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US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Will Stimpson, an Aerial GUNNER, assigned to the 41st Rescue Squadron (RQS), mans a 7.62mm Minigun machine gun as he watches for potential threats from a hovering HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter during a Combat Search and Rescue training mission conducted during Exercise DESERT RESCUE XI. The exercise is the premiere Combat Search And Rescue (CSAR) training exercise involving all branches of the US Military and is conducted at the ranges at Fallon Naval Air Station (NAS), Nevada (NV)

A US Air Force (USAF) HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter lands to extract personnel as a US Navy (USN) SEAL Team Members armed with a 5.56mm M4 carbines equipped with the Knights Armament Company (KAC) Modular Weapon System (MWS) and blank firing devices, calls in more air support during a Non-Combatant Evacuation Operation (NEO) training exercise conducted during DESERT RESCUE XI. The exercise is the premiere Search And Rescue (SAR) training exercise involving all branches of the US Military and is conducted at the ranges at Fallon Naval Air Station (NAS), Nevada (NV)

US Navy (USN) Aviation Warfare System Operator Second Class (AW2) Steve Alcaraz, a Door GUNNER assigned to Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Two (HS-2), fires a 7.62mm M240E1 machine gun aboard a USN HH-60F Seahawk helicopter, during a mission while participating in the rescue training exercise DESERT RESCUE XI. The exercise is the premiere Search And Rescue (SAR) training exercise involving all branches of the US Military and is conducted at the ranges of Fallon Naval Air Station, Nevada (NV)

A US Air Force (USAF) HC-130N aircraft from the 71st Rescue Squadron (RQS), at Moody Air Force Base (AFB), Georgia and a HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter assigned to the 41st Rescue Squadron (RQS), conduct aerial refueling over Fallon Naval Air Station (NAS), Nevada (NV), during exercise DESERT RESCUE XI. The exercise is a joint service Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) training exercise hosted by the Naval Strike and Warfare Center, designed to simulate downed aircrews, enabling CSAR related missions to experiment with new techniques in realistic scenarios

US Air Force (USAF) Lieutenant (LT) Chris Simpson (left) an A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft Pilot from the 118th Fighter Squadron (FS), Connecticut Air National Guard (CTANG), thanks his Crew CHIEF, SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Ray Frost for the use of his jet, following a training flight at Fallon Naval Air Station (NAS), Nevada (NV), during exercise DESERT RESCUE XI. The exercise is a joint service Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) training exercise hosted by the Naval Strike and Warfare Center, designed to simulate down aircrews, enabling CSAR related missions to experiment with new techniques in realistic scenarios

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Dennis Snyder, a Flight Engineer with the 56th Rescue Squadron (RQS), 398th Air Expeditionary Group (AEG) mans a 7.62mm Minigun machine gun as he scans for obstacles from a hovering HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter while landing during a training mission in Sierra Leone. The 398th AEG is currently deployed at Sierra Leone to provide personnel recovery and emergency evacuation capability for the Humanitarian Assistance Survey Teams (HAST) and the Fleet Anti-terrorism Security Teams (FAST) in Liberia, during Joint Task Force (JTF) Liberia

US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Samuel Arbuckle (right), USAF STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Barry Demby (center) and USAF SSGT Barry Webster (left), firefighters with the 506th Expeditionary Civil Engineering Squadron (CES), observe US Army (USA) Warrant Officer (WO1) Jayson Ayres, Pilot, simulate shutting down the engines on a USA H-60 Black Hawk helicopter at Kirkuk Air Base (AB), Iraq (IRQ). The firefighters are participating in an exercise to familiarize themselves with emergency procedures for the Black Hawk helicopter during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

SENIOR AIRMAN (SAR), Ryan Renaurt, USAF, HH-60 Pave Hawk Helicopter, Door GUNNER, assigned to the 66TH Rescue Squadron, Nellis AFB, NV looks for simulated surface-to-air threats while flying over the gunnery range at Fallon Naval Air Station during DESERT RESCUE IX. DESERT RESCUE IX is a Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) training exercise involving all branches of the US Military in a real world rescue and combat scenario. Shadow of the aircraft is seen on the ground

