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Close-up of the RF-84F retrieval sequence. (U.S. Air Force photo)


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Close-up of the RF-84F retrieval sequence. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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Capt. John Harris, co-pilot of the rescue mission, sits in a UH-1N Iroquois helicopter Oct. 10, 2016, at Kootenai Medical Center, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. Harris and three other Airmen were part of a rescue mission to save an injured hunter from the side of a steep ravine. (Courtesy photo)
From left to right, Staff Sgt. Joseph Lopez, 36th Rescue Squadron flight engineer, Tech. Sgt. Amber Schumacher, 336th Training Support Squadron independent medical technician, Capt. Erik Greendyke, 36th RQS operations officer, and Capt. John Harris, 336th Training Group executive officer, pose with the 36th RQS squadron sign. It is squadron tradition to change the number on the sign signifying the amount of people saved by the 36th RQS. This rescue marks the 692nd save the 36th RQS has accomplished. (Courtesy photo)
Retired Chief Master Sgt. Victor Hugo, former 446th Military Air Wing command chief, retired in 1992 at the age of 60 the oldest age one is allowed to serve while enlisted in the reserves. Hugo served as the 446th MAW Command Chief from 1988 to 1992. (Courtesy photo)
Joseph Hartz (right) and a Navy buddy pose in an Oct. 9, 1944, photo found in the wallet returned to Hartz’s son, Nick Merrill, and his daughter, Patti Speranzi, still living in Spokane, Wash., by Kelsey Nearing, Spokane resident, Staff Sgt. Rich Johnson, a 92nd Air Refueling Squadron boom operator, and Jim O’Connell, 92nd Air Refueling Wing historian, at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash. Rummaging through donations, Nearing found the wallet while volunteering at the Rocky Cove Youth Ranch in Tum Tum, Wash. (Courtesy photo)
Joseph and Florence Hartz are pictured in this photo found in the wallet returned to Hartz’s son, Nick Merrill, and his daughter, Patti Speranzi, still living in Spokane, Wash., by Kelsey Nearing, Spokane resident, Staff Sgt. Rich Johnson, a 92nd Air Refueling Squadron boom operator, and Jim O’Connell, 92nd Air Refueling Wing historian, at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash. Rummaging through donations, Nearing found the wallet while volunteering at the Rocky Cove Youth Ranch in Tum Tum, Wash. (Courtesy photo)
Staff Sgt. Rich Johnson, 92d Air Refueling Squadron boom operator, returns Joseph Hartz’s missing wallet to his son, Nick Merrill, June 21, 2015, in Spokane, Wash. Johnson contacted Merrill and made arrangements to drive the wallet personally over to his home to guarantee the precious memories contained in the wallet were returned to the family. (Courtesy photo)
FICON RBF-84K Thunderflash, 52-7269, is lowered from the bomb bay of GRB-36D Peacemaker, 49-2696, at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., following an emergency night retrieval on Dec. 12, 1955. The parasite pilot suffered a partial hydraulic system failure but succeeded in hooking onto the trapeze. Post-flight inspection revealed he had turned off his own hydraulic system due to the distractions of approaching the trapeze. (U.S. Air Force photo)
FICON Loading Pit. The $55,000 pit was 142 feet long, 50 feet wide and 12 feet deep. (U.S. Air Force photo)
FICON Loading Pit. The $55,000 pit was 142 feet long, 50 feet wide and 12 feet deep. (U.S. Air Force photo)
The parasite fighter nestled in the belly of the GRB-36 Peacemaker. (U.S. Air Force photo)
It was a tight squeeze, but an RF-84K Thunderflash pilot could get out and walk around. (U.S. Air Force photo)
Maj. Clyde Good, FICON test pilot, working his way from the cockpit of the YRF-84F Thunderflash to the camera compartment. The final FICON evaluation flight of the YRF-84F was flown on June 9, 1954. (U.S. Air Force photo)