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GULF OF MEXICO -- An HH-60G Pave Hawk  from the 41st Rescue Squadron out of Moody Air Force Base, Ga., picks up a 38th Rescue Squadron pararescueman and a survivor off a ship approximately 260 miles south of New Orleans, La., during a rescue mission April 25. Responding to a request for support from the U.S. Coast Guard, two HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters and a 71st Rescue Squadron HC-130P King performed a 10-hour mission to retrieve a boatload of stranded immigrants in distress that had been picked up by a passing ship.  Subsequently, five adults and one child were hoisted from the tanker and transported to the West Jefferson Hospital in New Orleans, La.  (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Gina Chiaverotti)


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GULF OF MEXICO -- An HH-60G Pave Hawk from the 41st Rescue Squadron out of Moody Air Force Base, Ga., picks up a 38th Rescue Squadron pararescueman and a survivor off a ship approximately 260 miles south of New Orleans, La., during a rescue mission April 25. Responding to a request for support from the U.S. Coast Guard, two HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters and a 71st Rescue Squadron HC-130P King performed a 10-hour mission to retrieve a boatload of stranded immigrants in distress that had been picked up by a passing ship. Subsequently, five adults and one child were hoisted from the tanker and transported to the West Jefferson Hospital in New Orleans, La. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Gina Chiaverotti)

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