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
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
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
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
13/08/2003
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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