(Left to right) Japan Air Self-Defense Force Tech. Sgt. Shohei Sakane, Komatsu Air Rescue Squadron pararescue jumper, and Tech. Sgt. Yuji Yasutani, Komatsu Air RQS UH-60J fight engineer, protect their gears from the UH-1N Iroquois helicopter rotor wash at a helicopter landing zone 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 Japan-U.

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(Left to right) Japan Air Self-Defense Force Tech. Sgt. Shohei Sakane, Komatsu Air Rescue Squadron pararescue jumper, and Tech. Sgt. Yuji Yasutani, Komatsu Air RQS UH-60J fight engineer, protect their gears from the UH-1N Iroquois helicopter rotor wash at a helicopter landing zone 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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