Recent Training and Exercises

On August 31st, the JMSDF and the U.S. Army conducted a bilateral exercise. JS Teruzuki and two UH-60L aircrafts from the U.S. Army conducted a ship landing drill to improve the tactical skills of the JMSDF and strengthen cooperation with the U.S. Army.

On September 12th and 13th, Japan, the United States, Australia, and the Republic of Korea conducted the Exercise Pacific Vanguard 20 in the sea and airspace around Guam. The JMSDF JS Ise and JS Ashigara participated in the exercise together with USS Barry, the replenishment oiler USNS John Ericsson, submarines, and aircraft from the U.S. Navy; the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) frigates HMAS Arunta and HMAS Stuart; and the Republic of Korea (ROK) Navy destroyers ROKS Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin and ROKS Seoae Yu Seong-ryong.

During this exercise, the JMSDF conducted anti-air warfare exercise and other exercises to improve tactical skills and strengthen cooperation with the USN, the RAN, and the ROKN.

The JMSDF also have participated in the Indo-Pacific Deployment from September 7th. The JMSDF JS Kaga, JS Ikazuchi, three aircraft on board the destroyers and a submarine joined in the exercise.

Until the end of September, they conducted exercises with the Royal Australian, the Sri Lanka and the Indian Navies respectively.

The purpose of the exercise was to improve the tactical skills of the JMSDF and to strengthen cooperation with the navies of each participating country. Through this deployment, the JMSDF also worked to contribute to regional peace and stability and to enhance mutual understanding and a relationship of trust with other countries.

On September 10th, the JASDF conducted a bilateral training with the U.S. forces in the airspace above the Sea of Japan, the East China Sea, and the airspace around Okinawa. During the training, navigation and formation, and fighter interception training were conducted by four F-15s from the 2nd Air Wing (Chitose), eight from the 5th Air Wing (Nyutabaru), four from the 6th Air Wing (Komatsu), and four from the 9th Air Wing (Naha) and two B-1 Lancers of the U.S. Air Force.