Pararescue specialists assigned to the 31st Rescue Squadron at Kadena Air Base, Japan float under canopy after conducting a static line jump from an MC-130P at 10,000 feet over Ie Shima during a training mission Dec. 16, 2008. The 17th Special Operations Squadron flew 21 pararescuemen for a series of static line and freefall jumps and refueled two HH-60s from the 33rd Rescue Squadron during the flight. Nine members of the 31st RQS recently deployed to Balad Air Base, Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt Chrissy Best).

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