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Angels of Mercy
RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, Texas -- An Air Force Reserve aircrew assigned the 331st Air Expeditionary Group here prepares to rescue a family trapped on their roof by flood waters from Hurricane Ike. Deployed from the 920th Rescue Wing at Patrick AFB, Fla., along with two HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters and two HC-130P/N refueling aircraft, the Reserve Airmen saved 17 people from the tiny Texas town of Nederland (population 2,000) Sept. 13. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Paul Flipse)

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