Rescue maintainers remove Pave Hawk spindles

Tech. Sgt. Clair James, left, 920th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron electrical and environmental systems technician, and Tech. Sgt. Jeremy Ellison, 920th AMXS crew chief, use a spindle bender tool to gain access to a spindle for removal from an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter's main rotor head inside a maintenance hangar at Patrick Space Force Base, Florida, Jan. 3, 2024. These spindles will replace corroded ones on another Pave Hawk. The spindles are being removed from this Pave Hawk because it's scheduled for retirement to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group in Arizona later this month, marking the beginning of the wing's conversion to the new HH-60W Jolly Green II. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Kelly Goonan)

PHOTO BY: Master Sgt. Kelly Goonan
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