A U.S. Air Force pararescueman is lowered from an HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter during a mission in Afghanistan Nov. 7, 2012.
Pararescue teams assault, secure, and dominate the rescue objective area using any available DoD or Allied air, land or sea asset. (DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Jonathan Snyder, U.S. Air Force/Released). Original public domain image from Flickr