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USAF and JASDF share search and rescue capabilities

Japan Air Self-Defense Force personnel inspect a helicopter-aircrew helmet at Yokota Air Base, Japan, March 13, 2015. The helmet is equipped with night vision goggles used during night search and rescue operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class David C. Danford/Released)

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USAF and JASDF share search and rescue capabilities

Staff Sgt. Robert Rogers, 374th Operations Support Squadron survival, evasion, resistance and escape training NCO in charge, briefs Japan Air Self-Defense Force personnel on the contents of a survival kit at Yokota Air Base, Japan, March 13, 2015. The kit contains flares, fire-starting materials and first-aid supplies. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class David C. Danford/Released)

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USAF and JASDF share search and rescue capabilities

U.S. and Japan Air Self-Defense Force Airmen pose for a group photo at Iruma Air Base, Japan, March 12, 2015. The photo was taken in commemoration of the first bilateral search and rescue conference. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class David C. Danford/Released)

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USAF and JASDF share search and rescue capabilities

Japan Air Self-Defense Force Maj. Hitoshi Watanabe, Hamamatsu Air Rescue Squadron UH-60J pilot, takes notes during a search and rescue conference at Iruma Air Base, Japan, March 12, 2015. The conference highlighted SAR capabilities of the U.S. Air Force and the JASDF. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class David C. Danford/Released)

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USAF and JASDF share search and rescue capabilities

Maj. Nicholas Morris, 5th Air Force chief of rotary wing and personnel recovery operations, briefs Japan Air Self-Defense Force and U.S. Air Force members at Iruma Air Base, Japan, March 12, 2015. The briefing took place during a search and rescue conference held to promote cooperation between the JASDF and USAF. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class David C. Danford/Released)

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USAF and JASDF share search and rescue capabilities

Capt. Joseph Teodoro, 35th Operations Support Squadron aerospace and operational physiologist, listens to a briefing at a search and rescue conference at Iruma Air Base, Japan, March 12, 2015. The conference highlighted SAR capabilities of the U.S. Air Force and the Japan Air Self-Defense Force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class David C. Danford/Released)

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USAF and JASDF share search and rescue capabilities

Staff Sgt. Robert Rogers, 374th Operations Support Squadron survival evasion resistance and escape training NCO in charge, attends a search and rescue conference at Iruma Air Base, Japan, March 12, 2015. The conference highlighted SAR capabilities of the U.S. Air Force and the Japan Air Self-Defense Force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class David C. Danford/Released)

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Maintenance faces-off in annual competition

Tech. Sgt. Karl Schofield, 374th Maintenance Squadron, gives directions during a scavenger hunt March 10, 2015, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. The scavenger hunt required teams of three to identify items within a C-130 Hercules. More experienced maintainers gave the directions and descriptions of the items to those less experienced within the plane. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Desiree Economides/Released)

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Maintenance faces-off in annual competition

Maj. Brian Waller, 374th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron commander, and Airman 1st Class Jody Simpson, 374 AMXS environmental and electrical apprentice, identify an item during the C-130 Hercules scavenger hunt March 10, 2015. Waller and Simpson were given a description of an item within the C-130 and directions where they could find the item by a third-member of their team outside of the aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Desiree Economides/Released)

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By defenders for defenders

1st Lt. Brock A. McNabb, 354th Medical Operations Squadron Defender's Edge master trainer assigned to Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, discusses the importance of proper diet and exercise during Defender's Edge training at Yokota Air Base, Japan, March 11, 2015. McNabb said earlier that exercise releases natural endorphins that help fight stressors that could affect the body and mind. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Delano Scott/Released)

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By defenders for defenders

An Airman attempts to assemble a training weapon at Defender's Edge training at Yokota Air Base, Japan, March 12, 2015. The Airman is participating in an exercise that showcases how fine motor skills are affected when an individual is put under duress. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Delano Scott/Released)(U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Delano Scott/Released)

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By defenders for defenders

Deloris Wilson, Headquarters Air Force Security Forces Center psychologist and Defender's Edge instructor at at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, speaks with leadership from the 374th Airlift Wing at Yokota Air Base, Japan, March 12, 2015. Wilson briefed Yokota leadership about the Defender's Edge initiative and what they should expect in the future. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Delano Scott/Released)

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By defenders for defenders

An Airman engages in a written exercise during Defender's Edge training at Yokota Air Base, Japan, March 11, 2015. In the exercise, Airmen were told to choose the values that they deemed most important to them while trying to complete their mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Delano Scott/Released)

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By defenders for defenders

Staff Sgt. Kathleen Sullivan, 25th Security Forces Squadron assistant flight chief at Misawa Air Base, Japan, discusses the importance of sleep during Defender's Edge training at Yokota Air Base, Japan, March 11, 2015. Defender's Edge, a four-day resiliency and stress-management course for security forces Airmen, utilized interactive discussions to teach effective skills to the defenders. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Delano Scott/Released)

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By defenders for defenders

Staff Sgt. Gary Bass, 374 Security Forces Squadron base defense operations center controller, listens to a lecture at Defender's Edge training at Yokota Air Base, Japan, March 10, 2015. After a lecture and group discussion, defenders are tasked with presenting the skills that they have been taught to their peers. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Delano Scott/Released)

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Maintenance faces-off in annual competition

Senior Airman Nicholas Henderson, 374th Maintenance Squadron, participates in a safety wire challenge at the Wrench Bender’s Rodeo March 10, 2015, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. While in chemical gear, maintainers were given 10-minutes to complete as many tasks as possible using safety wire. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Desiree Economides/Released)

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Maintenance faces-off in annual competition

Airman 1st Class Garvin Ming, 374th Maintenance Squadron, places items within a toolbox during a toolbox inventory competition March 10, 2015, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. As part of the Wrench Bender’s Rodeo, each team replaced items of a toolbox together by giving directions to one blindfolded person. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Desiree Economides/Released)

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Maintenance faces-off in annual competition

Maintainers from the 374th Maintenance Group participate in a push-up challenge during the Wrench Bender’s Rodeo March 10, 2015, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. The push-up challenge was one of ten events to take place during the rodeo, testing each squadron’s ability to come together as a team in a friendly competition. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Desiree Economides/Released)

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Team Yokota shares key to resiliency with JASDF allies

Japan Air Self-Defense Force General Harukazu Saito, Chief of Staff, JASDF, gives a speech following the annual senior enlisted advisor conference at the Ministry of Defense in Tokyo, Japan, March 3, 2015. Saito expressed his gratitude for Yokota members’ contribution to the seminar. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class David C. Danford/Released)

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Team Yokota shares key to resiliency with JASDF allies

U.S. Forces, Japan and 5th Air Force Command Chief Master Sgt. James Laurent briefs during the annual senior enlisted advisor conferenceat the Ministry of Defense in Tokyo, Japan, March 3, 2015. The Yokota resiliency team shared skills to improve communication between Japan Self-Defense Force leadership and their junior enlisted. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class David C. Danford/Released)

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