Maj. Gen. Leonard Kosinski, 5th Air Force deputy commander, center, and Col. Shane Vesely, 353rd Special Operations Wing commander, left, board a motored raft deployed from a ShinMaywa US-2 assigned to the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's Air Patrol Squadron 71 during a training flight off the coast of Marines Corps Air Stations Iwakuni, Japan, April 5, 2022. The US-2 aircrew and team of rescue swimmers demonstrated the amphibious aircraft’s ability to take-off and land on both formal runways and open water, and how that provides the JMSDF with unique and crucial response and rescue capa
Maj. Gen. Leonard Kosinski, 5th Air Force deputy commander, center, and Col. Shane Vesely, 353rd Special Operations Wing commander, left, board a motored raft deployed from a ShinMaywa US-2 assigned to the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's Air Patrol Squadron 71 during a training flight off the coast of Marines Corps Air Stations Iwakuni, Japan, April 5, 2022. The US-2 aircrew and team of rescue swimmers demonstrated the amphibious aircraft’s ability to take-off and land on both formal runways and open water, and how that provides the JMSDF with unique and crucial response and rescue capabilities.
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