SDF planes return to Japan after Afghan relief mission

SDF planes return to Japan after Afghan relief mission

KOMAKI, Japan - An unidentified member of Japan's Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF) holds his son and enjoys reunion with his wife at the ASDF base in Komaki, Aichi Prefecture, on Oct. 12 on return from a mission to Pakistan to convey relief supplies for Afghan refugees.

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