Air Force Lt. Col. Michael Pakiz, a pilot with the 711th Special Operations Squadron, scans the airfield in a C-145A Skytruck during Operation Blood Rain near Duke Field, Florida, June 30, 2021. Operation Blood Rain is a research project in support of United States Special Operations Command, testing the safety of blood after it has experienced environmental and gravitational forces during the air drop, and assesses its feasibility for transfusion in a patient.

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