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Air Force Reserve Command

Formation of 7 aircraft with flag on the left — AFRC News

Rescue Reservists support NASA's planet-hunting mission

CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, Fla. - Rescue Reservists from the 920th Rescue Wing at Patrick Air Force, Fla. successfully supported a Delta II rocket launch carrying NASA's Kepler telescope to space for planet exploration March 6. The Reserve aircrews launched two HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters approx. three hours prior to the launch to clear a 1,000 square-mile area of the Atlantic Ocean warning boaters and ship captains that they were beneath the path of the rocket's trajectory asking them to move to safety. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Lt. Col. Rob Haston)

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Clearing space

Published March 8, 2009

USAF — USAF. (U.S. Air Force Graphic by Rosario "Charo" Gutierrez)

USAF. (U.S. Air Force Graphic by Rosario "Charo" Gutierrez)