Tour enhances US-Japan relations

Aircrew members with the 459th Airlift Squadron take seats in an OH-1 Omega helicopter at Tachikawa Air Base, Japan, July 16, 2015. The OH-1, which was part of a static display hosted by Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, is the first helicopter designed and manufactured in Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Elizabeth Baker/Released)

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Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Sgt. Miyauchi with the demonstrates a rescue hoist and stokes litter to aircrew with the 459th Airlift Squadron at Tachikawa Air Base, Japan, July 16, 2015. The rescue hoist, used in search and rescue operations, is a capability which members of the 459th AS are in the process of gaining. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Elizabeth Baker/Released)

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Members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force introduce U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 459th Airlift Squadron to an OH-1 Omega helicopter at Tachikawa Air Base, Japan, July 16, 2015. JGSDF hosted a static display while discussing some of its air capabilities for the 459 ALS. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Elizabeth Baker/Released)

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Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Sgt. Miyauchi explains photographs to a U.S. Air Force Airman from the 459th Airlift Squadron at Tachikawa Air Base, Japan, July 16, 2015. JGSDF talked to aircrew from the 459 AS about Japan’s history of military flight in Tachikawa AB’s heritage museum. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Elizabeth Baker/Released)

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U.S. Air Force Capt. William Poeschl, 459th Airlift Squadron current operations officer, presents a 459 AS patch and t-shirt to Japan Ground Self-Defense ForceCapt. Tomonari Kanatsuka, UH1-J pilot, at Tachikawa Air Base, Japan, July 16, 2015. The tour enhanced the US-Japan bilateral relationship, which is a key part of stability in Indo-Asia-Pacific region. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Elizabeth Baker/Released)

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U.S. Air Force Lt. Col Trenton Alexander, 459th Airlift Squadron director of operations, tries on head gear at Tachikawa Air Base, Japan, July 16, 2015. The tour enhanced the US-Japan bilateral relationship, which is essential to the stability in Indo-Asia-Pacific region. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Elizabeth Baker/Released)

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Tour enhances US-Japan relations

Published July 29, 2015
By Airman 1st Class Elizabeth Baker
374th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

TACHIKAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Aircrew members with the 459th Airlift Squadron take seats in an OH-1 Omega helicopter at Tachikawa Air Base, Japan, July 16, 2015. The OH-1, which was part of a static display hosted by Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, is the first helicopter designed and manufactured in Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Elizabeth Baker/Released)