Desert Reload

Staff Sgt. Andrew Gibson, scans terrain for training targets from an HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter during a fixed, forward firing mission over the Nevada Test and Training Ranges on 25 June, 2010. Sgt. Gibson is a flight engineer assigned to the 129th Rescue Squadron, Moffett Field, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Kevin Gruenwald/Released)

Desert Reload

Staff Sgt. Andrew Gibson, carries .50- caliber machine gun ammo to reload from an HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter during a fixed, forward firing mission over the Nevada Test and Training Ranges on 25 June, 2010. Sgt. Gibson is a flight engineer assigned to the 129th Rescue Squadron, Moffett Field, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Kevin Gruenwald/Released)

66th RQS Orientation Flight

NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev.-- Senior Airman Phillip Bradbury, 66th Rescue Squadron flight engineer, assists spouses with safety belts inside the HH-60G Pavehawk during the spouse orientation day Oct. 16, 2009. Spouses of the 66th RQS, 58th RQS and 763rd Maintenance Squadron participated in orientation flights to become familiar with the training and the mission of the units. (U.S Air Force Photo by Airman 1st Class Stephanie Rubi)

66th RQS Orientation Flight

NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE Nev.-- Beth Bracklein, wife of Staff Sgt. Michael Bracklein, 66th Rescue Squadron air crew flight equipment craftsman, is briefed on the proper use of night vision goggles during a briefing before the spouse orientation flights. Spouses of the 66th RQS, 58th RQS and 763rd Maintenance Squadron participated in orientation flights to become familiar with the training and the mission of the units. (U.S. Air Force Photo Airman 1st Class Stephanie Rubi)

Leave no man behind

An Air Force HH-60 Pave Hawk, 66th Rescue Squadron from Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. holds in a hover position over Lake Mead during water rescue training Aug. 24, 2009. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Master Sgt. Kevin J. Gruenwald)

Nellis Airmen locate missing aircraft

NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev.- Airman 1st Class Christopher Mallaire, a crew chief with the 763rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, prepares to taxis out an HH-60G Pavehawk helicopter departing for a real-world rescue mission May 1. Four helicopters and approximately six personnel from the 58th and 66th Rescue Squadrons deployed to assist in the search for a pilot and passenger who were aboard a motorized sailplane that disappeared from radar in the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range near Mammoth Lakes, Calif., April. 24. The aircraft was flying between Tonopah, Nev., and Modesto, Calif., and a search began about an hour after the plane was overdue. The Air Force Rescue Coordination Center is overseeing the effort and as of April 30, the Civil Air Patrol and other agencies had flown more than 140 sorties in a 2,500 square-mile search area. (U.S. Air Force photo by/Senior Airman Nadine Y. Barclay)