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)
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