A chew chief assigned to Army Alaska monitors ground conditions as his CH-47 Chinook helicoptor takes off after off-loading paratroopers assigned to the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force for training at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, June 9, 2016, during Exercise Arctic Aurora. Arctic Aurora is a yearly bilateral training exercise involving elements of the Spartan Brigade and the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force, which focuses on strengthening ties between the two by executing combined small unit airborne proficiency operations and basic small arms marksmanship. ( Air Force
A chew chief assigned to Army Alaska monitors ground conditions as his CH-47 Chinook helicoptor takes off after off-loading paratroopers assigned to the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force for training at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, June 9, 2016, during Exercise Arctic Aurora. Arctic Aurora is a yearly bilateral training exercise involving elements of the Spartan Brigade and the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force, which focuses on strengthening ties between the two by executing combined small unit airborne proficiency operations and basic small arms marksmanship. ( Air Force photo/Justin Connaher)
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