of his aircraft

An MC-130P Combat Shadow aircraft from the 347th Rescue Wing (RW), 71st Rescue Squadron (RS) out of Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, starts engines by direction of the crew chief, while the ground crew waits for orders to disconnect the Auxiliary Ground Power Unit (AGPU)

MASTER Sergeant Johnny Bartosh of the 317th Airlift Squadron, Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina, chains down an MH-60G Pave Hawk on a ramp as Technical Sergeant Tony McGuire of the 305th Rescue Squadron, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, checks for clearance between the top of the helicopter and the C-17 Globemaster III aircraft

U.S. Air Force TECH. SGT. Jason Arnott, crew chief and STAFF SGT. Eric Shaw, flight engineer, 55th Rescue Squadron, on an HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter, spot for the pilot and co-pilot as they prepare to land on the U.S. Naval Ship (USNS) Henry J. Kaiser class fleet USNS RAPPAHANNOCK replenishment oiler (T-A) 204) in the Pacific Ocean, on Sept. 15, 2004.(U.S. Air Force PHOTO by STAFF SGT. Lanie McNeal) (RELEASED)

Left to right, are US Army (USA) SPECIALIST (SPC) Abe Caceres, SPC Steven Stocking and Sergeant (SGT) Michael Grabski, all with the 2/503rd Battalion, patrol an area litered with abandoned munitions in a local village near Kirkuk Air Base (AB), Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Ray Ashey, Non-Commissioned Officer In Charge (NCOIC), Finance Office, 407th Air Expeditionary Group (AEG), Tallil Air Base (AB), Iraq, charges his 9 mm M9 Pistol prior to departing his office to pay local national personnel during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

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US Navy (USN) Command MASTER CHIEF (CNOCM) of US Navy Forces Iraq, Pat Flavin (center) poses in a group photograph with USN Sailors assigned to the maintenance section of Patrol Squadron 9 (VP-9), Iraq Detachment Bravo, during a visit to Tallil Air Base (AB), Iraq. CNOMC Flavin is on a tour of bases throughout Iraq to touch base with Navy Commands and individual Augmentees assigned to multi-national and joint service commands in Iraq. VP-9 is currently on deployment conducting reconnaissance and maritime patrol operations supporting Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Tech. Sgt. Brandon Middleton, 41st Rescue Squadron

A US Air Force (USAF) Pararescueman and an HH60G Pave Hawk helicopter crewmember, right, from the 301st Rescue Squadron (RS), prepare as they leave on a mission at a forward-deployed location in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

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