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320th STS performs jump training

  • Published
  • By Senior Airman Omari Bernard
  • 353rd Special Operations Group
KADENA AIR BASE, Japan --  Airmen from the 320th Special Tactics Squadron at Kadena Air Base, Japan, parachuted from a C-17 Globemaster III during a long-range training jump Nov. 22, 2016, into the Pacific Ocean off the western coast Okinawa, Japan. The 320th STS Airmen train to operate in adverse conditions at sea or overland, and teamwork and coordination built during these training evolutions is vital to the success and safe completion of special tactics objectives.

Special Tactics team Airmen are organized, trained and equipped to conduct special operations core tasks during high-risk combat operations. The 320th STS has combat controllers, pararescuemen and special operations weather teams who go anywhere and set up forward operating locations and impromptu runways.