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A US Air Force (USAF) HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter, assigned to the 56th Rescue Squadron (RQS), 398th Air Expeditionary Group (AEG) is used to conduct a ladder extraction during Alternate Insertion Extraction training 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

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JTF LIBERIA Base: Lungi Country: Sierra Leone (SLE) Scene Camera Operator: Tsgt Justin D. Pyle, USAF Release Status: Release More

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Jason Egger, a Pararescueman with the 56th Rescue Squadron (RQS), 398th Air Expeditionary Group (AEG) takes Global Positioning System (GPS) readings during a training mission aboard a HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter, 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

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JTF LIBERIA Base: Lungi Country: Sierra Leone (SLE) Scene Camera Operator: Tsgt Justin D. Pyle, USAF Release Status: Release More

A US Air Force (USAF) HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter from the 56th Rescue Squadron (RQS), 398th Air Expeditionary Group (AEG), prepares to land during a training exercise while deployed at Lungi, 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

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JTF LIBERIA Base: Lungi Country: Sierra Leone (SLE) Scene Camera Operator: Tsgt Justin D. Pyle, USAF Release Status: Release More

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Jason Egger, a Pararescueman with the 56th Rescue Squadron (RQS), 398th Air Expeditionary Group (AEG) checks in with Command and Control after landing aboard a HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter, 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

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JTF LIBERIA Base: Lungi Country: Sierra Leone (SLE) Scene Camera Operator: Tsgt Justin D. Pyle, USAF Release Status: Release More

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

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JTF LIBERIA Base: Lungi Country: Sierra Leone (SLE) Scene Camera Operator: Tsgt Justin D. Pyle, USAF Release Status: Release More

A US Air Force (USAF) HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter, assigned to the 56th Rescue Squadron (RQS), 398th Air Expeditionary Group (AEG) lands 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

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JTF LIBERIA Base: Lungi Country: Sierra Leone (SLE) Scene Camera Operator: Tsgt Justin D. Pyle, USAF Release Status: Release More

US Air Force (USAF) Pararescuemen assigned to the 56th Rescue Squadron (RQS), 398th Air Expeditionary Group (AEG), practice ladder extraction techniques using a HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter during an Alternate Insertion Extraction training exercise at 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

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JTF LIBERIA Base: Lungi Country: Sierra Leone (SLE) Scene Camera Operator: Tsgt Justin D. Pyle, USAF Release Status: Release More

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Jon Harrison (foreground), 786th Security Forces Squadron (SFS), waits as a Pararescueman with the 56th Rescue Squadron (RQS), 398th Air Expeditionary Group (AEG), is hoisted aboard an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter during a Alternate Insertion Extraction training exercise at 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

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JTF LIBERIA Base: Lungi Country: Sierra Leone (SLE) Scene Camera Operator: Tsgt Justin D. Pyle, USAF Release Status: Release More

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Andrew Yost and STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Jason Egger, both Pararescuemen with the 56th Rescue Squadron (RQS), 398th Air Expeditionary Group (AEG), are hoisted aboard an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter during a Alternate Insertion Extraction training exercise at 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

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JTF LIBERIA Base: Lungi Country: Sierra Leone (SLE) Scene Camera Operator: Tsgt Justin D. Pyle, USAF Release Status: Release More

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Andrew Yost, 56th Rescue Squadron (RQS), 398th Air Expeditionary Group (AEG), and STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Jon Harrison, 786th Security Forces Squadron (SFS), are hoisted aboard an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter during a Alternate Insertion Extraction training exercise at 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

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JTF LIBERIA Base: Lungi Country: Sierra Leone (SLE) Scene Camera Operator: Tsgt Justin D. Pyle, USAF Release Status: Release More

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Andrew Yost and STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Jason Egger, both Pararescuemen with the 56th Rescue Squadron (RQS), 398th Air Expeditionary Group (AEG), are hoisted aboard an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter during a Alternate Insertion Extraction training exercise at 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

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JTF LIBERIA Base: Lungi Country: Sierra Leone (SLE) Scene Camera Operator: Tsgt Justin D. Pyle, USAF Release Status: Release More

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Jason Egger, a Pararescueman with the 56th Rescue Squadron (RQS), 398th Air Expeditionary Group (AEG), signal thumbs up as he prepare to be hoisted aboard an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter during a Alternate Insertion Extraction training exercise at 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

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JTF LIBERIA Base: Lungi Country: Sierra Leone (SLE) Scene Camera Operator: Tsgt Justin D. Pyle, USAF Release Status: Release More

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Andrew Yost and STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Jason Egger, both Pararescuemen with the 56th Rescue Squadron (RQS), 398th Air Expeditionary Group (AEG), are hoisted aboard an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter during a Alternate Insertion Extraction training exercise at 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

