(2)ASDF holds send-off ceremony for advance team to Iraq

(2)ASDF holds send-off ceremony for advance team to Iraq

KOMAKI, Japan - Defense Agency Director General Shigeru Ishiba (L, back) stands after handing over a group flag for an Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF) advance team that will soon be dispatched to Iraq, at the ASDF Komaki base in Aichi Prefecture on Dec. 24.

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