459 AS and Komatsu Air RQS conduct FTX
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 U.S. 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 U.S. military and Japan Self-Defense Forces personnel designed to increase combat readiness and interoperability of the Japan-U.S. alliance. (U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe/Released)
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