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82nd ERQS demonstrates USAF combat rescue tactics with Kenya Defense Forces

Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa service members conduct a combat rescue demonstration for Kenyan Defense Forces officers to supplement a weeklong, personnel recovery engagement course. During the weeklong course, CJTF-HOA shared combat training rescue knowledge, public realtions, and basic survival evasion resistance and escape skills.

By Senior Airman Nesha Humes ,  Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa Stuttgart, Germany Sep 18, 2015
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Kenyan Defense Forces officers take photos of a CV-22 Osprey during a personnel recovery demonstration near Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Sept. 16, 2015. The 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron collaborated with Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa service members to showcase combat rescue capabilities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Nesha Humes)
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U.S. Air Force Special operations airmen ascend into a CV-22 Osprey near Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Sept. 16, 2015. Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa service members conduct a combat rescue demonstration for Kenyan Defense Forces officers to supplement a weeklong, personnel recovery engagement course. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Nesha Humes)
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U.S. Air Force Special operations airmen prepare to ascend into a CV-22 Osprey near Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Sept. 16, 2015. The 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron collaborated with Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa service members to showcase combat rescue capabilities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Nesha Humes)
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Tech. Sgt. Andrew Dunn, 82nd Expeditionary Squadron survival evasion resistance and escape specialist, right, narrates a combat rescue demonstration to Kenyan Defense Forces officers near Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Sept. 16, 2015. Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa service members shared combat training rescue knowledge during a weeklong, personnel recovery engagement course. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Nesha Humes)
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A CV-22 Osprey, attached to the 82nd Expeditionary Squadron, flies over Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Sept. 16, 2015. Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa service members conducted a combat rescue demonstration for Kenyan Defense Forces officers, after learning about USAF combat rescue training during a weeklong, personnel recovery engagement course. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Nesha Humes)
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Col. Chrispin Dngadi, Kenya Defense Force pilot talks with an airman near Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Sept. 16, 2015. Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa service members conduct a combat rescue demonstration for Kenyan Defense Forces officers to supplement a weeklong, personnel recovery engagement course. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Nesha Humes)
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Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa service members conduct a combat rescue demonstration for Kenyan Defense Forces officers to supplement a weeklong, personnel recovery engagement course. During the weeklong course, CJTF-HOA shared combat training rescue knowledge, public realtions, and basic survival evasion resistance and escape skills.

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