Caught in the Wash
PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- A HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter from the 920th Rescue Wing closes in on an astronaut adrift in the Atlantic Ocean as part of a search and rescue exercise. The goal of the exercise was to test search and rescue capabilities to locate, recover and provide medical treatment for astronauts following a Space Shuttle open-ocean bailout. A number of Air Force, Navy, Coast Guard and NASA organizations patricipated in the exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Cathleen Snow)