Pacific partners ready for unified response [Image 10 of 10]

NEW ZEALAND

11.11.2013

Photo by Senior Master Sgt. Denise Johnson 

Pacific Air Forces

Staff Sgt. Sean Paris (left) and Tech. Sgt. Christopher Blake, 517th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, head to their C-17 Globemaster III to a backdrop of multinational aircraft including a Singapore C-130 Hercules parked behind a New Zealand B-200 twin-engine turbo prop and Ct-4E basic trainer, respectively, at Royal New Zealand Air Force Base Ohakea, New Zealand, Nov. 11 during the second annual Exercise Kiwi Flag. Kiwi Flag is a multilateral RNZAF-sponsored tactical airlift exercise comprising air assets from the U.S. Air Force, RNZAF, Royal Australian Air Force, Republic Of Singapore Armed Forces and French Armed Forces of New Caledonia. Chamberlin, a C-17 Gobemaster III flying crew chief, and Paris, electro-environmental craftsman, are deployed from the 703rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. The U.S. team will have ample opportunity to view Pacific-partner aircraft during the exercise, which runs through Nov. 29. Kiwi Flag personnel are supporting Exercise Southern Katipo - held on New Zealand's South Island - by managing air operations and providing cargo and passenger airlift including tactical air drops to SK participants. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Senior Master Sgt. Denise Johnson/Released)

• Date Taken: 11.11.2013
• Date Posted: 11.22.2013 20:22
• Photo ID: 1059087
• VIRIN: 131111-F-FB147-035
• Resolution: 3216x2136
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• Location: NZ