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Members of the 41st Rescue Squadron push a HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter out of a C-5 Galaxy at Hoedspruit Air Force Base, South Africa.
Members of the 41st Rescue Squadron from Moody Air Force Base, Ga., push a HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter out of a U.S. Air Force C-5 Galaxy transport aircraft at Hoedspruit Air Force Base, South Africa, on March 7, 2000. The Galaxy is delivering cargo, personnel and two HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopters to Hoedspruit for Operation Atlas Response. Operation Atlas Response is the U.S. military's contribution to relief efforts following torrential rains and flooding in southern Mozambique and South Africa. The helicopters will aid in the distribution of relief supplies and rescue stranded flood victims.