Senior Airman Oliver Smith and a downed F-15 pilot are hoisted onto an HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter.

KADENA AIR FORCE BASE, OKINAWA, JAPAN

10.15.2008

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U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Oliver Smith, a pararescueman assigned to the 31st Rescue Squadron, and a downed F-15 Eagle aircraft pilot are hoisted onto an HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter during a crisis management exercise off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, on Oct. 8, 2008. Airmen with the 18th Wing and Japanese coast guardsmen rehearsed response procedures for an aircraft accident over water.

(DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Chrissy Best, U.S. Air Force. (Released))

• Date Taken: 10.15.2008
• Date Posted: 07.27.2025 17:29
• Photo ID: 9217439
• VIRIN: 081015-D-D0439-1228
• Resolution: 1944x2896
• Size: 1.49 MB
• Location: KADENA AIR FORCE BASE, OKINAWA, JP