U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Robert Colliton, Survival Evasion Resistance Escape specialist from the 18th Operation Support Squadron on Kadena Air Base, Japan, checks his coordinates on a map before heading out to the helicopter pick-up point during exercise PACIFIC THUNDER near Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Nov. 3. PACIFIC THUNDER is a 10-day exercise from Oct. 31 to Nov. 9 at Osan AB. The exercise involves the 33rd Rescue Squadron from Kadena AB, Japan, and the 25th Fighter Squadron from Osan. These units work together to practice combat search and rescue tactics to prepare for real-world emergency situations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Angelique Bilog/released)

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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Robert Colliton, Survival Evasion Resistance Escape specialist from the 18th Operation Support Squadron on Kadena Air Base, Japan, checks his coordinates on a map before heading out to the helicopter pick-up point during exercise PACIFIC THUNDER near Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Nov. 3. PACIFIC THUNDER is a 10-day exercise from Oct. 31 to Nov. 9 at Osan AB. The exercise involves the 33rd Rescue Squadron from Kadena AB, Japan, and the 25th Fighter Squadron from Osan. These units work together to practice combat search and rescue tactics to prepare for real-world emergency situations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Angelique Bilog/released)

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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Robert Colliton, Survival Evasion Resistance Escape specialist from the 18th Operation Support Squadron, and Lt. Col. Pete Ortiz Jr., 33rd Rescue Squadron director of operations on Kadena Air Base, Japan, head out to the helicopter pick-up point during exercise PACIFIC THUNDER near Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Nov. 3. PACIFIC THUNDER is a 10-day exercise from Oct. 31 to Nov. 9 at Osan AB. The exercise involves the 33rd Rescue Squadron from Kadena AB, Japan, and the 25th Fighter Squadron from Osan. These units work together to practice combat search and rescue tactics to prepare for real-world emergency situations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Angelique Bilog/released)

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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Robert Colliton, Survival Evasion Resistance Escape specialist from the 18th Operation Support Squadron, and Lt. Col. Pete Ortiz Jr., 33rd Rescue Squadron director of operations, both on Kadena Air Base, Japan, send a helicopter rescue request message to pick them up during exercise PACIFIC THUNDER near Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Nov. 3 . PACIFIC THUNDER is a 10-day exercise from Oct. 31 to Nov. 9 at Osan AB. The exercise involves the 33rd Rescue Squadron from Kadena AB, Japan, and the 25th Fighter Squadron from Osan. These units work together to practice combat search and rescue tactics to prepare for real-world emergency situations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Angelique Bilog/released)

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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Robert Colliton, Survival Evasion Resistance Escape specialist from the 18th Operation Support Squadron, and Lt. Col. Pete Ortiz Jr., 33rd Rescue Squadron director of operations, both on Kadena Air Base, Japan, send a helicopter rescue request message to pick them up during exercise PACIFIC THUNDER near Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Nov. 1. PACIFIC THUNDER is a 10-day exercise from Oct. 31 to Nov. 9 at Osan AB. The exercise involves the 33rd Rescue Squadron from Kadena AB, Japan, and the 25th Fighter Squadron from Osan. These units work together to practice combat search and rescue tactics to prepare for real-world emergency situations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Angelique Bilog/released)

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U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Pete Ortiz Jr., 33rd Rescue Squadron director of operations on Kadena Air Base, Japan, sends a helicopter rescue request message during exercise PACIFIC THUNDER near Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Nov. 3. PACIFIC THUNDER is a 10-day exercise from Oct. 31 to Nov. 9 at Osan AB. The exercise involves the 33rd Rescue Squadron from Kadena AB, Japan, and the 25th Fighter Squadron from Osan. These units work together to practice combat search and rescue tactics to prepare for real-world emergency situations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Angelique Bilog/released)

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U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Pete Ortiz Jr., 33rd Rescue Squadron director of operations on Kadena Air Base, Japan, uses a mirror to flash a signal to rescue aircraft so they can pinpoint his location during exercise PACIFIC THUNDER near Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Nov. 3. PACIFIC THUNDER is a 10-day exercise from Oct. 31 to Nov. 9 at Osan AB. The exercise involves the 33rd Rescue Squadron from Kadena AB, Japan, and the 25th Fighter Squadron from Osan. These units work together to practice combat search and rescue tactics to prepare for real-world emergency situations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Angelique Bilog/released)

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U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Pete Ortiz Jr., 33rd Rescue Squadron director of operations, and U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Robert Colliton, Survival Evasion Resistance Escape specialist from the 18th Operation Support Squadron, both on Kadena Air Base, Japan, send a helicopter rescue request message to pick them up during exercise PACIFIC THUNDER near Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Nov. 3. PACIFIC THUNDER is a 10-day exercise from Oct. 31 to Nov. 9 at Osan AB. The exercise involves the 33rd Rescue Squadron from Kadena AB, Japan, and the 25th Fighter Squadron from Osan. These units work together to practice combat search and rescue tactics to prepare for real-world emergency situations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Angelique Bilog/released)

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U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Pete Ortiz Jr., 33rd Rescue Squadron director of operations on Kadena Air Base, Japan, pops smoke as a signal to rescue aircraft so they can pinpoint his location during exercise PACIFIC THUNDER near Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Nov. 3. PACIFIC THUNDER is a 10-day exercise from Oct. 31 to Nov. 9 at Osan AB. The exercise involves the 33rd Rescue Squadron from Kadena AB, Japan, and the 25th Fighter Squadron from Osan. These units work together to practice combat search and rescue tactics to prepare for real-world emergency situations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Angelique Bilog/released)

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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Robert Colliton, Survival Evasion Resistance Escape specialist from the 18th Operation Support Squadron on Kadena Air Base, Japan, pops smoke as a signal to rescue aircraft so they can pinpoint his location during exercise PACIFIC THUNDER near Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Nov. 3. PACIFIC THUNDER is a 10-day exercise from Oct. 31 to Nov. 9 at Osan AB. The exercise involves the 33rd Rescue Squadron from Kadena AB, Japan, and the 25th Fighter Squadron from Osan. These units work together to practice combat search and rescue tactics to prepare for real-world emergency situations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Angelique Bilog/released)

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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Robert Colliton, Survival Evasion Resistance Escape specialist from the 18th Operation Support Squadron on Kadena Air Base, Japan, signals the okay to hoist U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Pete Ortiz Jr., 33rd Rescue Squadron director of operations at Kadena AB, up to a rescue helicopter during exercise PACIFIC THUNDER near Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Nov. 3. PACIFIC THUNDER is a 10-day exercise from Oct. 31 to Nov. 9 at Osan AB. The exercise involves the 33rd Rescue Squadron from Kadena AB, Japan, and the 25th Fighter Squadron from Osan. These units work together to practice combat search and rescue tactics to prepare for real-world emergency situations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Angelique Bilog/released)

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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Robert Colliton, Survival Evasion Resistance Escape specialist from the 18th Operation Support Squadron on Kadena Air Base, Japan, watches U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Pete Ortiz Jr., 33rd Rescue Squadron director of operations on Kadena AB, as he is hoisted up to a rescue helicopter during exercise PACIFIC THUNDER near Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Nov. 3. PACIFIC THUNDER is a 10-day exercise from Oct. 31 to Nov. 9 at Osan AB. The exercise involves the 33rd Rescue Squadron from Kadena AB, Japan, and the 25th Fighter Squadron from Osan. These units work together to practice combat search and rescue tactics to prepare for real-world emergency situations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Angelique Bilog/released)

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U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Pete Ortiz Jr., 33rd Rescue Squadron director of operations on Kadena Air Base, Japan, is hoisted up to a rescue helicopter during exercise PACIFIC THUNDER near Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Nov. 3. PACIFIC THUNDER is a 10-day exercise from Oct. 31 to Nov. 9 at Osan AB. The exercise involves the 33rd Rescue Squadron from Kadena AB, Japan, and the 25th Fighter Squadron from Osan. These units work together to practice combat search and rescue tactics to prepare for real-world emergency situations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Angelique Bilog/released)

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U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Pete Ortiz Jr., 33rd Rescue Squadron director of operations on Kadena Air Base, Japan, is hoisted down from a rescue helicopter during exercise PACIFIC THUNDER near Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Nov. 3. PACIFIC THUNDER is a 10-day exercise from Oct. 31 to Nov. 9 at Osan AB. The exercise involves the 33rd Rescue Squadron from Kadena AB, Japan, and the 25th Fighter Squadron from Osan. These units work together to practice combat search and rescue tactics to prepare for real-world emergency situations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Angelique Bilog/released)

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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Robert Colliton, Survival Evasion Resistance Escape specialist from the 18th Operation Support Squadron on Kadena Air Base, Japan, pops smoke as a signal to rescue aircraft so they can pinpoint his location during exercise PACIFIC THUNDER near Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea,Nov. 3. PACIFIC THUNDER is a 10-day exercise from Oct. 31 to Nov. 9 at Osan AB. The exercise involves the 33rd Rescue Squadron from Kadena AB, Japan, and the 25th Fighter Squadron from Osan. These units work together to practice combat search and rescue tactics to prepare for real-world emergency situations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Angelique Bilog/released)

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A U.S. Air Force HH-60G Pave Hawk from the 33rd Rescue Squadron on Kadena Air Base, Japan, raises its hoist after lowering personnel down into the mountains near Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, during PACIFIC THUNDER, Nov. 3. PACIFIC THUNDER is a 10-day exercise from Oct. 31 to Nov. 9 at Osan AB. The exercise involves the 33rd Rescue Squadron from Kadena AB, Japan, and the 25th Fighter Squadron from Osan. These units work together to practice combat search and rescue tactics to prepare for real-world emergency situations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Angelique Bilog/released)

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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Robert Colliton, Survival Evasion Resistance Escape specialist from the 18th Operation Support Squadron on Kadena Air Base, Japan, is hoisted up to a rescue helicopter during exercise PACIFIC THUNDER near Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Nov. 3. PACIFIC THUNDER is a 10-day exercise from Oct. 31 to Nov. 9 at Osan AB. The exercise involves the 33rd Rescue Squadron from Kadena AB, Japan, and the 25th Fighter Squadron from Osan. These units work together to practice combat search and rescue tactics to prepare for real-world emergency situations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Angelique Bilog/released)

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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Robert Colliton, Survival Evasion Resistance Escape specialist from the 18th Operation Support Squadron on Kadena Air Base, Japan, is hoisted up to a rescue helicopter during exercise PACIFIC THUNDER near Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Nov. 3. PACIFIC THUNDER is a 10-day exercise from Oct. 31 to Nov. 9 at Osan AB. The exercise involves the 33rd Rescue Squadron from Kadena AB, Japan, and the 25th Fighter Squadron from Osan. These units work together to practice combat search and rescue tactics to prepare for real-world emergency situations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Angelique Bilog/released)

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33rd RQS trains hard during PAC THUNDER

Published Nov. 3, 2011