USAF / FACh Pararescue Airdrop

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USAF / FACh Pararescue Airdrop OPERATION
SOUTHERN PARTNER IQUIQUE, CHILE 30 Oct 2008
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Pararescueman Staff Sgt Jose Cervantes (left) and
Combat Rescue Officer Capt Matthew Komatzu
discuss last minute preparations with Chilean Air
Force commando Lt. Pablo Castro as they prepare
to jump from the back of a C-17 over Iquique Air
Base, Chile during Operation Southern Partner,
Oct., 30, 2008. The Airman assigned to the 48th
Rescue Squadron, Davis Monthan Air Force Base,
Ariz., are part of a team known as the Guardian
Angel Weapons System or GAWS. The aircraft is
assigned to the 535th Airlift Squadron, Hickam
AFB, Hawaii. OSP is an in-depth, two-week subject
matter exchange emphasizing partnership,
cooperation and sharing of information with
partner nation Air Forces in Latin America.
(U.S. Air Force Photo by TSgt Roy Santana,
Released)
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A Combat Rescue Officer and Pararescuemen from
the 48th Rescue Squadron, Davis Monthan Air Force
Base, Ariz., part of a team known as the Guardian
Angel Weapons System or GAWS, share a moment of
silence as they prepare to jump alongside Chilean
airman from the back of a C-17 over Iquique Air
Base, Chile during Operation Southern Partner,
Oct., 30, 2008. The aircraft is assigned to the
535th Airlift Squadron, Hickam AFB, Hawaii. OSP
is an in-depth, two-week subject matter exchange
emphasizing partnership, cooperation and sharing
of information with partner nation Air Forces in
Latin America. (U.S. Air Force Photo by TSgt Roy
Santana, Released)
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(L to R) Combat Rescue Officer Captain Matthew
Komatzu and Pararescuemen Staff Sgt Jose Mercado
Jose Cervantes, 48th Rescue Squadron, Davis
Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., part of a team
known as the Guardian Angel Weapons System or
GAWS prepare to jump alongside Chilean airman
from the back of a C-17 over Iquique Air Base,
Chile during Operation Southern Partner, Oct.,
30, 2008. The aircraft is assigned to the 535th
Airlift Squadron, Hickam AFB, Hawaii. OSP is an
in-depth, two-week subject matter exchange
emphasizing partnership, cooperation and sharing
of information with partner nation Air Forces in
Latin America. (U.S. Air Force Photo by TSgt Roy
Santana, Released)
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Chilean commandos prepare to jump from the back
of a US Air Force C-17 over Iquique Air Base,
Chile during Operation Southern Partner, Oct.,
30, 2008. The aircraft is assigned to the 535th
Airlift Squadron, Hickam AFB, Hawaii. OSP is an
in-depth, two-week subject matter exchange
emphasizing partnership, cooperation and sharing
of information with partner nation Air Forces in
Latin America. (U.S. Air Force Photo by TSgt Roy
Santana, Released)
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A Search and Rescue team from the 48th Rescue
Squadron, Davis Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz.,
part of a team known as the Guardian Angel
Weapons System or GAWS, jump alongside Chilean
airman from the back of a C-17 over Iquique Air
Base, Chile during Operation Southern Partner,
Oct., 30, 2008. The aircraft is assigned to the
535th Airlift Squadron, Hickam AFB, Hawaii. OSP
is an in-depth, two-week subject matter exchange
emphasizing partnership, cooperation and sharing
of information with partner nation Air Forces in
Latin America.
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A Search and Rescue team from the 48th Rescue
Squadron, Davis Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz.,
part of a team known as the Guardian Angel
Weapons System or GAWS, jump alongside Chilean
airman from the back of a C-17 over Iquique Air
Base, Chile during Operation Southern Partner,
Oct., 30, 2008. The aircraft is assigned to the
535th Airlift Squadron, Hickam AFB, Hawaii. OSP
is an in-depth, two-week subject matter exchange
emphasizing partnership, cooperation and sharing
of information with partner nation Air Forces in
Latin America.
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For more information on Operation Southern
Partner and Twelfth Air Force (Air Forces
Southern) visit www.12af.acc.af.mil For
more information on the Fuerza Aerea Chile
visit www.fach.cl Capt Nathan D.
Broshear Twelfth Air Force (Air Forces Southern)
Public Affairs