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Kadena Airmen wrap up largest ATR yet
Kadena Air Base ^ | 11/19/2010 | Ed Gulick

Posted on 11/19/2010 4:25:06 PM PST by ErnstStavroBlofeld

Twelve F-15s and about 180 Kadena Airmen are wrapping up two weeks of bilateral training with Japan Air Self Defense Force members at Chitose Air Base in northern Japan.

The aviation training relocation program is designed to increase operational readiness and interoperability between U.S. and Japanese forces while reducing the impact of training on local communities surrounding Kadena. The current ATR mission has been the largest and longest since the initiative began in 2007.

The JASDF's 2nd Wing at Chitose Air Base in Hokkaido, flies many aircraft including F-15s. Working side-by-side Kadena Airmen, mostly from the 44th Fighter Squadron, have had many opportunities to interact and see how JASDF Airmen accomplish a similar mission.

"The best part has been seeing each one of our pilots, maintainers and our support staff getting to work with their counterparts as we've been putting together and getting ready for the mission each day," said Lt. Col. Joel Carey, 44th Fighter Squadron commander. "Getting to come to a different location with different airspace and coordination with different controlling agencies prepares us for future contingencies that we may have to fight together."

(Excerpt) Read more at kadena.af.mil ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Japan; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aerospace; f15; jasdf; kadenaafb; usaf

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