KS17: U.S., Japan Air Self-Defense Airmen integrate for night operations [Image 3 of 14]

COMBINED ARMS TRAINING CENTER CAMP FUJI, SHIZUOKA, JAPAN

11.08.2016

Photo by Yasuo Osakabe 

374th Airlift Wing

(Left to right) Japan Air Self-Defense Force Tech. Sgt. Shohei Sakane, Komatsu Air Rescue Squadron pararescue jumper, and Tech. Sgt. Yuji Yasutani, Komatsu Air RQS UH-60J fight engineer, protect their gears from the UH-1N Iroquois helicopter rotor wash at a helicopter landing zone at Combined Arms Training Center, Camp Fuji, Nov. 8, 2016, during the Keen Sword 17. The exercise is the latest in a series of joint, bilateral field training exercises since 1986 involving U.S. military and Japan Self-Defense Forces personnel designed to increase combat readiness and interoperability of the Japan-U.S. alliance. (U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe/Released)

• Date Taken: 11.08.2016
• Date Posted: 11.18.2016 04:54
• Photo ID: 2999218
• VIRIN: 161108-F-PM645-079
• Resolution: 3600x2400
• Size: 6.18 MB
• Location: COMBINED ARMS TRAINING CENTER CAMP FUJI, SHIZUOKA, JP