Battlefield Airmen assigned to the 52nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron prepare to transport a role player on a litter to a holding area to later be airlifted by an HH-60 Pave Hawk assigned to the 46th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron after a simulated aircraft crash during a combat search and rescue training exercise at a dirt landing strip in Iraq, July 15, 2018. Air Force Central Command's expeditionary rescue squadrons are organized, trained, equipped, and postured to conduct full spectrum personnel recovery to include both conventional and unconventional combat rescue operations within the Central Command theater of operations. Battlefield Airmen assigned throughout the combined joint operational area conduct operations in support of Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve. CJTF- OIR aims to enable and equip local forces to take ISIS head on while leveraging Coalition nation airpower to defeat ISIS in Iraq and Syria. (U.S. Air Force photo by SSgt Keith James)
Date Taken: | 07.15.2018 |
Date Posted: | 08.10.2018 04:51 |
Photo ID: | 4617688 |
VIRIN: | 180715-F-GV347-0248 |
Resolution: | 5568x3712 |
Size: | 4.88 MB |
Location: | IQ |
Web Views: | 70 |
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