A Air Force 320th Special Tactics Squadron pararescueman sits in the back of a Air Force 17th Special Operations Squadron MC-130J Commando II in anticipation for military free fall operations Sept. 21, 2017, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. Special tactics operators perform rescue operations and humanitarian missions in locations where aircraft cannot land.

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