Keen Sword 2010
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Yeakel Nikolai, 35th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron weapons load crew chief, marshals an F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot following a weapons de-arming inspection on the Komatsu Japan Air Self-Defense Force base runway. The pilots returned from a flying exercise in support of Keen Sword 2011. During Keen Sword 2011, units from the United States Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps, conduct training with their Japan Self-Defense Force counterparts at military installations throughout mainland Japan, Okinawa and in the waters surrounding Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo by 1st Lt. Cammie Quinn)