U.S. Army scouts assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 11th Airborne Division, travel in two Sikorsky UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters and two Japanese Bell UH-1 Iroquois helicopters for an aerial insertion training exercise during North Wind 26 in Hokkaido, Japan, Jan. 28, 2026. North Wind is a bilateral U.S. Army Japan and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force winter field training exercise in Hokkaido, Japan—running from Jan. 20–Feb. 3—focused on enhan