Osprey demoed for CSAR in Djibouti
Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) service members recently conducted a combat rescue demonstration for Kenyan Defense Forces officers.
Image: Kenyan Defense Forces officers take photos during the demonstration (USAF / Senior Airman Nesha Humes)
Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) service members recently conducted a combat rescue demonstration for Kenyan Defense Forces officers to supplement a week-long personnel recovery engagement course. During the course, CJTF-HOA shared combat training rescue knowledge, public relations, and basic survival, evasion, resistance and escape skills. The 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron showcased its capabilities, including using a CV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft to hoist personnel from the ground.
CJTF-HOA is a joint task force of United States Africa Command.
Mandy Langfield
Mandy Langfield is a Director of Palladium Media Partners and former Publishing Director at Voyageur Group. She has written extensively on international travel and health insurance, medical assistance provision, and air medical transportation. She was Editor of AirMed&Rescue from December 2017 until April 2021. Her favourite helicopter is the Chinook, having grown up near an RAF training ground.