(2)ASDF members return from 3-month Iraq mission

(2)ASDF members return from 3-month Iraq mission

NAGOYA, Japan - A government plane carrying members of an Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF) unit back from Kuwait after a three-month Iraq reconstruction support mission lands at Komaki air base near Nagoya on March 24 as a mother and her daughter awaits.

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