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ANG Tests World's First Multiperson Rescue Basket
"Heli-Basket" Can Carry Up To 15 People

On March 1, an Air National Guard rescue unit successfully
tested the world's first multi-person rescue basket, a
cage-like device that, once certified, can carry up to 15 people --
and with another strong hurricane season expected this year, that
certification can't come soon enough for many who have experience
with rescue operations.

"We really could have used this after hurricanes Katrina and
Rita," said Lt. Col. Brad Sexton, a program manager in the Air
National Guard-Air Force Reserve Command Test Center at Tucson,
AZ.

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