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An HC-130 crew from Air Force Reserve Command’s 920th Rescue Wing at Patrick AFB, Florida, assisted the Coast Guard in the search and rescue of thirty-one Dominican migrants on 1 September. The crew expanded the Coast Guard’s search efforts of more than 2,400 square miles between the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico. Once the boat in distress was located, the crew of the 920th continued searching the area to ensure no one had gone overboard. The crew then remained on-scene until a Coast Guard cutter arrived. On 5 October, an MC-130P Combat Shadow crew from the 58th Special Operations Wing at Kirtland AFB, New Mexico, provided aerial refueling and served as mission controller during the first-ever operational CV-22 Osprey search and recovery mission.
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