Japan Air Self-Defense Force Master Sgt. Yasuhiro Maetsuru, front, Komatsu Air Rescue Squadron (RQS) UH-60J flight engineer, watches a hoist demonstration performed by Air Force Staff Sgt. Nicholas Poe, back, 459th Airlift Squadron (AS) UH-1N flight engineer, over Yokota Air Base, Japan, Nov. 8, 2016, during Keen Sword 17. The 459th AS and Komatsu Air RQS Airmen conducted a three-day NVGs and hoist familiarization training. 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
Japan Air Self-Defense Force Master Sgt. Yasuhiro Maetsuru, front, Komatsu Air Rescue Squadron (RQS) UH-60J flight engineer, watches a hoist demonstration performed by Air Force Staff Sgt. Nicholas Poe, back, 459th Airlift Squadron (AS) UH-1N flight engineer, over Yokota Air Base, Japan, Nov. 8, 2016, during Keen Sword 17. The 459th AS and Komatsu Air RQS Airmen conducted a three-day NVGs and hoist familiarization training. 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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