Keen Sword 23 engagements for USFJ and JJS leadership

U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Ricky Rupp, commander of United States Forces Japan and Fifth Air Force ,right, and GEN Yamazaki Koji, chief of staff for the Japan Joint Staff, chat before a Space Operations Center briefing during Exercise Keen Sword 23 at Fuchu Air Base, Japan, Nov. 17, 2022. Keen Sword is a biennial, joint, and bilateral field-training exercise, involving the U.S. military and Japan Self-Defense Forces, designed to increase readiness and interoperability while strengthening the Japan-U.S. alliance. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Braden Anderson)

Keen Sword 23 engagements for USFJ and JJS leadership

U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Ricky Rupp, commander of United States Forces Japan and Fifth Air Force, and GEN Yamazaki Koji, chief of staff for the Japan Joint Staff, receive a Space Operations Center brief during exercise Keen Sword 23 at Fuchu Air Base, Japan, Nov. 17, 2022. Keen Sword 23 is designed to enhance Japan-U.S. readiness and interoperability while strengthening the bilateral relationship and demonstrating U.S. resolve to support the security interests of Allies and partners in the region. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Braden Anderson)

Keen Sword 23 engagements for USFJ and JJS leadership

U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Ricky Rupp, commander of United States Forces Japan and Fifth Air Force, receives a Space Operations Center brief during exercise Keen Sword 23 at Fuchu Air Base, Japan, Nov. 17, 2022. Joint exercises like Keen Sword are opportunities to demonstrate the combined commitment of Japan and the U.S. to defend the region and strengthen the alliance which has stood for almost 75 years. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Braden Anderson)

Keen Sword 23 engagements for USFJ and JJS leadership

U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Ricky Rupp, commander of United States Forces Japan and Fifth Air Force, sits with Japan Air and Ground Self-Defense Force leaders for a multi-domain operations brief during exercise Keen Sword 23 at Sagami Depot, Japan, Nov. 17, 2022. U.S. Army Pacific and U.S. Army Japan personnel presented joint leaders with information on multi-domain operations capabilities and cybersecurity readiness during the exercise. The biennial Keen Sword 23 a joint and bilateral field-training exercise involving U.S. military forces and JSDF personnel, designed to increase readiness and interoperability while strengthening the U.S. and Japan operational cybersecurity partnership and the ironclad Japan-U.S. alliance. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Braden Anderson)

Keen Sword 23 engagements for USFJ and JJS leadership

U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Ricky Rupp, commander of United States Forces Japan and Fifth Air Force,, and GEN Yamazaki Koji, chief of staff for the Japan Joint Staff, receive a briefing from U.S. Army Pacific and U.S. Army Japan soldiers on cybersecurity readiness during exercise Keen Sword 23 at Sagami Depot, Japan, Nov. 15, 2022. Keen Sword 23 is a biennial, joint and bilateral field-training exercise involving U.S. military and JSDF personnel, designed to increase readiness and interoperability while strengthening the U.S. and Japan operational cybersecurity partnership and the ironclad Japan-U.S. alliance (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Braden Anderson)

Keen Sword 23 engagements for USFJ and JJS leadership

Published Nov. 18, 2022
By Staff Sgt. Braden Anderson
374th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan --