Twelve F-15 Eagles and about 180 Kadena Airmen are wrapping up two weeks of bilateral training with Japan Air Self Defense Force members at Chitose Air Base in northern Japan.
The Aviation Training Relocation program is designed to increase operational readiness and interoperability between U.S. and Japanese forces while reducing the impact of training on local communities surrounding Kadena Air Base. The current ATR mission has been the largest and longest since the initiative began in 2007.