Object

HH-60 Pave Hawk (CSAR helicopter, S1E22)

A military combat search-and-rescue helicopter: medium-lift, twin-engine bird configured for personnel recovery. It carries a hoist, a reinforced cabin for rescued personnel, and mission avionics for night and contested extractions. Characters reference PAVE Hawks as immediate, tangible rescue assets — officers brief their availability and commanders weigh committing them to a high-risk recovery, treating the airframe as the linchpin of any attempted extraction.

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Purpose

Perform combat search-and-rescue missions: locate, hoist, and recover downed aircrew from hostile or denied environments.

Significance

Functions as the concrete means by which political and moral stakes translate into action — the presence and possible use of PAVE Hawks escalates a tactical downed-pilot situation into an urgent political ultimatum and frames debates over risk, responsibility, and the threshold for force.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

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S1E22 · What Kind Of Day Has It Been

Leo's Moral Rebuke and the 'Good News' Signal

The rescue helicopter is evoked as the tangible rescue asset whose crews ("80 guys in a helicopter") would face grave danger if committed; it functions narratively as the physical risk to rescuers and a reason for caution in operational planning.

Before: Available conceptually as a mission asset under consideration for a high‑risk recovery; crews and helicopters are on possible standby.

After: Still under consideration; its risk to personnel is acknowledged and factored into the moral and operational calculus discussed in the office.

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