visualintel > KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan -- Senior Airman Chris Piercecchi (left) adjusts his survival vest before a rescue mission as Senior Master Sgt. Jim Sanchez watches.  They are pararescuemen with the 451st Air Expeditionary Group here and are deployed from the 305th Rescue Squadron at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz.  (U.S. Air Force photo by Col. Eric W. Vollmecke) (Photo courtesy of U.S. Air Force; seen on  http://www.visualintel.net)
visualintel > OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM -- Senior Master Sgt. Matt Ramp, an Air Force Reserve pararescueman assigned to the 304th Rescue Squadron, Portland International Airport, performs a rappelling exercise from the Baghdad International Airport air traffic control tower. Members of the 304th Rescue Squadron are deployed to Baghdad International Airport supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. James M. Bowman) (Photo courtesy of U.S. Air Force; seen on  http://www.visualintel.net)
visualintel > Pararescueman Air Force Staff Sgt. Joseph Piccoli, 306th Rescue Squadron, rappels off the rock wall at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, during a training exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Andrea Wright) (Photo courtesy of U.S. Air Force; seen on  http://www.visualintel.net)
visualintel > U.S. Airmen in the Pararescue Indoctrination Course at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, recover after completing a 40 meter underwater swim June 17, 2008. The 10 week course trains students through intense physical and mental training. The dropout rate during the Pararescue Indoctrination Course is typically 60-70 percent. (U.S. Air Force photo by Robbin Cresswell/Released) (Photo courtesy of U.S. Air Force; seen on  http://www.visualintel.net)
visualintel > KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Senior Airman Jonathan Courtright keeps an eye on "enemy" forces while conducting a "rescue mission" during Joint Air and Sea Exercise 2005 here. Airman Courtright is a pararescueman with the 31st Rescue Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Val Gempis) (Photo courtesy of U.S. Air Force; seen on  http://www.visualintel.net)
visualintel > KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- (From left) Staff Sgt. Charles Bouck, Tech. Sgt. Keith Hartman and Senior Airman Jonathan Courtney evacuate Tech. Sgt. Handel Stewart during a situational medical exercise here.  During training, pararescuemen "treated" wounded "Soldiers" ambushed by enemy forces while a medical team evaluated their combat medical skills.  The Airmen are assigned to the 31st Rescue Squadron.  (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Val Gempis) (Photo courtesy of U.S. Air Force; seen on  http://www.visualintel.net)
visualintel > Senior Airman Brandon Smith (left) and Staff Sgt. Lopaka Mounts conduct search and rescue operations in Galveston, Texas, after Hurricane Ike, Sept. 13. Sergeant Mounts and Airman Smith are both pararescueman assigned to the 331st Air Expeditionary Group at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. James L. Harper Jr.) (Photo courtesy of U.S. Air Force; seen on  http://www.visualintel.net)
visualintel > Pararescuemen from the 414th Combat Training Squadron and parachutists from the 820th Red Horse Squadron from Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., jump out of a C-130 Hercules Sept. 1 over the Nevada Test and Training Ranges in support of Red Flag Exercise 06-2. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Kevin Gruenwald) (Photo courtesy of U.S. Air Force; seen on  http://www.visualintel.net)
visualintel > A U.S. Air Force pararescueman looks out the back of a C-130 Hercules aircraft prior to executing a jump over Southwestern Germany Sept. 24, 2008. Pararescueman conducted the jump in conjunction with Airmen assigned to the 786th Security Forces Squadron in preparation for an upcoming mission in Bitburg, Germany. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kenny Holston/Released) (Photo courtesy of U.S. Air Force; seen on  http://www.visualintel.net)
KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan -- Senior Airman Chris Piercecchi (left) adjusts his survival vest before a rescue mission as Senior Master Sgt. Jim Sanchez watches. They are pararescuemen with the 451st Air Expeditionary Group here and are deployed from the 305th Rescue Squadron at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz. (U.S. Air Force photo by Col. Eric W. Vollmecke) (Photo courtesy of U.S. Air Force; seen on http://www.visualintel.net)
visualintel > KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan -- Senior Airman Chris Piercecchi (left) adjusts his survival vest before a rescue mission as Senior Master Sgt. Jim Sanchez watches.  They are pararescuemen with the 451st Air Expeditionary Group here and are deployed from the 305th Rescue Squadron at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz.  (U.S. Air Force photo by Col. Eric W. Vollmecke) (Photo courtesy of U.S. Air Force; seen on  http://www.visualintel.net)
KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan -- Senior Airman Chris Piercecchi (left) adjusts his survival vest before a rescue mission as Senior Master Sgt. Jim Sanchez watches. They are pararescuemen with the 451st Air Expeditionary Group here and are deployed from the 305th Rescue Squadron at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz. (U.S. Air Force photo by Col. Eric W. Vollmecke) (Photo courtesy of U.S. Air Force; seen on http://www.visualintel.net)
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