Australia deploying F/A-18s, C-17s, KC-30 to Chitose Air Base, Japan for Bushido Guardian 18

The Japan Air Self-Defense Force announced that the Royal Australian Air Force is deploying seven F/A-18s, 3 C-17s and a KC-30 to Chitose Air Base, Japan for exercise Bushido Guardian 18 next week.

JASDF F-15 at Chitose Air Base
By Suga (http://photozou.jp/photo/show/2952079/213113978) [CC BY-SA 2.5 ], via Wikimedia Commons
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Probably the only MC-130P in the world that can load bombs on its wings

363rd Training Squadron armament apprentice course students load bombs at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, August 15, 2018. To ensure the bomb is correctly aligned two set of eyes are set up to see the horizontal and the vertical angle of the bomb rack. Each one communicating to the driver of the lift to make slight adjustments. In a usual operation there will only be about three Airmen working to load a bomb. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Pedro Tenorio)

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