Pararescuemen from the 31st Rescue Squadron, Kadena Air Base, Japan, extract a simulated car wreck victim during the unit's Rescue Fest Feb. 20, 2010. Airmen from the unit held several demonstrations on how they rappel into areas, how they recover victims from mountainous terrain, and how to survive when stuck behind enemy lines. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jason Lake)

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Pararescuemen from the 31st Rescue Squadron, Kadena Air Base, Japan, lower emergency equipment from an HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter during the unit's Rescue Fest Feb. 20. The 31st RQS trains, equips and employs combat-ready pararescuemen who are experts in medical care and small-unit tactics providing survivor contact, treatment and extraction during combat rescue operations in hostile or denied territory. The unit uses various fixed and rotary-wing insertion and extraction assets providing combat and humanitarian search, rescue and medical assistance in all environments. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jason Lake)

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Pararescuemen from the 31st Rescue Squadron, Kadena Air Base, Japan, make their way toward a simulated vehicle crash during the unit's Rescue Fest Feb. 20, 2010. The team fast roped to the site and used the jaws of life to rescue a victim from the vehicle. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jason Lake)

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Pararescuemen from the 31st Rescue Squadron, Kadena Air Base, Japan, prepare to extract a simulated car wreck victim during the unit's Rescue Fest Feb. 20, 2010. Hundreds of servicemembers and their families visited the 31st RQS to watch rescue and survival demonstrations and talk with Airmen in the unit about how they contribute to the Air Force mission. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jason Lake)

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Staff Sgt. Aaron Sanders, 31st Rescue Squadron Survival, Escape, Resistance and Evasion specialist, helps Sean Nissel and Leo Salinas IV apply camoflage during Rescue Fest Feb. 20, 2010, Kadena Air Base, Japan. Hundreds of servicemembers and families visited the 31st RQS to watch demonstrations and talk with Airmen in the unit about how they contribute to the Air Force mission. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jason Lake)

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Pararescuemen from the 31st Rescue Squadron, Kadena Air Base, Japan, rappel from an HH-60 Pave Hawk during the unit's Rescue Fest Feb. 20, 2010. Airmen from the unit held several demonstrations on how they rappel into areas, how they recover victims from mountainous terrain, and how to survive when stuck behind enemy lines. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jason Lake)

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Tech. Sgt. Trevor Brinton, a 31st Rescue Squadron survival, escape, resistance and evasion specialist, shows children how to start a fire using flint and bamboo shavings during Rescue Fest Feb. 20, 2010, Kadena Air Base, Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jason Lake)

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The 31st Rescue Squadron held various demonstrations, static displays and open forums with hundreds of servicemembers and their families during Rescue Fest Feb. 20, 2010, Kadena Air Base, Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jason Lake)

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A pararescuemen from the 31st Rescue Squadron. Kadena Air Base, Japan, rappels down a rock climbing wall while recovering Col. Lenny Richoux, 18th Wing deputy commander and simulated victim, during Rescue Fest Feb. 20, 2010. Airmen from the unit held several demonstrations on how they rappel into areas, how they recover victims from mountainous terrain, and how to survive when stuck behind enemy lines. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jason Lake)

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Maxwell Eckenrode, son of Staff Sgt. Jason Eckenrode of the 18th Operations Support Squadron, tries out the 31st Rescue Squadron's parachute simulator with the help of Staff Sgt. Justin Watters, 353rd Operations Support Squadron survival, escape, resistance and evasion specialist, during Rescue Fest Feb. 20, 2010, Kadena Air Base, Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jason Lake)

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31st Rescue Squadron hosts Rescue Fest

Published Feb. 21, 2010