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5th Air Force

SERE Jump Training

A member of Air Force Special Operations, Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape specialists jumps out of a C-130 Hercules while flying over Yokota Air Base, Japan, April 13, 2017. They performed a high altitude low opening parachute drop. (U.S. Air Force photo by Machiko Arita)

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SERE Conduct Jump Training

Staff Sgt. Justin Bender, 374th Operations Support Squadron Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape training NCO in charge, jumps out of a C-130 Hercules while flying over Yokota Air Base, Japan, April 13, 2017. Members of Air Force Special Operations, SERE specialists work for Pacific Air Forces bases gathered for a SERE working group at Yokota to remain current and proficient. (U.S. Air Force photo by Machiko Arita)

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SERE Jump Training

Staff Sgt. Justin Bender, 374th Operations Support Squadron Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape training NCO in charge, waits to perform a static line jump on April 13, 2017, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. SERE is a program created to train aircrew how to survive on their own in any environment under any condition, in the event their aircraft goes down. (U.S. Air Force photo by Machiko Arita)

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SERE Jump Training

U.S. Air Force Tech.Sgt. Valentin Larios, 51st Operations Support Squadron, waits to perform a static line jump on April 13, 2017, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. SERE is a program created to train aircrew how to survive on their own in any environment under any condition, in the event their aircraft goes down. (U.S. Air Force photo by Machiko Arita)

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SERE Jump Training

A view from a window of a C-130 Hercules on April 13, 2017, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. Members of Air Force Special Operations, Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape specialists work for Pacific Air Forces bases gathered for a SERE working group at Yokota to remain current and proficient. (U.S. Air Force photo by Machiko Arita)

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SERE Jump Training

Airman 1st Class Christian Williams, 36th Airlift Squadron loadmaster, performs preflight checks on a C-130 Hercules before takeoff for a personnel drop training exercise on April13, 2017, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. The personnel drops were a part of Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape working group to remain current and proficient (U.S. Air Force photo by Machiko Arita)

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Taking the Plunge

Published April 18, 2017
By Machiko Arita
374th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan --

SERE Jump Training

SERE Conduct Jump Training

SERE Jump Training

SERE Jump Training

SERE Jump Training

SERE Jump Training