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From left: Japan Air Self-Defense Force Col. Takeshi Okubo, flight group commander, 3rd Air Wing; Col. Keisuke Sakamoto, head of the Exercise and Training Division for the Air Defense Command; Maj. Gen. Yukinori Yanagi, director of Defense Plans and Operations Directorate at the Air Defense Command headquarters; Col. Hideki Tomizaki, commander of the 3rd Tactical Airlift Group and Miho Air Base; Lt. Col. Shinji Isyama, chief of the KC-46A program at the HQ 3rd Tactical Lift Airlift Wing; pose for a photo in front of a JASDF F-35A Lightning II on the flightline during exercise Cope North 25 at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Feb. 13, 2025.

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ANDERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Guam - From left: Japan Air Self-Defense Force Col. Takeshi Okubo, flight group commander, 3rd Air Wing; Col. Keisuke Sakamoto, head of the Exercise and Training Division for the Air Defense Command; Maj. Gen. Yukinori Yanagi, director of Defense Plans and Operations Directorate at the Air Defense Command headquarters; Col. Hideki Tomizaki, commander of the 3rd Tactical Airlift Group and Miho Air Base; Lt. Col. Shinji Isyama, chief of the KC-46A program at the HQ 3rd Tactical Lift Airlift Wing; pose for a photo in front of a JASDF F-35A Lightning II on the flightline during exercise Cope North 25 at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Feb. 13, 2025. This exercise enhances JASDF relationships and interoperability with their regional Allies and partners by fostering the exchange of information and refining shared tactics, techniques and procedures to better integrate multilateral defense capabilities and compatibility in support of regional security. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Tala Hunt)

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