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Rescue training

Staff Sgt. Jesse Barnes (left) and Capt. Rob Wilson, both from the 31st Rescue Squadron, prepare to take a simulated wounded Marine to the helo during a joint training exercise on Kadena Air Base July 28. The 31st and 33rd Rescue Squadrons were training with the Marines for an upcoming deployment. (U.S. Air Force photo / Senior Airman Amanda Grabiec)

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Rescue training

Capt. Timothy James, Combat rescue officer from the 31st Rescue Squadron, yells for cover during a simulated attack at Kadena Air Base July 28. (U.S. Air Force photo / Senior Airman Amanda Grabiec)

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Rescue training

Members from the 31st Rescue Squadron attend to the medical needs of a simulated attack victim during a joint training exercise on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Amanda Grabiec)

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Rescue training

Senior Airman Andrew Nichols (left) points to the part of the litter that needs to be supported to Tech Sgt. Kristopher Burridge (middle) and Capt. Timothy James (right), during a joint simulated training exercise with Marines on Kadena Air Base July 28. (U.S. Air Force photo / Senior Airman Amanda Grabiec)

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Rescue training

Capt. Rob Wilson, Combat rescue officer from the 31st Rescue Squadron, takes a knee to wait for the other pararescuemen during a joint training exercise with the Marines on Kadena Air Base. (U.S. Air Force photo / Senior Airman Amanda Grabiec)

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Rescue training

Staff Sgt. Jesse Barnes, pararescueman from the 31st Rescue Squadron leads the way to a simulated improvised exploded device during a joint training exercise with the Marines on Kadena Air Base July 28.

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Rescue training

Staff Sgt. Jesse Barnes (left), and Senior Airman Andrew Nichols (right) both pararescuemen from the 31st Rescue Squadron, write on the foreheads of simulated improvised exploding device victims to anotate the time and any medications administered to the victims during a joint training exercise with the Marines on Kadena Air Base July 28.

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Rescue training

Staff Sgt. Jesse Barnes is raised with a simulated improvised exploding device victim during joint training with Marines on Kadena Air Base July 28. (U.S. Air Force photo / Senior Airman Amanda Grabiec)

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AWACS

An E-3 Sentry from the 961st Airborne Air Control Squadron takes off from Kadena June 25. The E-3 Sentry is an airborne warning and control system (AWACS) aircraft provides all-weather surveillance, command, control and communications needed by commanders of U.S., NATO and other allied air defense forces. (U.S. Air Force photo / Senior Airman Amanda Grabiec)

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Shogun-F-22 Raptors arrive from Holloman AFB,NM

F-22 Raptors park on the ramp after landing at Kadena Air Base, Japan, May 27. The aircraft are deployed from Holloman Air Force Base, NM as part of an air expeditionary force rotation. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Amanda Grabiec)

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Shogun-F-22 Raptors arrive from Holloman AFB,NM

A dedicated crew chief marshals in an F-22 Raptor, May 27 at Kadena Air Base, Japan. The aircraft are deployed from Holloman Air Force Base, NM as part of an air expeditionary force rotation. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Amanda Grabiec)

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Shogun-F-22 Raptors arrive from Holloman AFB,NM

F-22 Raptors taxi down the runway of Kadena Air Base, May 27. The aircraft are deployed from Holloman Air Force Base, NM as part of an air expeditionary force rotation. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Amanda Grabiec)

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Shogun-F-22 Raptors arrive from Holloman AFB,NM

F-22 Raptors taxi down the runway of Kadena Air Base, May 27. The aircraft are deployed from Holloman Air Force Base, NM as part of an air expeditionary force rotation. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Amanda Grabiec)

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Shogun-F-22 Raptors arrive from Holloman AFB,NM

F-22 Raptors taxi down the runway of Kadena Air Base, May 27. The aircraft are deployed from Holloman Air Force Base, NM as part of an air expeditionary force rotation. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Amanda Grabiec)

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Shogun-JASDF refueling

A Japan Air Self Defense Force F-15 refuels from a 909th Air Refueling Squadron KC-135 during bilateral air refueling training May 17. Kadena Airmen have provided air refueling training to JASDF F-15 pilots since 2003. This month, the two nations are working together again to certify about 20 JASDF pilots as they prepare to participate in an upcoming Red Flag exercise in Alaska. (Air Force/Tech. Sgt. Chrissy Best)

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Shogun-JASDF refueling

A Japan Air Self Defense Force F-15 refuels from a 909th Air Refueling Squadron KC-135 during bilateral air refueling training May 17. Kadena Airmen have provided air refueling training to JASDF F-15 pilots since 2003. This month, the two nations are working together again to certify about 20 JASDF pilots as they prepare to participate in an upcoming Red Flag exercise in Alaska. (Air Force/Tech. Sgt. Chrissy Best)

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Bilateral air refueling

A Japan Air Self Defense Force F-15 waits to refuel just beyond the wingtip of a 909th Air Refueling Squadron KC-135 during bilateral air refueling training May 17. Kadena Airmen have provided air refueling training to JASDF F-15 pilots since 2003. This month, the two nations are working together again to certify about 20 JASDF pilots as they prepare to participate in an upcoming Red Flag exercise in Alaska. (Air Force/Tech. Sgt. Chrissy Best)

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Bilateral air refueling

Senior Master Sgt. Michael Steinkraus, 909th Air Refueling Squadron, steers the refueling boom in the back of a KC-135 Stratotanker offloading fuel to a Japan Air Self Defense Force F-15 during recent bilateral air refueling training May 17. Kadena Airmen have provided air refueling training to JASDF F-15 pilots since 2003. This month, the two nations are working together again to certify about 20 JASDF pilots as they prepare to participate in an upcoming Red Flag exercise in Alaska. (Air Force/Tech Sgt. Chrissy Best)

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Bilateral air refueling

A 909th Air Refueling Squadron KC-135 refuels a Japan Air Self Defense Force F-15 during bilateral air refueling training May 17. Kadena Airmen have been training JASDF F-15 pilots since 2003 and this month the two nations are working together again to certify about 20 JASDF pilots as they prepare to participate in an upcoming Red Flag exercise in Alaska. (Courtesy photo)

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33rd RQS crew earns MacKay Trophy

An HH-60G Pavehawk helicopter from the 129th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron flies over Afghanistan June 12, 2009. The crew of Pedro 16, Capt. Robert Rosebrough, 1st Lt. Lucas Will, Master Sgt. Dustin Thomas, and Staff Sgt. Tim Philpott, from Kadena Air Base’s 33rd Rescue Squadron, were recently announced as the winners of the MacKay Trophy and the Jolly Green Association Award for a mission to rescue Army Soldiers and fellow Airmen July 29, 2009 during their deployment to Kandahar Air Base. At the time of the mission they were attached to the 129th ERQS. (Courtesy Photo)

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