A CH-46 Sea Knight crewmember leans out of the crew entry door and gives the aircrewmember leanding out of the helicopter in front of his a 'Hang Loose' sign moments before taking off from Shaw Air Force Base, The Marine Corps CH-46s, assigned to HMM-162 at New River, , have just been hot pit refueled by a KC-130. The hot pit refueling occured at Shaw as the helicopters transitted the area while deploying to Naval Air Station Atlanta, Ga., for an exercise. ( Air Force photo by Senior Airman Greg L. Davis) (Released) 000814-F-7910D-021 by navalsafetycenter

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