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US Miami Coast Guard in preparation for Space Shuttle Atlantis mission STS-122. Pairs of US Coast Guard helicopters spend lengthy amounts of time in the restricted airspaces of Cape Canaveral prior to the launch of any Space Shuttle mission.

Tail end of NASA’s Vomit Comet which was captured while on the apron of Space Coast Regional Airport (KTIX) during my stay in Florida for my Helicopter PPL flight training. Parked beside the Bristow Air Center for fuel and maintenance. Monochrome photo is unmodified and uncropped.