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USAF, RNZAF work together during Flash Lantern Net

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Matthew Packer from the 353rd Special Operations Support Squadron checks wind conditions at a Drop Zone in Kaipara, New Zealand, June 22, 2015 prior to air drops by a 1st Special Operations Squadron MC-130H Combat Talon II aircraft. Members from the 353rd Special Operations Group and the Royal New Zealand Air Force and Army are participating in Exercise Flash Lantern Net June 18-27 at Royal New Zealand Air Force Base Auckland in New Zealand. (New Zealand Defense Force photo by Roderick Mackenzie)

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USAF, RNZAF work together during Flash Lantern Net

U.S. Air Force and New Zealand military personnel load a pallet onto a 1st Special Operations Squadron MC-130H Combat Talon II aircraft at Whenuapai, New Zealand, June 22, 2015 during Exercise Flash Lantern Net. Members from the 353rd Special Operations Group and the Royal New Zealand Air Force and Army are participating in Exercise Flash Lantern Net June 18-27 at Royal New Zealand Air Force Base Auckland in New Zealand. (New Zealand Defense Force photo by Roderick Mackenzie)

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USAF, RNZAF work together during Flash Lantern Net

Royal New Zealand Air Force Air Movements personnel prepare to load a Container Delivery System pallet on to a 1st Special Operations Squadron MC-130H Combat Talon II aircraft June 22, 2015 at Whenuapai, New Zealand, while another Combat Talon II aircraft takes off in the background. Members from the 353rd Special Operations Group and the Royal New Zealand Air Force and Army are participating in Exercise Flash Lantern Net June 18-27 at Royal New Zealand Air Force Base Auckland in New Zealand. (New Zealand Defense Force photo by Roderick Mackenzie)

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USAF, RNZAF work together during Flash Lantern Net

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Matthew Packer (left) from the 353rd Special Operations Support Squadron and New Zealand Army Staff Sergeant Peter Baker (right) prepare a marker at a Drop Zone (DZ) in Kaipara, New Zealand, June 22, 2015 prior to air drops conducted by a 1st Special Operations Squadron MC-130H Combat Talon II aircraft. Members from the 353rd Special Operations Group and the Royal New Zealand Air Force and Army are participating in Exercise Flash Lantern Net June 18-27 at Royal New Zealand Air Force Base Auckland in New Zealand. (New Zealand Defense Force photo by Roderick Mackenzie)

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USAF, RNZAF work together during Flash Lantern Net

New Zealand Army Lance Corporal Powhiri Mete (left) checks a Container Delivery System (CDS) pallet loaded on board a 1st Special Operations Squadron MC-130H Combat Talon II aircraft June 22, 2015 at Whenuapai, New Zealand, during Exercise Flash Lantern Net. Members from the 353rd Special Operations Group and the Royal New Zealand Air Force and Army are participating in Exercise Flash Lantern Net June 18-27 at Royal New Zealand Air Force Base Auckland in New Zealand. (New Zealand Defense Force photo by Roderick Mackenzie)

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USAF, RNZAF work together during Flash Lantern Net

New Zealand Army Lance Corporal Powhiri Mete (right) speaks with U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Robert Potts (left), a flight engineer from the 1st Special Operations Squadron on the flight line June 22, 2015 at Whenuapai, New Zealand, during the Exercise Flash Lantern Net. Members from the 353rd Special Operations Group and the Royal New Zealand Air Force and Army are participating in Exercise Flash Lantern Net June 18-27 at Royal New Zealand Air Force Base Auckland in New Zealand. (New Zealand Defense Force photo by Roderick Mackenzie)

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USAF, RNZAF work together during Flash Lantern Net

