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A dragon waits

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket sits on a launch pad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., prior to launching to the International Space Station May 22. Rescue Wing Airman from the 920th Rescue Wing, Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., piloted two HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters nearby as they went to working clearing and securing the Eastern Range to ensure safety beneath the launch hazard area prior to this historic milestone launch as the first commercial mission to the ISS. (Courtesy photo/Mike Killian)
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Last hoorah

Space Shuttle Discovery took off from Kennedy Space Center on Florida's Space Coast for the last time April 17 parading down the beaches for public spectacle before making a u-turn at Patrick Air Force Base, Fla.to head north to its new home at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington D.C. Airmen from the 920th Rescue Wing, PAFB, were on hand for the past 50 years serving as guardians of the astronauts during all space shuttle launches and landings. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Rob Grande)
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Radio wave off

The Test Instrumentation (TI) mast allows radio and telemetry communications of the submerged Navy USS Tennessee (SSBN 734) Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine after it completed its Demonstration and Shakedown Operation Feb. 22 with the submerged launch of an unarmed Trident II D5 missile. Airmen from the 920th Rescue Wing, Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., cleared the launch path of mariners in an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter off the nearby coast of Cape Canaveral Air Force Station to allow the safe launch. The purpose of the DASO was to ensure that the submarine's crew could safely meet the stringent requirements for handling, (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Cathleen Snow)
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Special equipment

Lt. Col. Rob Haston, 301st Rescue Squadron pilot, Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. uses special equipment to detect the direction of ships and boats on the Atlantic Ocean that might be heading toward the launch hazard area. Haston works as a team with the HH-60G Pave Hawk's helicopter's five-person crew to clear the Eastern Range Feb. 22 to ensure safety during a submerged Navy Trident missile launch. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Cathleen Snow)
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Missile crew

Capt. Jason Tomas, 301st Rescue Squadron pilot, Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. works as a team with the HH-60G Pave Hawk's helicopter's five-person crew to clear the Eastern Range Feb. 22 to ensure safety during a submerged Navy Trident missile launch. The Navy's USS Tennessee, a Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine, underwent demonstration and shakedown operations (DASO) and successfully fired an D-5 Trident test missile off the coast of Cape Canaveral. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Cathleen Snow)
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Maintenance check

Master Sgt. Brian Ball, maintenance Airmane, Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. works as a team with the HH-60G Pave Hawk's helicopter's five-person crew to ensure the aircraft is safe for flight. It's being prepped Feb. 22 for aircrew to secure the Easter Range during during a submerged Navy Trident missile launch. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Cathleen Snow)
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Safety search

Airmen from the 920th Rescue Wing, Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., clear a path in an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter off the nearby coast of Cape Canaveral Air Force Station to allow for the safe launch of a D-5 Trident Missile Feb. 22. The Navy's USS Tennessee, an Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine, underwent demonstration and shakedown operations (DASO) and successfully fired the D-5 Trident test missile off the coast of Cape Canaveral Feb. 22. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Cathleen Snow)
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Airborne prep

Lt. Col. Rob Haston, pilot, 301st Rescue Squadron, Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. works as a team with the HH-60G Pave Hawk's helicopter's five-person crew to clear the Eastern Range Feb. 22 to ensure safety during a submerged Navy Trident missile launch. The Navy's USS Tennessee, a Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine, underwent demonstration and shakedown operations (DASO) and successfully fired an D-5 Trident test missile off the coast of Cape Canaveral to ensure that the submarine's crew could safely meet the stringent requirements for handling, maintaining and operating her strategic weapons system. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Cathleen Snow)
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Documenting history

Tech. Sgt. J.D. Jones, 301st Rescue Squadron aircrew, Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. works as a team with the HH-60G Pave Hawk's helicopter's five-person crew to clear the Eastern Range Feb. 22 to ensure safety during a submerged Navy Trident missile launch. The Navy's USS Tennessee, a Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine, underwent demonstration and shakedown operations (DASO) and successfully fired an D-5 Trident test missile off the coast of Cape Canaveral. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Cathleen Snow)
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Perfect view

