FRIDAY FOTO (April 27, 2018)

Deep Dive.

(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Corporal Charles Plouffe)

Looking like a scene from an Indiana Jones movie, a Marine ascends from a cave at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Japan during training to detect chemical or radiological threats in difficult-to-access areas. The photo was taken April 18, 2018.

FRIDAY FOTO (April 20, 2018)

So Where’s the Plane?

(U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sergeant Gustavo Castillo)

Illustrating the “Free” in free fall, this photo shows Air Force para rescue jumpers (PJs) performing a military free fall jump over Djibouti in East Africa on April 17, 2018. The airmen are assigned to the 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron. They are deployed in support of humanitarian aid and contingency operations in the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa area of responsibility.

FRIDAY FOTO (April 13, 2018)

Night Ops over Japan.

(U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe)

Air Force Senior Airman Stephen Clark (left), and Airman 1st Class Matthew Pfeffer sit on the open ramp of a C-130J Super Hercules flying near Yokota Air Base, Japan on March 26, 2018.

The airmen, loadmasters assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron, were about to conduct a simulated airdrop over Yokota. Aircrews regularly conduct night operations to prepare for a variety of contingencies throughout the region.