Nepalese Mi-17 in Exercise Teak Nail

PERSONNEL FROM US Air Force Special Operations Command’s 320th Special Tactics Squadron (STS) at Kadena Air Base, Japan, recently deployed to Nepal for Exercise Teak Nail. Sixteen US Special Tactics operators worked with 60 Nepalese Mahabir Rangers from the Ranger Regiment’s Disaster Aid and Response Teams (DART) at high altitude in challenging mountainous terrain. Training was given on helicopter insertion, collapsed structures, swift water rescue, rope systems, glacier movement and a complex mountain rescue scenario. The exercise began in Kathmandu