Blog: U.S., Portuguese airmen team up for helicopter unload

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BEJA AIR BASE, Portugal --  Beja Air Base, Portugal, is abuzz with activity as nearly 3,000 service members and 40 aircraft from nine NATO and allied nations take part in Exercise Trident Juncture 2015.

During the exercise, the 41st Rescue Squadron assigned to the 347th Rescue Group at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, is performing a very unique mission -- search and rescue -- with their primary airframe, the HH60G Pave Hawk helicopter.

Before the 41st RQS could get up and running here, they had to coordinate with several U.S. Air Force, Air National Guard and Portuguese air force transportation and logistics units, to deliver and unload the equipment and personnel needed to perform their mission.

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