A Sikorsky HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter belonging to 3rd Rescue squadron assists U.S. Soldiers assigned to 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne), U.S. Marines assigned to 12th Marine Littoral Regiment and 31st Marine Expeditionary, and U.S. Airmen assigned to 604th Air Support Operations Squadron, 320th Special Tactics Squadron during a Tactical Air Controller Party (TACP) exercise at Tonaki Island, Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 8, 2025. Joint Tactical Air Controllers (JTACS) from multiple branches hone their skills during an eight-day TACP exercise, ensuring mission readiness and lethality.
1st SFG (A) conducts special operations throughout the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command areas of responsibility, to support command objectives and U.S. national interests. The group maintains and employs units of action to execute the full spectrum of special operations at a moment's notice with allies, partners, and the joint force. Committed to excellence and pursuit of tactical mastery, the group aims to uphold the legacy as the Indo-Pacific’s preferred, and most lethal special operations entity. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Trevor Franklin)
| Date Taken: | 12.08.2025 |
| Date Posted: | 04.13.2026 17:39 |
| Photo ID: | 9610724 |
| VIRIN: | 251208-A-IF052-1020 |
| Resolution: | 11877x7918 |
| Size: | 31.15 MB |
| Location: | JP |
| Web Views: | 125 |
| Downloads: | 16 |
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