CSAR training enhances PACAF tactics

Photo By Staff Sgt. Sadie Colbert | U.S. Air Force pararescue specialists with the 31st Rescue Squadron from Kadena Air Base, Japan, deploy a rescue boat for a combat search and rescue training mission during the Keen Sword 19 exercise, near Misawa Air Base, Japan, Oct. 19, 2018. The CSAR exercise was one of many elements of KS19. The biennial exercise is the latest in a series of joint, bilateral field training exercises since 1986 designed to increase combat readiness and interoperability of U.S. forces and the Japan Self-Defense Force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Sadie Colbert)  

MISAWA AIR BASE, AOMORI, JAPAN

11.19.2018

Story by Senior Airman Sadie Colbert 

35th Fighter Wing

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan --
U.S. Air Force Airmen with the 31st Rescue Squadron from Kadena Air Base, Japan, participated in combat search and rescue training as part of exercise Keen Sword 19, near Misawa Air Base, Japan, Oct. 31.

A team of approximately 20 personnel from the 31st RQS worked with the Japan Self-Defense Force during the CSAR training operation.

Exercises like Keen Sword demonstrate the United States’ and Japan’s strong commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific region.

• Date Taken: 11.19.2018
• Date Posted: 11.18.2018 20:34
• Story ID: 300422
• Location: MISAWA AIR BASE, AOMORI, JP