Staff Sgt. Nicholas Estrada, 54th Helicopter Squadron flight engineer, conducts search and rescue training from a UH-1N Helicopter near Garrison, N.D., July 20, 2015. During the training, Estrada and the helicopter’s crew had to locate and hoist two tactical response force members from a field near a wooded area. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Stephanie Morris)

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A UH-1N Helicopter circles trees during a search and rescue training mission near Garrison, N.D., July 20, 2015. The crew practiced SAR operations in preparation for the upcoming Air Force Global Strike Command’s Global Strike Challenge. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Stephanie Morris)

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Airman 1st Class William Barron, 791st Missile Security Forces Squadron tactical response force member, is hoisted into a UH-1N Helicopter near Garrison, N.D., July 20, 2015. Barron and the helicopter crew were practicing search and rescue tactics for the upcoming Global Strike Challenge competition in Guernsey, Wyo. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Stephanie Morris)

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A UH-1N Helicopter circles trees during a search and rescue training mission near Garrison, N.D., July 20, 2015. The crew practiced SAR operations in preparation for the upcoming Air Force Global Strike Command’s Global Strike Challenge. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Stephanie Morris)

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Staff Sgt. Nicholas Estrada, 54th Helicopter Squadron flight engineer, conducts search and rescue training from a UH-1N Helicopter near Garrison, N.D., July 20, 2015. During the training, Estrada and the helicopter’s crew had to locate and hoist two tactical response force members from a field near a wooded area. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Stephanie Morris)

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Staff Sgt. Clarence Rainey, 791st Missile Security Forces Squadron tactical response force member, is hoisted into a UH-1N Helicopter near Garrison, N.D., July 20, 2015. Rainey and the helicopter’s crew were practicing search and rescue tactics for the upcoming Global Strike Challenge competition in Guernsey, Wyo. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Stephanie Morris)

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Staff Sgt. Nicholas Estrada, 54th Helicopter Squadron flight engineer, looks out the door of a UH-1N Helicopter at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., July 20, 2015. Estrada and the helicopter’s crew traveled to an area near Garrison, N.D. to conduct search and rescue training with members of the base’s tactical response force. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Stephanie Morris)

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Gauges line the instrument panel of a UH-1N Helicopter at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., July 20, 2015. UH-1N Helicopters have been in service since the Vietnam War and are still used by the Air Force for search and rescue operations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Stephanie Morris)

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Airman 1st Class William Barron, 791st Missile Security Forces Squadron tactical response force member, flies with UH-1N Helicopter crew members near Garrison, N.D., July 20, 2015. Barron and a fellow TRF member stood in a wooded area so the helicopter crew could practice search and rescue procedures. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Stephanie Morris)

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Airman 1st Class William Barron (left), and Staff Sgt. Clarence Rainey, 791st Missile Security Forces Squadron tactical response force members, adjust their radios and headsets near Garrison, N.D., July 20, 2015. Barron and Rainey stood in a wooded area so UH-1N Helicopter crew members could practice search and rescue procedures. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Stephanie Morris)

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Airman 1st Class William Barron, 791st Missile Security Forces Squadron tactical response force member, scans the sky for a UH-1N Helicopter near Garrison, N.D., July 20, 2015. Barron and a fellow TRF member stood in a wooded area so the helicopter’s crew could practice search and rescue procedures. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Stephanie Morris)

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Search and rescue ready

Published July 22, 2015
By Senior Airman Stephanie Morris
Minot Air Force Base Public Affairs

MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. -- UH-N1 Helicopter crew members and Airmen from the 791st Missile Security Forces Squadron tactical response force worked together during a search and rescue training mission near Garrison, N.D., July 20, 2015. During training, TRF members took positions in different wooded locations so the helicopter crew could practice locating them. Once located, the TRF members were hoisted into the aircraft via a force penetrator. (U.S. Air Force photos/Senior Airman Stephanie Morris)