U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Kip Aussant, 46th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, scans his sector on the way to a landing zone during a mission in support of Operation Endering Freedom aboard an HH-60 Pave Hawk near Kandahar, Afghanistan, Dec. 24, 2010. A pararescueman's primary function is as a personnel recovery specialist, with emergency medical capabilities in humanitarian and combat environments.