#pavehawk

soldierporn:

Melancholy is sadness that has taken on lightness. -Italo Calvino

A U.S. Air Force HH-60 Pave Hawk from the 83rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron takes off from Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan.

(Photo by Tech Sergeant Matt Hecht, 19 NOV 2011.)

soldierporn:

Larger than life.

U.S. Air Force pararescuemen, 83rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, provide security during a mission in Afghanistan. 

(Photo by Staff Sergeant Jonathan Snyder, 7 NOV 2012.)

soldierporn:

Pack of sheepdogs.

U.S. Air Force pararescuemen, 83rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, secure the area after being lowered from a U.S. Air Force HH-60 Pave Hawk during a mission in Afghanistan.

(Photo by Staff Sgt. Jonathan Snyder, 7 NOV 2012.)

soldierporn:

We bring the “pew-pew’s” when we come to get you.

A pararescueman assigned to the 83rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron awaits dust-off aboard a U.S. Air Force HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan. HH-60 crews rely on their maintainers to keep the Pave Hawks in peak condition so they can fly in support of NATO and Afghan forces at a moment’s notice.

(Photo by Captain Raymond Geoffrey, 25 May 2012 via DVIDS.)

[Great shot of the mini-guns 50cal mounted on the side and the support reinforcements. Correction appreciated. -R]

soldierporn:

Jolly Green Giant!

Tech. Sgt. John Arquitola, 33rd Expeditionary Helicopter Maintenance Unit HH-60G Pave Hawk weapons section expeditor, inspects and cleans a mounted .50-caliber machine gun on a U.S. Air Force HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan.

(U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jeff Nevison, 24 May 2012 via DVIDS.)

[Posting this one for the gunporn. And the patch, of course. -R]