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18 LRS FARP Team Refuels…Anyplace, Anytime, Anywhere

18th Logistics Readiness Squadron forward area refueling point and 1st Special Operations Squadron Airmen load a forward area manifold cart onto an MC-130H Combat Talon II during a nighttime refueling exercise Aug. 10, 2016, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. Regular nighttime training enables FARP and 1st SOS Airmen to stay mission ready should they be called upon for refueling operations in austere conditions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Peter Reft)

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18 LRS FARP Team Refuels…Anyplace, Anytime, Anywhere

Airman 1st Class Jack Anderson and Senior Airman --TBD-- Jones, 18th Logistics Readiness Squadron forward area refueling point members, stow their equipment after completing a nighttime refueling exercise Aug. 10, 2016, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. FARP Airmen trained with the 1st Special Operations Squadron to hone skills necessary for safely hot refueling aircraft from an MC-130H Combat Talon II. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Peter Reft)

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18 LRS FARP Team Refuels…Anyplace, Anytime, Anywhere

An 18th Logistics Readiness Squadron forward area refueling point member observes the flight line during a nighttime refueling exercise Aug. 10, 2016, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. The 18th LRS FARP team and 1st Special Operations Squadron conducted a refueling exercise to demonstrate forward-area refueling point capability in an austere environment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Peter Reft)

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18 LRS FARP Team Refuels…Anyplace, Anytime, Anywhere

An 18th Logistics Readiness Squadron forward area refueling point member stands ready to unload a forward area manifold cart during a nighttime refueling exercise Aug. 10, 2016, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. The 18th LRS FARP team and 1st Special Operations Squadron routinely train together in order to maintain year-round mission readiness. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Peter Reft)

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18 LRS FARP Team Refuels…Anyplace, Anytime, Anywhere

Airmen of 18th Logistics Readiness Squadron forward area refueling point and 1st Special Operations Squadron defuel a hose during a nighttime refueling exercise Aug. 10, 2016, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. The FARP team and 1st SOS train regularly to ensure safe operational procedures during contingency missions requiring refueling support in austere conditions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Peter Reft)

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18 LRS FARP Team Refuels…Anyplace, Anytime, Anywhere

A 1st Special Operations Squadron MC-130H Combat Talon II idles on the flight line during a forward area refueling point exercise Aug. 10, 2016, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. 18th Logistics Readiness Squadron FARP members practiced loading, unloading and deploying a forward area manifold cart, allowing ground based hot refueling from a Combat Talon II. FARP operations enable aircraft from other units and sister services to refuel no matter the time or location. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Peter Reft)

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18 LRS FARP Team Refuels…Anyplace, Anytime, Anywhere

A 1st Special Operations Squadron MC-130H Combat Talon II flies during a training sortie Aug. 9, 2016, over the Pacific Ocean. The 1st SOS conducted a nighttime exercise involving the 18th Logistics Readiness Squadron forward area refueling point team. FARP members routinely train with the 1st SOS to maintain year-round mission readiness. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Peter Reft)

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18 LRS FARP Team Refuels…Anyplace, Anytime, Anywhere

A 1st Special Operations Squadron MC-130H Combat Talon II flies during a training sortie Aug. 9, 2016, over the Pacific Ocean. 18th Logistics Readiness Squadron forward area refueling members participated with the 1st SOS to maintain mission readiness. FARP teams extend Kadena Air Base’s ground refueling operations capacity involving helicopter units from sister services. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Peter Reft)

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Kadena airfield operations

An MC-130H Combat Talon II idles on the flight line July 27, 2016, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. The 1st Special Operations Squadron conducted a night-time hot refueling exercise with the 18th Logistics Readiness Squadron to demonstrate forward-area refueling point capability. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Peter Reft)

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Kadena airfield operations

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Joint operations seize the day

A U.S. Air Force MC-130H Combat Talon II assigned to the 17th Special Operations Squadron, Kadena Air Base, Japan, unloads U.S. Marines assigned to Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, Camp Lejeune, N.C., during a long-range airfield seizure July 20, 2016, at Iejima airfield, Japan. The Air Force and Marine Corps units combined forces in an exercise that helped build joint training relationships, enhancing interoperability of separate combat forces for contingency operations. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Senior Airman Peter Reft)

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Joint operations seize the day

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Shaun Larue, 1st Special Operations Squadron MC-130H Combat Talon II loadmaster assigned to Kadena Air Base, Japan, guides a Humvee assigned to 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., out of his MC-130 cargo bay July 19, 2016, at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan. Larue trained the Marines how to safely load, secure, shackle and unload their Humvee in and out of the MC-130 in preparation for a long-range airfield seizure exercise. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Senior Airman Peter Reft)

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Joint operations seize the day

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Shaun Larue, 1st Special Operations Squadron MC-130H Combat Talon II loadmaster, surveys a flight line as an MC-130H taxis down a runway July 19, 2016, at Marine Corps Station Camp Mujuk, South Korea. 17th SOS aircrews picked up Marines assigned to 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., for a joint-operation airfield seizure exercise off the coast of Okinawa, Japan. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Senior Airman Peter Reft)

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