Kadena 33rd RQS: Leading with lethality

Airman 1st Class Julia Donnell, 18th Logistics Readiness Squadron fuels distribution operator, checks fuel gauges during the hot pit refueling of an HH-60G Pave Hawk assigned to the 33rd Rescue Squadron at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Jan. 17, 2023. The 33rd RQS provides a ready combat search and rescue platform to aid in exercises and real-world operations in the Indo-Pacific Command area of responsibility. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Sebastian Romawac)

Kadena 33rd RQS: Leading with lethality

by Airman 1st Class Sebastian Romawac

18th Wing Public Affairs

January 23, 2023

KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- A U.S. Air Force special missions aviator assigned to the 33rd Rescue Squadron prepares 0.50 caliber ammunition for a training flight at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Jan. 17, 2023. The 33rd RQS provides a ready combat search and rescue platform to aid in exercises and real-world operations in the Indo-Pacific Command area of responsibility.

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