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Warfighter Recovery Network conducts multi-day rescue at sea

U.S. Air Force Pararescuemen assigned to Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa Personnel Recovery Task Force treat U.K. Merchant Mariner Kevin Nixon on board a DHC-8 airplane during a complex two day medical evacuation from the Indian Ocean, Nov. 13-14. U.S. Africa Command's Warfighter Recovery Network enable the recovery and treatment of isolated and injured personnel across vast distances.

By Courtesy photo INDIAN OCEAN Nov 16, 2021
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