(Right to left) Japan Air Self-Defense Force Tech Sgt. Shohei Sakane, Komatsu Air Rescue Squadron pararescue jumper, and JASDF Tech. Sgt. Yuji Yasutani, Komatsu ARQS UH-60J flight engineer, get hoisted to an Air Force UH-1N Iroquois at Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji, Nov. 8, 2016, during the 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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