US Navy (USN) PETTY Officer Second Class (PO2) Mangll Hosang, Door GUNNER assigned to Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron One Five (HS-15), fires the 7.62mm M240E1 machine gun at ground targets from his HH-60F Seahawk helicopter, while participating in the rescue training exercise DESERT RESCUE XI. The exercise is the premiere Search And Rescue (SAR) training exercise involving all branches of the US Military and is conducted at the ranges of Fallon Naval Air Station, Nevada (NV)

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Zachary Gyokeres, Flight Engineer, 41st Rescue Squadron (RQS), mans a 7.62mm Minigun machine gun as he watches for potential hazards from a hovering HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter during a Combat Search and Rescue training mission at Fallon Naval Air Station (NAS), Nevada (NV), during exercise DESERT RESCUE XI. The exercise is a joint service Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) training exercise hosted by the Naval Strike and Warfare Center, designed to simulate downed aircrews, enabling CSAR related missions to experiment with new techniques in realistic scenarios

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Subject Operation/Series: DESERT RESCUE XI

Base: Naval Air Station, Fallon

State: Nevada (NV)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: Tsgt Scott Reed, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public

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label_outline Explore Minigun Machine Gun, Service Combat, Exercise Desert Rescue Xi

Captain (CPT), John Andress, USMC, F-18D Hornet aircraft pilot assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (All Weather) (VMFA "AW"-121), Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Miramar San Diego, CA adjusts his oxygen mask in preparation for a mission during DESERT RESCUE IX. DESERT RESCUE IX is a Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) training exercise involving all branches of the US Military in a real world rescue and combat scenario

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Aaron Allmon, Photographer, 1ST Combat Camera Squadron (CCS), uses a digital camera equipped with a telephoto lens to document Non-Combatant Evacuation training, during the rescue training exercise DESERT RESCUE XI. The exercise is the premiere Search And Rescue (SAR) training exercise involving all branches of the US Military and is conducted at the ranges at Fallon Naval Air Station (NAS), Nevada (NV)

A U.S. Marine Corps UH-1Y Venom assigned to Marine

In participation with EXERCISE DESERT RESCUE IX, STAFF Sergeant Lee T. Gaudreau with the 320th Special Tactical Squadron, Okinawa, Japan (hometown is Haverhill, Mass.), completes a High Altitude Low Opening (HALO) jump from the HC-130 near the B-16 range at Fallon Naval Air Station, Nevada.Desert Rescue IX is the premiere search and rescue (SAR) training exercise involving Navy, Army, Air Force and Marine personnel. It is conducted at the ranges of Fallon Naval Air Station, Nevada

U.S. Air Force STAFF SGT. Tiejie A. Jones, an HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter Aerial GUNNER, assigned to the 129th Rescue Squadron, wears a moulage eye injury make-up as he awaits extraction from his aircraft, during a simulated helicopter crash recovery exercise, held at Moffett Federal Airfield, Calif., on Sept. 12, 2004. (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by TECH. SGT. Daniel Kacir) (Released)

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jessie T. James, a crew chief

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant Kersten Whit, an A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft Crew CHIEF from the 118th Fighter Squadron (FS), Connecticut Air National Guard (CTANG), performs routine maintenance on his aircraft following a training mission during Exercise DESERT RESCUE XI. The exercise is the premiere Search And Rescue (SAR) training exercise involving all branches of the US Military and is conducted on the various ranges at Fallon Naval Air Station (NAS), Nevada (NV)

A US Navy (USN) SEAL Team Member armed with a 7.62mm M60E (Enhanced) light assault machine gun provides perimeter security as a HH-60F Seahawk helicopter lands to airlift a injured survivor during the rescue training exercise DESERT RESCUE XI. The exercise is the premiere Search And Rescue (SAR) training exercise involving all branches of the US Military and is conducted at the ranges of Fallon Naval Air Station, Nevada (NV)

US Air Force (USAF) Pararescuemen assigned to the 101st Expeditionary Rescue Squadron (ERQS), prepare to hoist a survivor into the door of a hovering USAF HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter during Search and Rescue (SAR) training being conducted at Baghdad International Airport (IAP), Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

U.S. Army soldiers from the 690th Rapid Port Opening

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U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Donnyell Williams, an aircraft

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