FETAT conference pools partnerships Published Aug. 30, 2023 By Staff Sgt. Ryan Lackey & Tech. Sgt. Taylor Altier YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Col. Steven Clark (center), Fifth Air Force director of intelligence, makes a note during the opening briefing on the first day of the Far East Tactics Analysis Team conference at Yokota Air Base, Japan, July 24, 2023. The week-long conference brought together defense operations and intelligence representatives from five countries to study current air operations and air defense intelligence on specific potential peer-adversary threat tactics, techniques, and procedures. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Ryan Lackey) Photo Details / Download Hi-Res The annual Far East Tactics Analysis Team conference, which brings together defense operations and intelligence representatives from five countries, was held at Yokota Air Base, Japan, July 21-25. The event was hosted by the U.S. Fifth Air Force Intelligence Division, and participants hailed from the Japan Air Self Defense Force, the British Royal Air Force, the Royal Australian Air Force, and the Canadian Armed Forces. The event took about six months of planning in collaboration with allied counterparts, to help ensure that the topics covered at FETAT are relevant to each attending nation. “This week-long conference is an important collaboration with our mission partners,” said Capt. Dora Diaz, 5th AF Intelligence Division chief of analysis and FETAT event coordinator. “It allowed us to work closely with our coalition partners and overall, helped display a united front with our allies.” The conference created collaborative working groups of analysts and pilots to study current air operations and air defense intelligence on specific potential peer-adversary threat tactics, techniques, and procedures. A numbered notebook and event identification badge from the Far East Tactics Analysis Team conference sits on a table at Yokota Air Base, Japan, July 24, 2023. Groups of intelligence analysts from five countries spent the week developing reports and advisories for their topics, which will drive updates to the threat and tactics guides of each nation to address the rapidly changing security environment, highlighting potential challenges in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Ryan Lackey) Photo Details / Download Hi-Res The groups spent the week developing reports and advisories for their topics, which will drive updates to the threat and tactics guides of each nation to address the rapidly changing security environment, highlighting potential challenges in the Indo-Pacific region. “These events are great in showing how seriously we take the importance of getting accurate information, so decisions can be made from the most well-informed position that one can be in,” said Rank Peers, British RAF FETAT representative. The team, charged with deepening mutual understanding of the challenges present in the region and finding ways to seamlessly integrate allied operations, took their findings on a week-long ‘roadshow’ to four different installations after the event. The reports were shared with in-theater intelligence analysts and operators who may one day come face-to-face with adversaries, according to Diaz. With both Fifth Air Force and the JASDF Air Defense Command, headquartered at Yokota, it continues to be a prime location for this multilateral intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance meeting of the minds.