Air Commandos provide underwater training to RMAF Paskau

ON A MILTARY INSTALLATION IN MALAYSIA -- A pararescueman from the 320th Special Tactics Squadron gives final instructions to a Paskau member of the Royal Malaysian Air Force during an underwater search and recovery course here May 28 as part of Teak Mint 09-1. The Paskau is the special operations branch of the Royal Malaysian Air Force. Teak Mint 09-1 is a training exchange designed to enhance U.S and Malaysian military training and capabilities. (Photo by Tech. Sgt. Aaron Cram)

Air Commandos provide underwater training to RMAF Paskau

ON A MILTARY INSTALLATION IN MALAYSIA -- A pararescueman from the 320th Special Tactics Squadron tends the line connected to a Paskau member of the Royal Malaysian Air Force conducting a search pattern during an underwater search and recovery course here May 28 as part of Teak Mint 09-1. The Paskau is the special operations branch of the Royal Malaysian Air Force. Teak Mint 09-1 is a training exchange designed to enhance U.S and Malaysian military training and capabilities. (Photo by Tech. Sgt. Aaron Cram)

PJs sharpen capabilities during training

KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- A pararescueman from the 320th Special Tactics Squadron checks for vitals on a simulated patient after pulling the victim from under a vehicle as the squadron's independent duty medical technician evaluates during a training exercise here April 16. Pararescuemen are the only Department of Defense specialty specifically trained and equipped to conduct conventional or unconventional rescue operations. These battlefield Airmen are personnel recovery specialists with emergency medical capabilities able to locate and save injured personnel anytime, anywhere. (Photo by Tech. Sgt. Aaron Cram)

PJs sharpen capabilities during training

KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Pararescuemen from the 320th Special Tactics Squadron prepare to raise a turned over vehicle with a lift kit to rescue a trapped simulated patient as evaluators and squadron members look on during a training exercise here April 16. Pararescuemen are the only Department of Defense specialty specifically trained and equipped to conduct conventional or unconventional rescue operations. These battlefield Airmen are personnel recovery specialists with emergency medical capabilities able to locate and save injured personnel anytime, anywhere. (Photo by Tech. Sgt. Aaron Cram)

Air Commandos test wartime readiness

DAEGU AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- Tech. Sgt. Frank Starks, an exercise evaluator from the 320th Special Tactics Squadron, takes notes during a building evacuation in a simulated chemical environment here March 24. More than 350 members and several aircraft assigned to the 353rd Special Operations Group spent nearly a month at Daegu Air Base, Republic of Korea, testing and assessing their wartime skills necessary to survive and operate in any environment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Aaron Cram)

STS members conduct ops with Army helo unit

NEAR CHINHAE, Republic of Korea -- Crew members throw a rope ladder out the back of a U.S. Army MH-47 helicopter from the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) to retrieve members of the 320th Special Tactics Squadron from the water during an infiltration/exfiltration training mission here March 20 during Foal Eagle 2009. Foal Eagle is an annual combined training exercise for U.S. and Republic of Korea forces to evaluate and improve their ability to coordinate procedures, plans and systems necessary to defend the ROK. The 320th STS is deployed from Kadena Air Base, Japan, and the 160th SOAR is deployed from Fort Lewis, Wash. (U.S. Air Force photo by James D'Angina)