Extraction system training

KOVACHEVO, Croatia - Members of a special operations assault team from

Poland dashes to the rear of an U.S. Army MH-47 Chinook helicopter,

assigned to the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, during fast

rope insertion/extraction system training here as part of the Jackal

Stone 2009 exercise held in Croatia. The international special

operations exercise, co-organized by the Special Operations Battalion of

General Staff of the Croatian Armed Forces and U.S. Special Operations

Command Europe, is being conducted to enhance the capabilities and

interoperability of the soldiers participating. (Department of Defense

photo by Air Force Tech. Sgt. Andrew Nystrom)

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