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U.S. Air Force pararescuemen assigned to the 64th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, Joint Base Balad, Iraq, prepare to board an HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter during proficiency training outside Baghdad, Iraq, on April 10, 2009.

U.S. Air Force pararescuemen prepare to board an HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter.

U.S. Air Force pararescuemen assigned to the 64th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, Joint Base Balad, Iraq, prepare to board an HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter during proficiency training outside Baghdad, Iraq, on April 10, 2009.

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