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

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

NAGOYA, Japan - Members of an Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF) unit are greeted by their family members on returning to Komaki air base near Nagoya from Kuwait on March 24 for rotation after serving there for three months on an Iraq reconstruction support mission.

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