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A right side view of an HH-3 Jolly Green Giant rescue helicopter from Detachment 15, 38th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron, as it makes its final approach to the mockup Columbia, where pararescuemen have already been dropped during a space shuttle rescue exercise. The exercise is one of several planned to optimize rescue and recovery operations for the real Columbia