250828-Z-JU667-1244

U.S. Air Force special tactics Airmen assigned to the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Airlift Wing conduct search-and-rescue hoist operations in the Caribbean Sea from a Mississippi Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk off the coast of St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, Aug. 28, 2025 as part of Emerald Warrior 25.2, a large-scale special operations exercise staged in multiple locations by Air Force Special Operations Command. St. Croix provides an ideal environment for testing the unit’s littoral and maritime capabilities, simulating many of the geographic features that special operators may encounter when deployed around the world to project air power in unfamiliar or contested environments. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Phil Speck)

PHOTO BY: Phil Speck
VIRIN: 250828-Z-JU667-1244.JPG
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NIKON D750

LENS

70.0-200.0 mm f/2.8

APERTURE

16

SHUTTERSPEED

1/160

ISO

100

IMAGE IS PUBLIC DOMAIN

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