U.S. Air Force and New Zealand military personnel load a pallet onto a 1st Special Operations Squadron MC-130H Combat Talon II aircraft June 22, 2015 at Whenuapai, New Zealand, during Exercise Flash Lantern Net. Members from the 353rd Special Operations Group and the Royal New Zealand Air Force and Army are participating in Exercise Flash Lantern Net June 18-27 at Royal New Zealand Air Force Base Auckland in New Zealand. (New Zealand Defense Force photo by Roderick Mackenzie)

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USAF, RNZAF work together during Flash Lantern Net

Royal New Zealand Air Force Aviation Refueler AC Conrad Hazelwood (left) and U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Luke-Nathan De Jesus, (right) 353rd Special Operations Maintenance Squadron, refuel a 1st Special Operations Squadron MC-130H Combat Talon II aircraft on the flight line June 16, 2015 at RNZAF Base Auckland, New Zealand. Members from the 353rd Special Operations Group and the Royal New Zealand Air Force and Army are participating in Exercise Flash Lantern Net June 18-27 at RNZAF Base Auckland in New Zealand. (New Zealand Defense Force photo by Roderick Mackenzie)

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USAF, RNZAF work together during Flash Lantern Net

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Matthew Packer (left), 353rd Special Operations Support Squadron, and New Zealand Army Private Te Karanga-o-te-tui Marino (right) watch as an MC-130H Combat Talon II, from the 1st Special Operations Squadron conducts an air drop June 22, 2015 at a Drop Zone in Kaipara, New Zealand, during Exercise Flash Lantern Net. Members from the 353rd Special Operations Group and the Royal New Zealand Air Force and Army participating in Exercise Flash Lantern Net June 18-27 at Royal New Zealand Air Force Base Auckland in New Zealand.(New Zealand Defense Force photo by Roderick Mackenzie)

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USAF, RNZAF work together during Flash Lantern Net

Royal New Zealand Air Force Aviation Refueller AC Conrad Hazelwood (left) and U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Luke-Nathan De Jesus (right) refuel a 1st Special Operations Squadorn MC-130H Combat Talon II aircraft on the flight line June 16, 2015 at RNZAF Base Auckland, New Zealand. Members from the 353rd Special Operations Group and the Royal New Zealand Air Force and Army are participating in Exercise Flash Lantern Net June 18-27 at RNZAF Base Auckland in New Zealand. (New Zealand Defense Force photo by Roderick Mackenzie\Released)

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USAF, RNZAF work together during Flash Lantern Net

A Royal New Zealand Air Force tanker refuels a 1st Special Operations Squadron MC-130H Combat Talon II aircraft on the flight line at RNZAF Base Auckland, New Zealand, June 16, 2015. Members from the 353rd Special Operations Group and the Royal New Zealand Air Force and Army are participating in Exercise Flash Lantern Net June 18-27 at RNZAF Base Auckland in New Zealand. (New Zealand Defense Force photo by Roderick Mackenzie\Released)

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USAF, RNZAF work together during Flash Lantern Net

A U.S. Air Force MC-130H Combat Talon II from the 1st Special Operations Squadron taxis after landing at Royal New Zealand Air Force Base Auckland, New Zealand, June 16, 2015 while a Royal New Zealand Air Force C-130H(NZ) Hercules sits in the foreground. Members from the 353rd Special Operations Group and the Royal New Zealand Air Force and Army are participating in Exercise Flash Lantern Net June 18-27 at RNZAF Base Auckland in New Zealand. (New Zealand Defense Force photo by Roderick Mackenzie\Released)

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USAF, RNZAF work together during Flash Lantern Net

Royal New Zealand Air Force Aviation Refueler LAC Kennedy Howard (left) completes paperwork with U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Luke-Nathan De Jesus, (right) 353rd Special Operations Maintenance Squadron, after refueling a 1st Special Operations Squadron MC-130H Combat Talon II aircraft on the flight line June 16, 2015 at RNZAF Base Auckland, New Zealand. Members from the 353rd Special Operations Group and the Royal New Zealand Air Force and Army are participating in Exercise Flash Lantern Net June 18-27 at RNZAF Base Auckland in New Zealand. (New Zealand Defense Force photo by Roderick Mackenzie\Released)

