Afghanistan’s 777th Special Mission Wing (SMW) and the Crisis Response Unit 222 conducted Fast Rope Insertion and Extraction System (FRIES) training at a landing zone near Kabul, Afghanistan, Apr. 9, 2018. FRIES, commonly referred to as “fast roping”, is a method of special operation insertion and extraction used where the terrain restricts an aircraft from landing. SMW is Afghanistan’s only special operations aviation unit capable of day or night, multi-role aviation operations, delivering combat forces to remote and unimproved locations, to execute counter narcotics and counterterrorism operations. (NSOCC-A photo by Mr. Max Blumenfeld)
NATO Special Operations Component Command-Afghanistan Max Blumenfeld
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