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Cadets from the Chilean Air Force Academy pose in front of an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter during a visit to the 920th Rescue Wing at Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., Aug. 26, 2013. The cadets were visiting PAFB to learn more about the rescue mission, and were given a brief and tour of the helicopter. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Staff Sgt. Katie Spencer)

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Col. Robert Ament, vice wing commander of the 920th Rescue Wing, gives a mission brief to more than 100 Chilean Air Force Academy cadets at Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., Aug. 26. The cadets were visiting PAFB to learn more about the rescue mission, and were given a brief and tour of an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Staff Sgt. Katie Spencer)

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Uno, dos, tres cuatro!

Cadets from the Chilean Air Force Academy march in a formation on the flightline during a visit to the 920th Rescue Wing at Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., Aug. 26, 2013. The cadets were visiting PAFB to learn more about the rescue mission, and were given a brief and tour of the HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Staff Sgt. Katie Spencer)

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Chilean Air Force cadets visit rescue wing

Published Aug. 26, 2013
By Master Sgt. Paul Flipse
920th Rescue Wing Public Affairs

PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- A group of cadets from the Chilean Air Force Academy at Santiago, Chile, toured Space Coast military facilities today, including a visit to the 920th Rescue Wing.

Roughly 100 young men and women from Escuela de Avion, Fuerza Aerea de Chile (Aviation School, Chilean Air Force) received a mission brief from 920th Vice Commander Col. Rob Ament, toured the wing's helicopter squadron and got a close look at one of the unit's HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters.

The group was sponsored and accompanied by Col. T. Nelson Johnson, the Air Force Attaché at the Office of the U.S. Ambassador to Chile.

Guests of honor

Guests of honor

Uno, dos, tres cuatro!