(Right to left) Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) Maj. Hirotaka Nakamura, Komatsu Air Rescue Squadron (RQS) UH-60J pilot, and JASDF Capt. Daichi Nukimoto, Komatsu Air RQS U125A pilot, perform visual confirmation checks at the Combined Arms Training Center, Camp Fuji, Japan, Nov. 9, 2016, during Keen Sword 17. The exercise is the latest in a series of joint, bilateral field training exercises since 1986 involving military and Japan Self-Defense Forces personnel designed to increase combat readiness and interoperability of the alliance.

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