Airmen from the 18th Wing are brought aboard a 33rd Rescue Squadron HH-60 Pave Hawk in an exercise held near Okinawa, Japan, Aug. 29. The 18th Wing and the 353rd Special Operations Group conducted a mass casualty exercise to test the rescue and emergency care capabilities of Kadena Air Base. The exercise partnered seven Air Force squadrons in a land, sea and air training operation involving search and rescue, mass casualty field triage, medical patient loading and transport.


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