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Team Kadena fuels joint operations training for Army, Marines

U.S. Army Aviation Battalion Japan Chief Warrant Officer 3 Jimmy Kafer, UH-60 Black Hawk pilot, briefs participants during a battalion collective training exercise July 31, 2017, in Okinawa, Japan. The exercise included the USAABJ, stationed at Camp Zama, Japan, and the 1st Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) stationed at Torii Station, Japan, involving cargo sling loading and parachute jump training.
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961st AACS provides command, control support

Aircrew from the 961st Airborne Air Control Squadron step onto an E-3 Sentry March 28, 2017, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. The Sentry has rotating radar with a range of more than 250 miles, providing early warning and detection for missions.
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Trilateral training expands life-saving capabilities

Aeromedical Evacuation Airmen from the U.S., Japanese and Australian air forces transport a simulated patient to a U.S. Air Force C-12 Huron as part of annual exercise Cope North Feb. 21, 2017, at Tinian Air Field. Aeromedical evacuation training was conducted on the Huron to familiarize airmen with patient care on a new airframe. Cope North is a long-standing exercise designed to enhance multilateral air operations between the partnered militaries, bringing together more than 2,700 U.S. Airmen, Sailors and Marines who are training alongside approximately 600 combined JASDF and RAAF participants.
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67th AMU avionics Airmen keep F-15s ready

U.S. Air Force Senior Airmen Jason Garciadealba and Adrian Garrucho, 67th Aircraft Maintenance Unit avionics technicians, check the avionics systems of an F-15 Eagle Jan. 10, 2017, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. Avionics technicians are responsible for keeping aircraft avionics systems properly operating.
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Kadena Air Base 18th Maintenance Group Hosts Annual Weapons Load Competition

U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 18th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron prepare for the annual weapons load competition Jan. 4, 2017, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. The competition is held between the 67th and 44th Aircraft Maintenance Units to find out which Airmen make up the fastest weapons load crews on Kadena.
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Keen Sword 17

An MC-130H Combat Talon II from the 1st Special Operations Squadron refuels an HH-60 Pave Hawk from the 943rd Rescue Group during Exercise Keen Sword 17 Nov. 7, 2016, near Okinawa, Japan. U.S. forces will conduct training with their Japan Self-Defense Force counterparts at military installations throughout mainland Japan, Okinawa and in the waters surrounding Japan.
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The spirit of competition

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Nicholas McCants and Airman 1st Class Kalon Lobbins, 44th Aircraft Maintenance Unit load crew members, prepare for weapons load training Nov. 2, 2016, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. To maintain certification as load crew members, Airmen must go through monthly evaluations.
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Patrolling the Pacific

An F-15 Eagle from the 44th Fighter Squadron parks in its spot Oct. 26, 2016, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. The 44th FS returned from more than months of training in exercises around the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.
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Good to be home

CLARK AIR BASE, Philippines (April 22, 20160 - U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jay Perocho Acasio, an aircrew flight equipment journeyman with the 51st Operations Support Squadron, Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, looks out over his home country during a HH-60G Pave Hawk flight near Clark Air Base, Philippines. The staff sergeant is one of three Filipino-American Airmen serving U.S. Pacific Command’s newly stood up Air Contingent in the Philippines. Acasio is from Ozamiz City in the Misamis Occidental, Philippines.
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Duluth Air Guard Deploys F-16s to Osan

CLARK AIR BASE, Philippines (April 19, 2016) - A U.S. Air Force A-10C Thunderbolt II with the 51st Fighter Wing out of Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, touches down at Clark AB after returning from its first operational mission through international airspace, providing air and maritime situational awareness. The A-10C's mission enhances U.S. military assets in the region upholding freedom of navigation and over flight. Five A-10Cs are joined with three HH-60G Pave Hawks, and approximately 200 personnel deployed from multiple Pacific Air Forces units to make up the first iteration of the U.S. Pacific Command Air Contingent at Clark AB.
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Sunsets over A-10C

A U.S. Air Force A-10C Thunderbolt II, with the 51st Fighter Wing, Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, sits on the flight line of Clark Air Base, Philippines, April 16, 2016, as part of a newly stood up Air Contingent in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. The contingent's first iteration is comprised of five A-10Cs, three HH-60G Pavehawks and approximately 200 Pacific Air Forces personnel including aircrew, maintainers, logistics and support personnel. The A-10C were chosen as they were already in place supporting Exercise Balikatan 16 and have a proven record operating out of short and austere airstrips, provide a flexible range of capabilities, and have a mission profile consistent with the air and maritime domain awareness operations the air contingent will conduct.
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Whiteman Airmen deploy stealth strength to Guam

In this photo, crew chiefs assigned to the 509th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron prepare to launch a U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Aug. 12, 2015. Three B-2s and about 225 Airmen from Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, deployed to Guam to conduct familiarization training activities in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.
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