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- The Flying Cabinet office: Japanese Air Force One
- The video introduces interviews of the members of the Special Airlift Group of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) in charge of operating the Japanese Air Force One.
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Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) Marching Festival 2018 took place at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo for three days from November 21st to 23rd.
On November 26th, Minister of Defense Iwaya made a courtesy call to His Majesty King Adbullah II Ibn Al Hussein, King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, who was visiting Japan to hold Japan-Jordan Summit Meeting.
Capacity Building Assistance (Military Band Development) in Papua New Guinea
The MOD/JSDF has provided assistance for the military band development of the Papua New Guinea Defence Force Band since 2015.
The Indo Southeast Asia Deployment 2018 (ISEAD18)
From August 26th to October 30th, the JMSDF carried out the Indo Southeast Asia Deployment 2018 (ISEAD18).
As part of the UN Department of Field Support’s UN Project for Rapid Deployment of Enabling Capabilities which aims to launch peacekeeping operations (PKO) immediately, 19 JGSDF officials were deployed to Vietnam from November 5th to December 14th to train military engineers in the operation of engineering equipment.
Following data shows the records of the measures against piracy off the coast of Somalia and in the Gulf of Aden from July through September.
Status of Scrambles through the First Half of FY 2018
The JASDF scrambled 561 times through the first half of FY2018, which marked the same number as the same period of the previous year.
JSDF’s First Female Fighter Pilot to Debut
On August 24th, First Lieutenant Misa Matsushima completed F-15 operation training at Nyutabaru Air Base to become the first woman in the JSDF to qualify as fighter jet pilot.
In this edition, we will take a closer look at the T-7 primary trainer aircraft.
In Wakayama Prefecture, which is located on the southwestern part of the largest penninsula in Japan called Kii Penninsula, there are three shrines called Kumano Sanzan, and the road leading to them is called the Kumano Kodo.
Japan-Canada Joint Training KAEDEX
From November 24th to 27th, the JMSDF conducted joint training exercises KAEDEX 2018 with the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) at Sasebo Port and waters west of Kyushu.
LATEST NEWS
- Courtesy Call by Mr. Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, the United Nations (Nov. 21)
- Courtesy Call by Ret. Admiral Dennis Blair, Chairman of Sasakawa Foundation U.S.A. (Nov. 28)
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