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the Louisiana National Guard Army

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Aviation Support Facility in Hammond

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Louisiana is making preparations for

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search and rescue operations in the

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event that they're necessary . After

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the opening of the Morganza floodway ,

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The facility houses the State Aviation

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Command which is equipped with you H 60

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black hawks and L . U H 72 A . Lakota .

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As although the Morganza floodway has

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not been open Operations Officer

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Captain Tim Mclean says they are ready

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to assist if needed . We're prepared to

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do search and rescue . We're prepared

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to do any kind of air movements , any

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kind of Ricans in order to assist the

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lead agency , which is the Department

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of Wildlife and Fisheries in the search

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and rescue helicopters have been

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equipped with hoist and are usually

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manned by two pilots and two crew

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chiefs who operate the hoist while the

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other is lowered to rescue victims ,

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preparations began long before the

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rising floodwaters according to crew

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chief sergeant Craig . An hour . We

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trained constantly . We uh we have a

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requirement that we're supposed to do

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every year with the sling load missions

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with the hoist missions with the Bambi

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bucket for fires . So this is an all

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year type of deal where we trained

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during drill and during the week to

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prepare the aircraft in the cruise for

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any kind of missions that might arise

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during search and rescue training

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missions . The aviators and their crew

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use £400 weights to simulate victims

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and rescue situations . Specialist

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David Kirtland reporting for the two

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