83rd ERQS stands ready during Indenpendence Day

Maj. Paul Brighton checks the inside of an HH-60G Pave Hawk during crew changeover on Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, July 4, 2017. Brighton is a pilot with the 83rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron; he is deployed out of Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin Gonsier)

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83rd ERQS stands ready during Indenpendence Day

Maj. Paul Brighton, an 83rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron HH-60G Pave Hawk pilot, poses for with a photo of his family on Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, July 4, 2017. Brighton, who is deployed out of Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, flies the helicopter into hostile territory, ensuring pararescuemen reach their destination and provide life-saving medical care to wounded ground troops. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin Gonsier)

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83rd ERQS stands ready during Indenpendence Day

An Airman from the 83rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron conducts routine maintenance on the HH-60G Pave Hawk on Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, July 4, 2017. The 83rd ERQS is on-call at all times, never knowing when they might receive the call to rescue ground troops in need of urgent medical care. The maintainers and aircrew ensure the HH-60 is ready at all times for when that call does come in. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin Gonsier)

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83rd ERQS stands ready during Indenpendence Day

Tech. Sgt. Wayne Cowen, an 83rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron special missions aviator, loads ammunition into a .50 caliber machine gun on Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, July 4, 2017. As a special missions aviator, Cowen is a jack-of-all-trades; he conducts pre-flight inspections, maintains the aircraft systems while airborne and employs the aircraft weapons systems in the event of an attack. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin Gonsier)

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83rd ERQS stands ready during Indenpendence Day

Published July 7, 2017
455th Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs