Staff Sgt. Justin Schramm, an aerial gunner assigned to the 33rd Rescue Squadron scans the sky and water below from an HH-60 prior to a crisis management exercise off the coast of Okinawa Oct. 8. Members of the 18th Wing and Japanese Coast Guard rehearsed response procedures for a simulated over the water aircraft accident. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Chrissy Best)

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Staff Sgt. Jonathan Courtright and Senior Airman Oliver Smith, Pararescue Airmen assigned to the 31st Rescue Squadron scan the water below and prepare to rescue a downed pilot during a crisis management exercise, off the coast of Okinawa Oct. 8. Members of the 18th Wing and Japanese Coast Guard rehearsed response procedures for a simulated over the water aircraft accident. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Chrissy Best)

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Senior Airman Oliver Smith, (left) and Staff Sgt. Jonathan Courtright, (far right) both from the 31st Rescue Squadron, secure a downed F-15 pilot and signal to the flight engineer to hoist them onboard an HH-60 during a crisis management exercise off the coast of Okinawa Oct. 8. Members of the 18th Wing and Japanese Coast Guard rehearsed response procedures for a simulated over the water aircraft accident. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Chrissy Best)

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Master Sgt. Ernest Garcia, a flight engineer assigned to the 33rd Rescue Squadron, waits for a signal from the Pararescue Airman in the water to bring the downed pilot onboard an HH-60 during a crisis management exercise off the coast of Okinawa Oct. 8. Members of the 18th Wing and Japanese Coast Guard rehearsed response procedures for a simulated over the water aircraft accident. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Chrissy Best)

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Senior Airman Oliver Smith, a Pararescue Airman assigned to the 31st Rescue Squadron and a downed F-15pilot are hoisted out of the water into a HH-60 during a crisis management exercise off the coast of Okinawa Oct. 8. Members of the 18th Wing and Japanese Coast Guard rehearsed response procedures for a simulated over the water aircraft accident. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Chrissy Best)

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Staff Sgt. Jonathan Courtright, a Pararescue Airman assigned to the 31st Rescue Squadron is hoisted up onboard an HH-60 by Master Sgt. Ernest Garcia, flight engineer assigned to the 33rd Rescue Squadron, after rescuing a downed F-15 pilot as part of a crisis management exercise off the coast of Okinawa, Oct. 8. Members of the 18th Wing and Japanese Coast Guard rehearsed response procedures for a simulated over the water aircraft accident. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Chrissy Best)

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The Japanese Coast Guard rescues a downed pilot from a simulated F-15 crash during a crisis management exercise off the coast of Okinawa Oct. 8, 2008. U.S. Air Force and Japanese Coast Guard assets rehearsed response procedures for an over the water accident. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Amanda Grabiec)

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The 33rd Rescue Squadron hovers over one of two downed pilots during a crisis management exercise off the coast of Okinawa Oct. 8, 2008. U.S. Air Force and Japanese Coast Guard assets rehearsed response procedures for a simulated over the water aircraft accident. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Amanda Grabiec)

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Crisis management exercise

Published Oct. 9, 2008