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Staff Sgt. Christopher Rivera, 374th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron flying crew chief, inserts engine intake covers into a C-130J Super Hercules, Aug. 10, 2017 at Yokota Air Base, Japan. This is the fourth new C-130J delivered to Yokota from the Lockheed Martin facility. Yokota serves as the primary Western Pacific airlift hub for U.S. Air Force peacetime and contingency operations. Missions included tactical air land, airdrop, aeromedical evacuation, special operations and distinguished visitor airlift. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Donald Hudson)


Fourth C-130J arrives at Yokota

Staff Sgt. Christopher Rivera, 374th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron flying crew chief, inserts engine intake covers into a C-130J Super Hercules, Aug. 10, 2017 at Yokota Air Base, Japan. This is the fourth new C-130J delivered to Yokota from the Lockheed Martin facility. Yokota serves as the primary Western Pacific airlift hub for U.S. Air Force peacetime and contingency operations. Missions included tactical air land, airdrop, aeromedical evacuation, special operations and distinguished visitor airlift. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Donald Hudson)

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U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II stealth fighters assigned to the Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan fly alongside 2 U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancers assigned to the 37th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, deployed from Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, over waters near Kyushu, Japan, Aug. 31, 2017. The F-35Bs and B-1Bs made contact with 2 Koku Jieitai (Japan Air Self-Defense Force) F-15J fighters in Japanese airspace in direct response to North Korea's intermediate range ballistic missile launch, which flew directly over northern Japan on August 28 amid rising tension over North Korea's nuclear and ballistic missile development programs.
U.S. Air Force Gen. Terrence J. O'Shaughnessy, Pacific Air Forces commander, arrives in Tokyo, Japan to meet with Japan Air Self-Defense Force Chief of Staff, Gen. Yoshiyuki Sugiyama at the Japan Ministry of Defense, Aug. 30. Meetings like this one reinforce the bilateral alliance between United States and Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kyle Johnson)
U.S. Air Force Gen. Terrence J. O’Shaughnessy, Pacific Air Forces commander, shakes hands with Lt. Gen. Jerry P. Martinez, U.S. Forces Japan and 5th Air Force commander, Aug. 30, 2017, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. O’Shaughnessy’s visit was to reaffirm the strength of the partnership between the U.S. Air Force and the Japan Air Self-Defense Force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kevin West)
U.S. Air Force Gen. Terrence J. O'Shaughnessy, Pacific Air Forces commander, speaks with Japan Air Self-Defense Force Chief of Staff, Gen. Yoshiyuki Sugiyama at the Japan Ministry of Defense, Aug. 30. Personal meetings are a valuable part of the U.S.-Japan alliance. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kyle Johnson)
Japanese Lt. Gen. Hiroaki Maehara, head of Japan's Air Defense Command addresses the press at a Patriot missile defense system demonstration August 29 on Yokota Air Base. The conference was held shortly after North Korea launched a missile into Japanese airspace, but was not reactionary to the incident as it had been planned before the missile launch. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kyle Johnson)
Media stand behind a razor wire barrier as they film the Japan Air Self-Defense Force's demonstration of a mobile Patriot missile-defense system at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Aug. 29, 2017. The Patriot Advanced Capability-3 system is designed to be rapidly deployed anywhere as a means of defending against foreign air threats. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kyle Johnson)
A Japan Air Self-Defense Airman stands at attention, in formation after setting up a mobile Patriot missile-defense system at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Aug. 29, 2017. The demonstration was held at a press conference on the base's flightline as a way to demonstrate the U.S.-Japan partnership and ability to rapidly respond to foreign threats. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kyle Johnson)
Capt. Nathaniel Roesler, 374th Airlift Wing chief of public affairs, addresses the media upon their arrival on Yokota Air Base, Japan, Aug. 29, 2017, shortly after North Korea launched a missile over Japanese airspace. The press conference was planned before the North Korean launch, but was desigined to demonstrate Japanese capabilities to rapidly deploy a mobile ballistic missile defense system. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kyle Johnson)
The Japan Self-Defense force demonstrates their deployment of a patriot missile system Aug. 29, 2017, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. The system displayed was the Patriot Advanced Capability-3 surface-to-air system, which is a mobile patriot missile system designed to be deployed to rapidly respond to a threat. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kyle Johnson)
Japan Self-Defense Force Airmen set up a razor wire barrier to cordone off the demonstration area of a Patriot missile-defense system on the Yokota Air Base, Japan, flightline, Aug. 29, 2017. The Patriot Advanced Capability-3 system is designed to be rapidly deployed anywhere as a means of defending against foreign air threats. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kyle Johnson)
Chaplain (Capt.) David Kreis, 944th Fighter Wing chaplain, reads from the Bible July 21 during his annual tour at Kadena Air Base, Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Barbara Plante)
Emergency responders from the 374th Medical Group transport a simulated victim during an active shooter exercise, Aug. 16, 2017, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. The top priority after an active shooter event is tending to any wounded to prevent further possible loss of life. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Donald Hudson)
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