A legacy, grounded: Pave Hawk ‘401’ retires

Sri Lankan military and relief workers unload vegetables from a U.S. Air Force HH-60 Pavehawk helicopter belonging to the 33rd Rescue Squadron, Kadena Air Base, Japan, during Operation Unified Assistance at Dambula, Sri Lanka, on Jan, 12, 2005. More than 18,000 U.S. military personnel are providing humanitarian assistance in Southwest Asia after a 9.0 magnitude earthquake on Dec. 26, 2004, triggered devastating tsunamis that killed over 250,000 people in the region. (U.S Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Val Gempis) (Released)