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JTF LIBERIA Base: Lungi Country: Sierra Leone (SLE) Scene Camera Operator: Tsgt Justin D. Pyle, USAF Release Status: Release More

US Air Force (USAF) Pararescuemen assigned to the56th Rescue Squadron (RQS), 398th Air Expeditionary Group (AEG), practice their fast rope insertion techniques using a HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter during an Alternate Insertion Extraction training exercise at 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

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JTF LIBERIA Base: Lungi Country: Sierra Leone (SLE) Scene Camera Operator: Tsgt Justin D. Pyle, USAF Release Status: Release More

US Air Force (USAF) Major (MAJ) Brett Hartnett, an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter pilot with the 56th Rescue Squadron (RQS), 398th Air Expeditionary Group (AEG), inspect maintenance forms with STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Joel Ellis, the aircrafts Crew CHIEF, while deployed at Lungi, Sierra Leone. The 398th AEG is currently in 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

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JTF LIBERIA Base: Lungi Country: Sierra Leone (SLE) Scene Camera Operator: Tech SGT Justin D. Pyle, USAF Release Status: Rel More

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Doug McDonnell, 85th Maintenance Squadron, 398th Air Expeditionary Group (AEG), performs maintenance on the tail rotor boot of a HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter while deployed at Lungi, Sierra Leone. The 398th AEG is currently in 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

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JTF LIBERIA Base: Lungi Country: Sierra Leone (SLE) Scene Camera Operator: Tech SGT Justin D. Pyle, USAF Release Status: Rel More

Light enhanced photography showing US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Joe Kirsch, a door gunner with the 56th Rescue Squadron, 398th Air Expeditionary Group (AEG), manning a 5.56mm GAU-II minigun aboard a HH-60G Pave Hawk, while deployed at Lungi, Sierra Leone. The 398th AEG is currently in 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

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JTF LIBERIA Base: Lungi Country: Sierra Leone (SLE) Scene Camera Operator: Tsgt Justin D. Pyle, USAF Release Status: Release More

US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Chad Marie and SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Richard Hopen, both assigned to the 85th Maintenance Squadron (MXS), 398th Air Expeditionary Group (AEG), work to remove a refueling drogue from an aircrafts refueling probe, while deployed at deployed at Lungi, Sierra Leone. The 398th AEG is currently in 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

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JTF LIBERIA Base: Lungi Country: Sierra Leone (SLE) Scene Camera Operator: Tech SGT Justin D. Pyle, USAF Release Status: Rel More

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Steven Nagel, 85th Maintenance Squadron, 398th Air Expeditionary Group (AEG), removes a refueling drogue coupling, lodged stuck to a US Marine Corps (USMC) AV-8B Harrier aircrafts refueling probe, while deployed at deployed at Lungi, Sierra Leone. The 398th AEG is currently in 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

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JTF LIBERIA Base: Lungi Country: Sierra Leone (SLE) Scene Camera Operator: Tech SGT Justin D. Pyle, USAF Release Status: Rel More

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Doug McDonnell, 85th Maintenance Squadron, 398th Air Expeditionary Group (AEG), performs maintenance on the tail rotor boot of a HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter while deployed at Lungi, Sierra Leone. The 398th AEG is currently in 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

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JTF LIBERIA Base: Lungi Country: Sierra Leone (SLE) Scene Camera Operator: Tech SGT Justin D. Pyle, USAF Release Status: Rel More

A US Marine Corp (USMC) AV-8B Harrier aircraft, deployed with the 398th Air Expeditionary Group (AEG), takes off on the runway at Freetown International Airport, Sierra Leone. The 398th AEG is currently in 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

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JTF LIBERIA Base: Freetown International Airport Country: Sierra Leone (SLE) Scene Camera Operator: Tsgt Justin D. Pyle, USAF More

A US Marine Corp (USMC) AV-8B Harrier aircraft, deployed with the 398th Air Expeditionary Group (AEG), takes off at Freetown International Airport, Sierra Leone. The 398th AEG is currently in 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

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JTF LIBERIA Base: Freetown International Airport Country: Sierra Leone (SLE) Scene Camera Operator: Tsgt Justin D. Pyle, USAF More

A US Air Force (USAF) HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter from the 56th Rescue Squadron (RQS), 398th Air Expeditionary Group (AEG), lands at sunset during external sling-load training in Lungi, 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

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JTF LIBERIA Base: Lungi Country: Sierra Leone (SLE) Scene Camera Operator: Tgst Justin D. Pyle, USAF Release Status: Release More

A US Air Force (USAF) HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter from the 56th Rescue Squadron (RQS), 398th Air Expeditionary Group (AEG), flies into the sunset during external slingload training in Lungi, 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

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JTF LIBERIA Base: Lungi Country: Sierra Leone (SLE) Scene Camera Operator: Tgst Justin D. Pyle, USAF Release Status: Release More