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A Coast Guard search and rescue demonstration showcases how they perform an out-the-door water rescue of a person in distress from a helicopter hovering overhead.  The demo begins with one of  the famed Coast Guard rescue swimmers jumping from the helicopter as it hovers over 20 feet above the water.  The swimmer simulates stabilizing the person in distress before hosting them up into the helicopter....

The B-25 Bomber was used by the U.S and its allies in every theater of World War II.  The B-25 came to fame on April 18, 1942 during the Doolittle Raid.  Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy Doolittle led 16 B-25s in a daring attack on mainland Japan, four months after the bombing of Pearl Harbor.  Launched from the aircraft carrier Hornet, the raid was a one way mission as the aircraft could only launch and not land from its short deck....