80 ASDF troops return home from Iraq reconstruction mission

80 ASDF troops return home from Iraq reconstruction mission

NAGOYA, Japan - About 80 Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF) personnel are greeted by their families at an ASDF base in Komaki, Aichi Prefecture, on April 22 as they return there from a three-month mission in Kuwait to help with U.S.-led reconstruction efforts in Iraq. (Kyodo)

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