Caption:
KADENA AIR BASE, Japan (AFPN)- A U.S. Navy SH-60 helicopter from the
USS carrier Kitty Hawk "rescues" a memebr of the 18th Aeromedical
Evacuation Squadron, Kadena Air Base, Japan, during a water mass
casualty training during Joint Air and Sea Exercise 2005 at White Beach
Naval Station, Okinawa, Japan. The 18th AES Airmen were part of
an aircrew that "crashed" in the ocean. Air Force HH-60 helicopters
from the 33rd Rescue Squadron here and Navy helicopters participated in
the training. JASEX provides a unique opportunity for air and naval
forces to work togetehr in a maritime environment, including training
with U.S. carrier strike group and attached air wing. (U.S. Air Force
photo by: Master Sgt. Val Gempis)
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