ROYAL AIR FORCE LAKENHEATH, England -- An HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter waits inside its hangar on the Lakenheath flightline Nov. 22. The helicopter has its rotors and tail folded in preparation for loading aboard a C-17 Globemaster III for deployment to Afghanistan (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman David Dobrydney)
ROYAL AIR FORCE LAKENHEATH, England – Staff Sgt. Steven Smiltneek, 748th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron electrical/environmental systems technician, sits in the cockpit of an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter to help guide it as it is towed out of its hangar Nov. 22. The helicopter was towed to a waiting C-17 Globemaster III for transport to a deployed location in Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman David Dobrydney)
ROYAL AIR FORCE LAKENHEATH, England -- Airmen from the 748th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron guide an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter as it is pushed toward a waiting C-17 Globemaster III on Nov. 22. The 56th Rescue Squadron sent two helicopters to Afghanistan as part of an upcoming deployment. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman David Dobrydney)
ROYAL AIR FORCE LAKENHEATH, England -- Airmen maneuver an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter into place in the cargo bay of a C-17 Globemaster III on Nov. 22. Approximately 20 Airmen from the 748th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron and the C-17’s flight crew worked together to load two helicopters for a deployment to Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman David Dobrydney)
ROYAL AIR FORCE LAKENHEATH, England – Staff Sgt. Benjamin Halaszynski, 748th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron communication/navigation mission systems technician, secures an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter to the cargo floor of a C-17 Globemaster III on Nov. 22. Two helicopters were loaded on the C-17, each requiring anchoring at 18 points before the aircraft could take off. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman David Dobrydney)