A U.S. Air Force HH-60G Pave Hawk search and rescue helicopter prepares to land at Brazilian Air Base Campo Grande in Campo Grande, Brazil, August 19, 2023. The New York Air National Guard is participating in Exercise Tapio with their Brazilian counterparts as part of the New York National Guard’s State Partnership with Brazil. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman 1st Class Sarah McKernan)
A U.S. Air Force HH-60G Pave Hawk search and rescue helicopter prepares to take off on a familiarization flight ahead of a search and rescue exercise as part of Exercise Tapio on Brazilian Air Base Campo Grande in Campo Grande, Brazil, August 19, 2023. Exercise Tapio is being conducted as part of the New York National Guard’s State Partnership with Brazil. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman 1st Class Sarah McKernan)
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Isaac Buck, a Special Missions Aviator with the 106th Rescue Wing based at Francis S. Gabreski Air National Guard Base in Westhampton Beach, N.Y., performs a pre-flight check on an HH-60G Pave Hawk search and rescue helicopter on Brazilian Air Base Campo Grande in Campo Grande, Brazil on August 19, 2023. The HH-60 is taking off on a familiarization flight ahead of a search and rescue exercise as part of Exercise Tapio which is being conducted as part of the National Guard’s State Partnership Program. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman 1st Class Sarah McKernan)
A C-130J Combat King II search and rescue aircraft assigned to the 106th Rescue Wing based at Francis S. Gabreski Air National Guard Base in Westhampton Beach, N.Y., sits on the flightline of Brazilian Air Base Campo Grande ahead of a familiarization flight being conducted as part of Exercise Tapio in Campo Grande, Brazil, August 19, 2023. Exercise Tapio is being conducted as part of the New York National Guard’s State Partnership with Brazil. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman 1st Class Sarah McKernan)
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Bailey Sullivan, a Special Missions Aviator with the 106th Rescue Wing based at Francis S. Gabreski Air National Guard Base in Westhampton Beach, N.Y., performs a pre-flight check on an HH-60G Pave Hawk search and rescue helicopter on Brazilian Air Base Campo Grande in Campo Grande, Brazil on August 19, 2023. The HH-60 is taking off on a familiarization flight ahead of a search and rescue exercise as part of Exercise Tapio which is being conducted as part of the National Guard’s State Partnership Program. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman 1st Class Sarah McKernan)