Lt. Col. Gene Becker speaks to the crews and maintainers after the last combat mission of the MH-53 Pave Low Sept. 28 in Iraq. The 20th ESOS MH-53 helicopters and their crews provided much of the vertical lift, direct action and logistical resupply to the Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force in Iraq. Colonel Becker is the 20th Expeditionary Special Operations Squadron commander.

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Lt. Col. Gene Becker speaks to the crews and maintainers after the last combat mission of the MH-53 Pave Low Sept. 28 in Iraq. The 20th ESOS MH-53 helicopters and their crews provided much of the vertical lift, direct action and logistical resupply to the Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force in Iraq. Colonel Becker is the 20th Expeditionary Special Operations Squadron commander.

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