Mar 09 2023
US Air Force, Japan Maritime Self Defense Force Fly Together
Video by Cpl. Mitchell Austin
U.S. Airmen assigned to 353rd Special Operations Wing (SOW), U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command, and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force members assigned to Air Rescue Squadron 71, Fleet Air Wing (FAW) 31 conduct operations for Exercise Cope Angel 23-2 at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, March 2, 2023. Exercise Cope Angel 23-2 is part of a long-standing bilateral training series focused particularly on expanding combined search and rescue capabilities between U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command, and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Mitchell Austin)