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LtG Irizawa F-16 Familiarization Flight

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Lt. Gen. Shigeru Irizawa, Northern Air Defense Force commander, and Col. Joel Malone, 35th Fighter Wing vice commander, settle into the cockpit of an F-16 Fighting Falcon before taxiing onto the runway during a familiarization flight here on April 15, 2008. The familiarization flight was intended to help build understanding between the American and Japanese forces in Japan.(U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Chad Strohmeyer)
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LtG Irizawa F-16 Familiarization Flight

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Lt. Gen. Shigeru Irizawa, Northern Air Defense Force commander, and Col. Joel Malone, 35th Fighter Wing vice commander, discuss elements of the F-16 Fighting Falcon on April 15, 2008. General Irizawa was familiarizing himself with the F-16 as part of an exchange between the U.S. Air Force and Japan Air Defense Force at Misawa Air Base to better understand each other's capabilities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Chad Strohmeyer)
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LtG Irizawa F-16 Familiarization Flight

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Lt. Gen. Shigeru Irizawa, Northern Air Defense Force commander, and Col. Joel Malone, 35th Fighter Wing vice commander, perform a safety inspection on an F-16 Fighting Falcon prior to a familiarization flight here on April 15, 2008. General Irizawa and Maj. Gen. Hideo Wakabayashi, 3rd Air Wing commander, both received F-16 familiarization flights to help promote understanding between U.S. and Japanese forces.(U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Chad Strohmeyer)
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LtG Irizawa F-16 Familiarization Flight

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Lt. Gen. Shigeru Irizawa, Northern Air Defense Force commander, is driven onto the runway for a F-16 familiarization flight here April 15, 2008. Col. Joel Malone, 35th Fighter Wing vice commander, was his pilot for the flight. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Chad Strohmeyer)
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MG Wakabayashi Familiarization Flight

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- An F-16, piloted by Lt. Col. Stephen Williams, 13th Fighter Squadron commander, exits the hangar on April 15, 2008. Colonel Williams was giving a familiarization flight to Maj. Gen. Hideo Wakabayashi, Japan Air Self Defense Force 3rd Air Wing commander, to promote understanding between American and Japanese forces in Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Samuel Morse)
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MG Wakabayashi Familiarization Flight

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Maj. Gen. Hideo Wakabayashi, Japan Air Self Defense Force 3rd Air Wing commander, and Lt. Col. Stephen Williams, 13th Fighter Squadron commander, walk to their F-16 fighter jet on April 15, 2008. Colonel Williams gave General Wakabayashi a familiarlization flight to help build understanding between the American and Japanese forces in Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Samuel Morse)
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MG Wakabayashi Familiarization Flight

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Maj. Gen. Hideo Wakabayashi, Japan Air Self Defense Force 3rd Air Wing commander, awaits takeoff in and F-16 fighter jet on April 15, 2008. General Wakabayashi rode in the F-16 to familiarize himself with American aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Samuel Morse)
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MG Wakabayashi Familiarization Flight

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Lt. Col. Stephen Williams, 13th Fighter Squadron commander, explains the various aspects of the F-16 fighter jet to Maj. Gen. Hideo Wakabayashi, Japan Air Self Defense Force 3rd Air Wing commander, during a preflight walk-around on April 15, 2008. Colonel Williams was familiarizing General Wakabayashi with the aircraft to promote understanding between the U.S. and Japanese Forces. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Samuel Morse)
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MG Wakabayashi Familiarization Flight

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Maj. Gen. Hideo Wakabayashi, Japan Air Self Defense Force 3rd Air Wing commander, walks around an F-16 fighter jet during preflight checks on April 15, 2008. General Wakabayashi was familiarizing himself with the F-16 as part of an exchange between the U.S. Air Force and Japan Air Defense Force at Misawa Air Base to better understand each other's capabilities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Samuel Morse)
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MG Wakabayashi Familiarization Flight

