A U.S. Navy Sikorsky MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 8 (HSC-8) prepares for a live fire exercise in California (USA) with AGM-114 "Hellfire" missiles. HSC-8 provides vertical lift search and rescue, logistics, anti-surface warfare, special operations forces support, and combat search and rescue capabilities for Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 11 in support of the aircraft carrier USS "Nimitz" (CVN-68) and Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 11 operations.