Pararescueman, US Air Force SENIOR MASTER Sergeant Louis Haack, Pararescue Supervisor of the 129th Rescue Wing, California Air National Guard, Moffett Federal Airfield, Mountain View, California stands in the read troop door a MC-130 Combat Shadow aircraft. SMSGT Haack is wearing a full HALO (High Altitude Low Opening) parachute load, demonstrating the amount of equipment that the Pararescueman need to carry and be expert in. The HALO jump system is used when troops are needed to parachute into remote or hostile areas where flying an aircraft is too dangerous or vulnerable to being shot down.


Pararescueman, US Air Force SENIOR MASTER Sergeant Louis Haack, Pararescue Supervisor of the 129th Rescue Wing, California Air National Guard, Moffett Federal Airfield, Mountain View, California stands in the read troop door a MC-130 Combat Shadow aircraft. SMSGT Haack is wearing a full HALO (High Altitude Low Opening) parachute load, demonstrating the amount of equipment that the Pararescueman need to carry and be expert in. The HALO jump system is used when troops are needed to parachute into remote or hostile areas where flying an aircraft is too dangerous or vulnerable to being shot down. The 129th Rescue Wing is one of only three Rescue Wings in the Air National Guard, their Pararescueman, US Air Force Senior Master Sergeant Louis Haack, Pararescue Supervisor of the 129th Rescue Wing, California Air National Guard, Moffett Federal Airfield, Mountain View, California stands in the read troop door a MC-130 ÒCombat ShadowÓ aircraft. SMSGT Haack is wearing a full HALO (High Altitude Low Opening) parachute load, demonstrating the amount of equipment that the Pararescueman need to carry and be expert in. The HALO jump system is used when troops are needed to parachute into remote or hostile areas where flying an aircraft is too dangerous or vulnerable to being shot down. The 129th Rescue Wing is one of only three Rescue Wings in the Air National Guard, their mission is to rescue allied pilots and aircrew downed during combat operations worldwide, and civilian search and rescue in California and over the Pacific Ocean. The 129th has saved 288 lives since 1975.


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