KS25: USAF, JSDF conduct C-17 static loading test

A Japan Ground Self-Defense Force soldier assigned to the 1st Helicopter Brigade uses an MB-2 device to restrain a JGSDF CH-47JA Chinook helicopter in a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III assigned to the 535th Airlift Squadron, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, during a C-17 static loading test in support of Keen Sword 25 at Naval Air Facility Atsugi, Japan, Feb. 4, 2025. Keen Sword is a biennial field training exercise involving members of the U.S. military and Japan Self-Defense Forces. It is designed to increase readiness and interoperability while strengthening the ironclad U.S.-Japan alliance. (U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe)

PHOTO BY: Yasuo Osakabe
VIRIN: 250204-F-PM645-2270.JPG
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CAMERA

NIKON Z 6

LENS

NIKKOR Z 14-24mm f/2.8 S

APERTURE

5

SHUTTERSPEED

1/60

ISO

2500

IMAGE IS PUBLIC DOMAIN

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