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    US Soldiers conduct rescue training during Angel Thunder 2015 [Image 4 of 12]

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    A military medevac helicopter, identifiable by the red cross marking, hovers over a desert canyon terrain while conducting a hoist rescue or extraction operation. A person is suspended on a cable beneath the helicopter, while four observers on the ground watch from below. The scene appears to be either a training exercise or an actual rescue operation in an arid, rocky landscape.

    FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA, UNITED STATES

    06.12.2015

    Photo by Tech. Sgt. Courtney Richardson 

    355th Wing

    U.S. Army rescue Soldiers from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., simulating patients, hang from a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter June 12, during an extraction exercise as part of Angel Thunder 2015 at Barringer Meteorite Crater in Flagstaff, Ariz. The helicopter is from the Arizona Army National Guard’s 159th Aviation Regiment (Air Ambulance), 5th Battalion, Charlie Company, Detachment 1. Angel Thunder is a joint service, multinational, interagency combat search and rescue exercise designed to provide training for personnel recovery assets using a variety of scenarios that simulate deployment conditions and contingencies. (U.S. Air Force photo by (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Courtney Richardson/Released)

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    Date Taken: 06.12.2015
    Date Posted: 06.12.2015 19:09
    Photo ID: 1996111
    VIRIN: 150612-F-NJ219-030
    Resolution: 4256x2832
    Size: 1.4 MB
    Location: FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA, US

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