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A helicopter lands in the deep snow on a clear day, with several buildings and equipment in the background.

North Wind 26

Service members in a UH-60 Black Hawk, assigned to Army Aviation Battalion Japan, conduct a snow landing as part of North Wind 26 at Camp Okadama in Hokkaido, Japan, Jan. 24, 2026. The bilateral U.S. Army and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force winter field training exercise, which runs until Feb. 3, 2026, focuses on enhancing bilateral tactics, techniques and procedures for extreme cold-weather conditions and bolstering interoperability and readiness between U.S. and Japanese forces.

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