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353rd SOMXS welcomes new commander

The Airmen from the 353rd Special Operations Maintenance Squadron salute during the playing of the American and Japanese National Anthems at a change of command ceremony on Kadena Air Base, Japan, June 19, 2015U.S. Air Force Maj. Aaron Yager, newly appointed commander of the 353rd Special Operations Maintenance Squadron, comes from Headquarters United States Special Operations Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, where he served as director fixed wing logistics and joint acquisitions team lead, directorate of logistics. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Marcus Morris)

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353rd Special Operations Maintenance Squadron welcomes new commander

U.S. Air Force Maj. Aaron Yager, newly appointed commander of the 353rd Special Operations Maintenance Squadron, accepts the guidon from Col. William Freeman, 353rd Special Operations Group commander, during a change of command ceremony on Kadena Air Base, Japan, June 19, 2015. Yager comes from Headquarters United States Special Operations Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, where he served as director fixed wing logistics and joint acquisitions team lead, directorate of logistics. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Marcus Morris)

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Teak Mint soccer match builds friendship, competition

U.S. Air Force Capt. Forrest Underwood, a pilot at the 17th Special Operations Squadron, attempts to stop a Royal Malaysian Air Force player from the 20th Squadron during a friendly soccer match between the U.S. Air Force and the Royal Malaysian Air Force June 9, 2015 near Subang Air Base, Malaysia. The match was played as part of Teak Mint, a multinational and bilateral training exercise held to improve interoperability to between the U.S. Air Force and the Royal Malaysian Air Force. The Royal Malaysian Air Force team won the match 4-3. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Kristine Dreyer)

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Teak Mint soccer match builds friendship, competition

U.S. Air Force Capt. John Hitsos, a combat systems operator at the 17th Special Operations Squadron, attempts to move past a Royal Malaysian Air Force player from the 20th Squadron during a friendly soccer match. The U.S. Air Force team, comprised of members from the 353rd Special Operations Group along with the 36th Airlift Squadron, played the Royal Malaysian Air Force June 9, 201 near Subang Air Base, Malaysia. The match was played as part of Teak Mint, a multinational and bilateral training exercise held to improve interoperability to between the U.S. Air Force and the Royal Malaysian Air Force. The Royal Malaysian Air Force team won the match 4-3. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Kristine Dreyer)

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Teak Mint soccer match builds friendship, competition

The U.S. Air Force team comprised of members from the 353rd Special Operations Group and the 36th Airlift Squadron celebrates their first goal during a friendly soccer match between the U.S. Air Force and the Royal Malaysian Air Force June 9, 201 near Subang Air Base, Malaysia. The match was played as part of Teak Mint, a multinational and bilateral training exercise held to improve interoperability to between the U.S. Air Force and the Royal Malaysian Air Force. The Royal Malaysian Air Force team won the match 4-3. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Kristine Dreyer)

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Teak Mint soccer match builds friendship, competition

The U.S. Air Force team comprised of members from the 353rd Special Operations Group and the 36th Airlift Squadron congratulates the Royal Malaysian Air Force team after losing a friendly soccer match 4-3 June 9, 201 near Subang Air Base, Malaysia. The match was played as part of Teak Mint, a multinational and bilateral training exercise held to improve interoperability to between the U.S. Air Force and the Royal Malaysian Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Kristine Dreyer)

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USAF, RMAF complete HALO jumps during Exercise Teak Mint

U.S. Air Force Capt. Evan Richards, 1st Special Operations Support Squadron, listens to the heart beat of a child from the Rumah Kasih Hormoni Orphanage near Kuala Lumpur, Malayasia, June 6, 2015. As part of Exercise Teak Mint, members from the RMAF, U.S. Air Force came together to help with repairs around the orphanage and donated more than $1,000 in clothes, games and sports equipment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Kristine Dreyer)

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