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Lt. Col. Stephen Williams, 13th Fighter Squadron commander, pilots an F-16 with Maj. Gen. Hideo Wakabayashi, Japan Air Self Defense Force 3rd Air Wing commander, as a passenger as part of a familiarization flight here on April 15, 2008. General Wakabayashi and Lt. Gen. Shigeru Irizawa, Northern Air Defense Force commander, both received F-16 familiarization flights to help promote understanding between U.S. and Japanese forces. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Robert Barnett)
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JASDF F-4 Deactivation

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- The members of Japan Air Self Defense Force's 8th Fighter Squadron line up in formation honoring the newly decommissioned F-4 on March 19, 2008. The F-4 was the first of its kind to be decommissioned at Misawa AB. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Christopher Bevins)
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JASDF F-4 Deactivation

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Japan Air Self Defense Force, 3rd Air Wing vice commander Col. Hisanori Toufuku and 8th Fighter Squadron Commander Lt. Col. Yoshihide Nunomura pour ceremonial sake over a decommissioned F-4 on March 19, 2008. This symbolic gesture is a way of rewarding the aircraft for its years of faithful service. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Christopher Bevins)
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JASDF F-4 Deactivation

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Japan Air Self Defense Force Capt. Yutaka Yamamoto and 1st Lt. Youhei Kubota salute 8th Fighter Squadron commander Lt. Col. Yoshihide Nunomura on March 19, 2008. The salute followed the final flight of the decommissioned F-4. This F-4 was the first to be decommissioned at Misawa AB. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Christopher Bevins)
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JASDF F-4 Deactivation

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- A Japan Air Self Defense Force F-4 Falcon is hosed down after its final active flight on March 19, 2008. The aircraft, piloted by Capt. Yutaka Yamamoto and 1st Lt. Youhei Kubota, was the first F-4 to be decommissioned at Misawa AB. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Christopher Bevins)
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Seikan War 2008

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- A Japan Air Self Defense Force F-2 takes to the skies over Misawa while participating in Seikan War March 11, 2008. U.S. Air Force and JASDF aircraft and personnel took part in the bilateral exercise that featured air-to-air combat scenarios. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Rachel Martinez)
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Seikan War 2008

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- A Japan Air Self Defense Force F-2 taxis in front of a U.S. Air Force F-16 on the flightline here March 11, 2008. JASDF and USAF units assigned to Misawa participated in Seikan War, a bilateral air exercise, from March 10-13, 2008. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Rachel Martinez)
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Seikan War 2008

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Several F-16 Fighting Falcons taxi down the Misawa runway during Seikan War March 11, 2008. Seikan War is a bilateral exercise with the Japan Air Self Defense Force and features F-16s, F-15s, F-4s and F-2s. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Rachel Martinez)
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5th AF Flagship Transfer

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- The 5th Air Force flagship transferred from the F-16 Fighting Falcon (left) to the C-130 (right) during a ceremony at Yokota Air Base Feb. 25. Lt. Gen. Edward Rice Jr. assumed command of the 5th AF from Lt. Gen. Bruce Wright in a separate ceremony that same day. (U.S. Air Force photo by Col. Eric Schnaible)
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5th AF Flagship Transfer

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- First Lt. Jonathan Cichowski, 13th Fighter Squadron pilot, salutes Lt. Gen. Bruce Wright, former 5th Air Force commander, as he assumes control of the former 5th AF flagship from General Wright at Yokota Air Base Feb. 25. The new 5th AF flagship is a C-130. (U.S. Air Force photo by Col. Eric Schnaible)
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Lt. Gen. Wright Final Visit

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- F-16 fighter jets perform an echelon turn over Misawa Air Base, piloted by (farthest to closest) Lt. Gen. Bruce Wright, 5th Air Force commander; Col. T.J. O'Shaughnessy, 35th Fighter Wing commander; and Lt. Col. Charles Toplikar, 14th Fighter Squadron commander, Feb. 6, 2008. This was General Wright's final flight in the 5th AF flagship fighter jet. (U.S. Air Force photo by Lt. Col. Judd Fancher)
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