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Hueys heighten search and rescue capabilities

(Left to right) Tech. Sgt. Michael Wright, 459th Airlift Squadron flight engineer and Tech. Sgt. Christopher Pound, 36th Rescue Squadron special missions aviator evaluator, perform hoist training at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Feb. 22, 2016. The 459th AS recently improved their search and rescue capabilities by outfitting two Hueys with new rescue hoists. Previously, without the hoist, conducting rescues in small, tight areas wasn’t feasible. Now, 459th AS aircrew can conduct any type of search and rescue scenario throughout the Kanto Plains. (U.S. Air Force photo by Osakabe Yasuo/Released)
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Hueys heighten search and rescue capabilities

(Left to right) Tech. Sgt. Michael Wright, 459th Airlift Squadron flight engineer, and Tech. Sgt. Christopher Pound, 36th Rescue Squadron special missions aviator evaluator, perform hoist training at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Feb. 22, 2016. The 459th AS recently improved their search and rescue capabilities by outfitting two Hueys with new rescue hoists. (U.S. Air Force photo by Osakabe Yasuo/Released)
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Hueys heighten search and rescue capabilities

Members of the 459th Airlift Squadron perform hoist weight test at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Feb. 22, 2016. The 459th AS recently improved their search and rescue capabilities by outfitting two UH-1N Hueys with new rescue hoists. Previously, without the hoist, conducting rescues in small, tight areas wasn’t feasible. Now, 459th AS aircrew can conduct any type of search and rescue scenario throughout the Kanto Plains. (U.S. Air Force photo by Osakabe Yasuo/Released)
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Hueys heighten search and rescue capabilities

Tech. Sgt. Christopher Rector, 459th Airlift Squadron flight engineer, supervises a UH-1 Huey lifting a testing weight, during hoist training at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Feb. 22, 2016. The 459th AS recently improved their search and rescue capabilities by outfitting two Hueys with new rescue hoists. (U.S. Air Force photo by Osakabe Yasuo/Released)
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Hueys heighten search and rescue capabilities

(Left to right) Tech. Sgt. Christopher Pound, 36th Rescue Squadron special missions aviator evaluator, and Tech. Sgt. Christopher Rector, 459th Airlift Squadron flight engineer, hoisted 350 lbs. during a hoist training exercise at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Feb. 22, 2016. The 459th AS recently improved their search and rescue capabilities by outfitting two Hueys with new rescue hoists. Previously, without the hoist, conducting rescues in small, tight areas wasn’t feasible. Now, 459th AS aircrew can conduct any type of search and rescue scenario throughout the Kanto Plains. (U.S. Air Force photo by Osakabe Yasuo/Released)
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Hueys heighten search and rescue capabilities

Staff Sgt. Nicholas Poe, 459th Airlift Squadron fight engineer, waits for a UH-1 Huey to land during hoist training at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Feb. 22, 2016. The 459th AS recently improved their search and rescue capabilities by outfitting two Hueys with new rescue hoists. Previously, without the hoist, conducting rescues in small, tight areas wasn’t feasible. Now, 459th AS aircrew can conduct any type of search and rescue scenario throughout the Kanto Plains. (U.S. Air Force photo by Osakabe Yasuo/Released)
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