PJs rescue Shasta-based firefighter
Staff Sgt. Darren Pon (right), pararescueman from the 131st Rescue Squadron, accompanies a Shasta, California-based firefighting crew carrying an injured firefighter to an awaiting HH-60G Pave Hawk northwest of Redding, Calif., July 31. While battling the Iron Complex Wildland Fire, the firefighter fell and suffered a concussion. The 129th Rescue Wing aircrew and pararescuemen landed in rugged terrain at approximately 6,000 feet to rescue the firefighter, and subsequently medevaced him to Mercy Medical Center in Redding. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Brock Woodward)