Photo Essay: Pacific Thunder search and rescue
Tech. Sgt. Aaron Kuckovic, an 18th Operation Support Squadron Survial, Evasion, Resistance and Escape specialist, sends a smoke signal for an incoming HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter during exercise Pacific Thunder April 14, 2014, in the Republic of Korea. Pacific Thunder is intended to buttress the United States' and RoK's military readiness, in order to provide stability to the peninsula of South Korea. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jake Barreiro)