Airmen with the 101st Rescue Squadron train with soldiers from A Company 2nd Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group on July 24th, 2014. The soldiers training with the 101 RQS took turns mounting an inflatable zodiac to the bottom of the HH-60 Pavehawk, then flying out to the ocean to release it. The soldiers would then follow the zodiac into the water. Shortly after, the aircrew extracted the soldiers from the water using a SPIE system. The SPIE (or Special Patrol Insertion/Extraction) system was developed as a means to rapidly insert and/or extract service members from an area that does not p
Airmen with the 101st Rescue Squadron train with soldiers from A Company 2nd Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group on July 24th, 2014. The soldiers training with the 101 RQS took turns mounting an inflatable zodiac to the bottom of the HH-60 Pavehawk, then flying out to the ocean to release it. The soldiers would then follow the zodiac into the water. Shortly after, the aircrew extracted the soldiers from the water using a SPIE system. The SPIE (or Special Patrol Insertion/Extraction) system was developed as a means to rapidly insert and/or extract service members from an area that does not permit a helicopter to land. (New York Air National Guard / Senior Airman Christopher S Muncy / released)
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