CAMPO GRANDE, BRAZIL--Air Force Tech Sgt. Rafe Baez assigned to the 106th Rescue Wing of the New York Air National Guard prepares the tail rotor of one of the wings HH-60 Pave Hawk rescue helicopters for operations at Campo Grande Brazil on August 21 2022. The aircraft was shipped to Brazil on board a C-17 flown by the New York Air National Guards 105th Airlift Wing to participate in Exercise Tapio a combined Brazilian- U.S. irregular warfare exercise. The New York Air National Guard dispatched 100 Airmen from the two wings to participate as part of the State Partnership Program relationship with Brazil.