U.S. Airmen and McDonnell Douglas F-15C Eagle assigned to Kadena Air Base, Japan, will take part in an Aviation Coaching Relocation, in any other case often known as “ATR,” occasion hosted by the Japanese Air Self-Protection Power (JASDF) eighth Air Wing at Tsuiki Air Base, Japan, November 10-18, 2022. Aviation Coaching Relocation is a results of the Could 2006 United States-Japan roadmap for realignment implementation, a bilateral program geared toward rising operational readiness and enhancing interoperability.

“A robust U.S.-Japan alliance serves as a foundation to discourage conflicts and hold stability within the area. We’re proud to contribute to the peace within the area by signaling a robust U.S.-Japan alliance via this bilateral coaching,” stated Japanese Air Self-Protection Power Lt. Col. Tomonori Okubo, sixth Fighter Squadron commander.

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U.S. Air Power F-15 Eagles assigned to the 67th Fighter Squadron, Kadena Air Base, Japan are positioned at Japan Air Self-Protection Power Tsuiki Air Base, Fukuoka, Japan as a part of the aviation coaching relocation program Nov. 8, 2022. (U.S. Air Power photograph by Airman 1st Class Sebastian Romawac)

“We should work as a workforce and talk successfully to prevail within the skies above. About 190 Kadena-based Airmen from Okinawa are collaborating on this coaching. On behalf of them, I wish to thanks for internet hosting us,” stated U.S. Air Power Lt. Col. Craig Van Beusekom, 67th Fighter Squadron commander, through the ATR’s preliminary press convention.

Throughout this coaching occasion, U.S. and Japanese forces will plan and conduct bilateral flying operations inside bilaterally permitted airspace often utilized by the JASDF. Members collaborating within the Aviation Coaching Relocation are from varied models below the 18th Wing and can be given the chance to observe deployed operations and carry out bilateral coaching in a joint setting alongside the Japanese Air Self-Protection Power eighth Air Wing.

US Air Force F-15C Eagles from Kadena Making Their Last Trips to Tsuiki Air Base
A U.S. Air Power F-15 Eagle assigned to the 67th Fighter Squadron, Kadena Air Base, Japan is positioned at Japan Air Self-Protection Power Tsuiki Air Base, Fukuoka, Japan as a part of the aviation coaching relocation program Nov. 8, 2022. (U.S. Air Power photograph by Airman 1st Class Sebastian Romawac)