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A CH-46 Sea Knight crewmember leans out of the crew entry door and gives the aircrewmember leanding out of the helicopter in front of his a 'Hang Loose' sign moments before taking off from Shaw Air Force Base, S.C.  The U.S. Marine Corps CH-46s, assigned to HMM-162 at New River, N.C., have just been hot pit refueled by a U.S.M.C. KC-130.  The hot pit refueling occured at Shaw as the helicopters transitted the area while deploying to Naval Air Station Atlanta, Ga., for an exercise.  (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Greg L. Davis) (Released)

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Service Branch
US Navy / Marine Corps
Primary Equipment
CH-46
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