#us air force
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.)
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If there’s no mustache, it ain’t Pedros.
Two HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopters from the 83rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron sit near the Craig Joint Theater Hospital after dropping off simulated patients during an exercise at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan. The exercise allowed for both pararescue and medical personnel to practice responding to a real-world emergency.
(Photo by USAF Captain Bryan Bouchard, 23 JAN 2016.)
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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.)
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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.)
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And then train some more.
U.S. Air Force pararescuemen from the 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron prepare to debark the U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter to participate in Mass Casualty Exercise 12-1 which started in the Grand Bara Desert, Djibouti. The exercise followed a fictitious storyline, but called for the employment of real-world assets. While French and U.S. forces conduct frequent combined training events, this was the first exercise of this type between the two nations in Djibouti. The U.S. forces involved are assigned to Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa, or CJTF-HOA. CJTF-HOA works with coalition partners, such as the French, and with countries in East Africa to promote regional security and stability.
(Photo by Staff Sergeant Christopher Ruano, 25 SEP 2012. Source.)
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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 themini-guns50cal mounted on the side and the support reinforcements. Correction appreciated. -R]
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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]
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Never look down on a medic, you never know when you will be looking up at one.
[Not a medic, a pararescueman, who will fly into red air to save your ass with door gunners blazing. Because even specops gotta call 911.]
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Full synthetic. And change the wiper blades, would you?
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jonathan Torres, 51st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, crew chief, checks the oil while conducting a post flight check on a U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II from the 25th Fighter Squadron during Red Flag-Alaska 12-2 at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska.
Red Flag-Alaska is a Pacific Air Forces-sponsored, joint/coalition, tactical air combat employment exercise which corresponds to the operational capability of participating units. The entire exercise takes place in the Joint Pacific Range Complex over Alaska as well as a portion of Western Canada for a total airspace of more than 67,000 square miles.
(Photo by Tech Sergeant Mike Holzworth, 18 June 2012 via DVIDS.)
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