U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Daniel Fournier, 33rd Rescue Squadron special missions aviator, looks out the side of an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter aboard the JS Kunisaki on the Pacific Ocean in support of Remote Island Disaster Exercise 2021 Nov. 2, 2021. This is the first time a 33rd RQS HH-60G has landed on a Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force vessel. U.S. Air Force SMAs are capable of providing weapon defense when necessary, in order for the team to successfully complete its missions.

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