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A US Air Force (USAF) Pararescueman assigned to the 321st Special Tactics Squadron (STS), rappels from a USAF MH-53M Pave Low IV helicopter into the waters of the North Sea, off the coast of England, during a training mission conducted with the 21st Special Operations Squadron (SOS), located at Royal Air Force (RAF) Mildenhall, United Kingdom (UK). The units are part of the 352nd Special Operations Group (SOG), the air component for special operations within the European Command Area of Responsibility (AOR)

US Air Force (USAF) Pararescuemen assigned to the 321st Special Tactics Squadron (STS), practice rappelling from a MH-53M Pave Low IV helicopter from the 21st Special Operations Squadron (SOS) at Royal Air Force (RAF) Mildenhall, United Kingdom (UK). Both units are part of the 352nd Special Operations Group (SOG), the air component for special operations within the European Command area of responsibility

US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Andrew Broussard, Pararescueman assigned to the 321st Special Tactics Squadron (STS), prepares for a water drop aboard a USAF MH-53M Pave Low IV helicopter, during a training flight conducted from Royal Air Force (RAF) Mildenhall, United Kingdom (UK)

US Air Force (USAF) Pararescuemen assigned to the 321st Special Tactics Squadron (STS), prepare to rescue downed survivors from the waters of the North Sea, off the coast of England, during training being conducted with Airmen from the 21st Special Operations Squadron (SOS), located at Royal Air Force (RAF) Mildenhall, United Kingdom (UK). The units are part of the 352nd Special Operations Group (SOG), the air component for special operations within the European Command Area of Responsibility (AOR)

US Air Force (USAF) Pararescuemen assigned to the 321st Special Tactics Squadron (STS), hoist a litter patient onto a hovering MH-53M Pave Low IV helicopter from the 21st Special Operations Squadron (SOS), during training being conducted in the North Sea, off the coast of England. The units are part of the 352nd Special Operations Group (SOG), the air component for special operations within the European Command Area of Responsibility (AOR)

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Tim Brauch (left), and STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) William O'Brien, both Pararescuemen assigned to the 321st Special Tactics Squadron (STS), prepares for a water drop aboard a USAF MH-53M Pave Low IV helicopter, during a training flight conducted from Royal Air Force (RAF) Mildenhall, United Kingdom (UK)

US Air Force (USAF) Pararescuemen assigned to the 321st Special Tactics Squadron (STS), hoist a litter patient onto a hovering MH-53M Pave Low IV helicopter from the 21st Special Operations Squadron (SOS), during training being conducted in the North Sea, off the coast of England. The units are part of the 352nd Special Operations Group (SOG), the air component for special operations within the European Command Area of Responsibility (AOR)

A US Air Force (USAF) Pararescueman and his survivor sit aboard the penetrator as the are hoisted aboard a hovering USAF MH-53M Pave Low IV helicopter from the 21st Special Operations Squadron (SOS), during rescue training being conducted by Airmen assigned to the 321st Special Tactics Squadron (STS). The units are part of the 352nd Special Operations Group (SOG), the air component for special operations within the European Command area of responsibility

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Tim Brauch (left), gets assistance from USAF STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Gerald Nicholls, both assigned to the321st Special Tactics Squadron (STS), as he climbs aboard the rescue raft after participating in a water rescue drop, during a training mission conducted in the waters of the North Sea, off the coast of England. The training is being conducted Airmen from the 21st Special Operations Squadron (SOS), located at Royal Air Force (RAF) Mildenhall, United Kingdom (UK). The units are part of the 352nd Special Operations Group (SOG), the air component for special operations within the European Command Area of Responsibility (AOR)

US Air Force (USAF) Pararescuemen assigned to the 321st Special Tactics Squadron (STS), give a "thumbs up" after executing a water drop from a USAF MH-53M Pave Low IV helicopter from the 21st Special Operations Squadron (SOS), during a training mission conducted from Royal Air Force (RAF) Mildenhall, United Kingdom (UK). The units are part of the 352nd Special Operations Group (SOG), the air component for special operations within the European Command area of responsibility

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US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Melissa Bateman, 321st Special Operations Squadron (SOS), is joyfully reunited with her husband, Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Tom Bateman, sons Zach and Josh, and daughter Courtney, as she returns home at Royal Air Force (RAF) Mildenhall, United Kingdom (UK), following a deployment in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A US Navy (USN) (green shirt) Catapult Operator gives the thumbs up signal as a F-14D Tomcat aircraft assigned to the "Tomcatters" of Fighter Squadron 31 (VF-31) prepares to launch from the flight deck of the USN Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier, USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN 71). The ROOSEVELT and embarked Carrier Air Wing 8 (CVW-8) are currently on a regularly scheduled deployment conducting maritime security operations in the Mediterranean Sea

A CH-47 Chinook heavy-lift helicopter owned and operated

Right side profile medium shot as US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Scott Heflin, a radio maintenance specialist with the 352nd Operational Support Squadron, Royal Air Force, Mildenhall, United Kingdom, listens to radio traffic in the Joint Special Operations Task Force Element, Hoedspurit, which is a Command and Control Center for the 352nd Special Operations Group deployed to Air Force Base Hoedspriut, South Africa. The 352nd Special Operation Group, is deployed to South Africa, in support of Operation Atlas Response

The thumbs up signal is given by LT. COL. Charlie Heald (front seat) and Peter Jennings of ABC News in the back seat of the F-15E Strike Eagle. The signal is given to notify everyone that everything is "A" all right for the incentive flight to begin

embers from the F-22 Raptor Demonstration Team, from

A happy US Air Force F-15 pilot gives the thumbs up after he receives fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker (Not shown) during a mission in the European Theatre supporting Operation Allied Force

A young girl and her mother build a toy plane together

US Air Force STAFF Sergeant Strong a crewmember on an MH-53 Pave Low Helicopter from the 100th Special Operations Group, Royal Air Force Mildenhall, United Kingdom, looks for possible missed aircraft pieces through the crew door of the aircraft. The crash site of the two F-15C fighter aircraft belonging to the 493rd Fighter Squadron based out of RAF Lakenheath, UK was found in the Scottish Highlands

US Air Force (USAF) aircrew members onboard a USAF AC-130U Hercules "Spooky" Gunship, 4th Special Operations Squadron (SOS), Hurlburt Field (FLD), Florida (FL), load the 40-mm Bofors gun (rear) and 105-mm Howitzer in the cargo compartment during a training mission

Eric Domagalski, a member of the Texas A&M University male cadet choir gives a thumbs up. The pilot of the F-15D Eagle aircraft is US Air Force Captain Connor Blackwood, an F-15 pilot from the 493rd Fighter Squadron, 48th Fighter Wing, RAF Lakenheath, United Kingdom. As a recruiting initiative aimed at stateside audiences, base officials, with the approval of higher headquarters, offered an F-15 incentive flight to one student. Eric's teachers chose him out of the 72 members. He received a flight physical, egress training and a full mission briefing before the afternoon take off

Texas Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters

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