Master Sgt. Bill Allen, 301st Rescue Squadron aircrew, Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. works as a team with the HH-60G Pave Hawk's helicopter's five-person crew to clear the Eastern Range Feb. 22 to ensure safety during a submerged Navy Trident missile launch. The Navy's USS Tennessee, a Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine, underwent demonstration and shakedown operations (DASO) and successfully fired an D-5 Trident test missile off the coast of Cape Canaveral. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Cathleen Snow)
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Missile crew

Senior Airman Jason Kornhauser, 301st Rescue Squadron, is part of a five-person crew who's mission was to clear and secure the Eastern Range for the Naval Ordinance Test Unit to conduct a test launch of a Trident missile from a submerged submarine. Airmen from the 920th Rescue Wing regularly participate in these types of joint missions. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Cathleen Snow)
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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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Pathfinder

Airmen from the 920th Rescue Wing, Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., cleared a path in an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter off the nearby coast of Cape Canaveral Air Force Station to allow for the safe launch of a D-5 Trident Missile Feb. 22. The Navy's USS Tennessee, an Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine, underwent demonstration and shakedown operations (DASO) and successfully fired the D-5 Trident test missile off the coast of Cape Canaveral Feb. 22. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Cathleen Snow)
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Missile crew

Master Sgt. Bill Allen, 301st Rescue Squadron aircrew, Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. works as a team with the HH-60G Pave Hawk's helicopter's five-person crew to clear the Eastern Range Feb. 22 to ensure safety during a submerged Navy Trident missile launch.The launch from the Navy's USS Tennessee, a Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine was a success. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Cathleen Snow)
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Sub ring

Airmen from the 920th Rescue Wing, Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., secured the Eastern Range an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter 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, the sub's test instrumentation mast can be seen, which allows the submarine additional communication/transmission channels. The bluish water is from the displacement of the ballast being pushed out of the sub to submerge. (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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Missile time

Airmen from the 920th Rescue Wing, Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., cleared the launch path of mariners in an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter off the nearby coast of Cape Canaveral Air Force Station to allow the safe launch of D-5 Trident Missile Feb. 22. The U.S. Navy's USS Tennessee, an Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine, underwent demonstration and shakedown operations (DASO) and successfully fired the D-5 Trident test missile off the coast of Cape Canaveral Feb. 22. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Cathleen Snow)
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Neptune's Trident

On 22 Feb, the USS Tennessee, a U.S. Navy Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine, underwent demonstration and shakedown operations (DASO) and successfully fired an D-5 Trident test missile off the coast of Cape Canaveral, Fla. Prior to the launch and the sub's submergence, Airmen of the 920th Rescue Wing at nearby Patrick Air Force Base secured the launch path of mariners to maintain safety. Radio waves do not travel well below the surface of the ocean, so the mast show here is necessary, according to the Navy. (U.S Air Force photo/Capt. Cathleen Snow)
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Submerging

On 22 Feb, the USS Tennessee, a Naval Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine, underwent demonstration and , shakedown operations (DASO) and successfully fired an D-5 Trident test missile off the coast of Cape Canaveral, Fla. Prior to sub submerging, Airmen of the 920th Rescue Wing, at nearby Patrick Air Force Base, cleared the launch path beneath the missile of mariners to allow a safe test. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Cathleen Snow)
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The Navy USS Tennessee (SSBN 734), an Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine completed its demonstration and Shakedown Operation Feb. 22 with the submerged launch of an unarmed Trident II D5 missile off the coast of Cape Canaveral, Fla. Reserve Airmen from the 920th Rescue Wing, Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., cleared the launch path of mariners in an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter to allow the safe launch of the missile. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Cathleen Snow)
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Contained

While clearing the launch path of mariners in an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter off the nearby coast of Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Airmen from the 920th Rescue Wing, Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., communicated with the crew of this container ship to change course allowing them to deliver cargo out of harm's way. The Rescue Wing Airmen worked closely with their Navy mission partners of the nearby Naval Ordinance Test Unit to safely launch a D-5 Trident Missile Feb. 22. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Cathleen Snow)
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