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Missile mission complete

Airmen from the 920th Rescue Wing, Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., secured the Eastern Range in two HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters off the nearby coast of Cape Canaveral Air Force Station to allow the safe launch of D-5 Trident Missile Feb. 22. After the launch, Reserve Airmen head back to Patrick along the coast of Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's coast and a view of the launch pads. Rescue Wing Airmen regularly perform range-clearing missions for all launches from CCAFS and Kennedy Space Center. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Cathleen Snow) from the displacement of the ballast being pushed out of the sub to submerge. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Cathleen Snow)

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