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HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters line up for an exercise at Nellis Airforce Base, March 1985. The Pave Hawk is designed for combat search and rescue operations but has been used for civil search and rescue missions after Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and the Boxing Day Tsunami of 2004.
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