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515 AMOW 1-year anniversary

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- For the first time in history, a Japan Ground Self Defense Force CH-47J Chinook helicopter is loaded into a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III cargo plane Feb. 23. It was also the first time a Japanese aircraft was loaded into another nation's aircraft. The demonstration was conducted the last morning of the Pacific Global Air Mobility Seminar held Feb. 22 and 23. The CH-47J is assigned to the 1st Helicopter Brigade at JGSDF Camp Kisarazu in Kisarazu City, Chiba Prefecture and the C-17 is assigned to the 535th Airlift Squadron at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii. (U.S. Air Force photo by Osakabe Yasuo)

PHOTO BY: osakabe yasuo
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