U.S. Airmen Conduct Combat Survival Skills Training During Pacific Thunder

Department of Defense Photo Essay

  • U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Bobby Colliton looks out of an HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter after performing combat survival training during exercise Pacific Thunder 2012 near Osan Air Base, South Korea, Oct. 15, 2012. Colliton, a survival evasion resistance and escape specialist, is assigned to the 18th Operation Support Squadron and the helicopter crew is assigned to the 33rd Rescue Squadron. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Sara Csurilla
  • U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Dane Hatley confirms his coordinates with his compass during exercise Pacific Thunder 2012 near Osan Air Base, South Korea, Oct. 15, 2012. Hatley, a flight engineer, is assigned to the 33rd Rescue Squadron. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Sara Csurilla
  • U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Dane Hatley signals an A-10 Thunderbolt II with a mirror during exercise Pacific Thunder 2012 near Osan Air Base, South Korea, Oct. 15, 2012. Hatley, a flight engineer, is assigned to the 33rd Rescue Squadron. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Sara Csurilla
  • U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Bobby Colliton performs combat survival training with other airmen during exercise Pacific Thunder 2012 near Osan Air Base, South Korea, Oct. 15, 2012. Colliton, a survival evasion resistance and escape specialist, is assigned to the 18th Operation Support Squadron. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Sara Csurilla
  • U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Dane Hatley is hoisted into an HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter as part of a combat search and rescue scenario during exercise Pacific Thunder 2012 near Osan Air Base, South Korea, Oct. 15, 2012. Hatley, a flight engineer, is assigned to the 33rd Rescue Squadron. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Sara Csurilla
  • U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Brandon Taylor hoists simulated survivors into a HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter as part of a combat search and rescue scenario during exercise Pacific Thunder 2012 near Osan Air Base, South Korea, Oct. 15, 2012. Taylor, a flight engineer, is assigned to the 33rd Rescue Squadron. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Sara Csurilla
  • U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Bobby Colliton teaches combat survival skills to Staff Sgt. Dane Hatley during exercise Pacific Thunder 2012 near Osan Air Base, South Korea, Oct. 15, 2012. Colliton, a survival evasion resistance and escape specialist, is assigned to the 18th Operation Support Squadron and Hatley, a flight engineer, is assigned to the 33rd Rescue Squadron. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Sara Csurilla