Maj. Gen. Misashi Yamada visit to PACAF
Maj. Gen. Misashi Yamada, Director of Defense Plans and Operations Directorate, Air Defense Command, Japan Air Self-Defense Force, presents a gift to Maj. Gen. Russell J. Handy, Pacific Air Forces Director of Operations, Plans, Requirements and Programs, during a visit to the PACAF headquarters building, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Aug. 22, 2012. Yamada visited with Handy to discuss the 13th Air Force inactivation scheduled for Sept. 28, 2012, and the two explored new ways to continue efforts to enhance interactions between the 613th Air and Space Operations Center and the Japanese AOC. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jerome S. Tayborn)