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

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

NAGOYA, Japan - A member of an Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF) unit is greeted by his son and daughters on returning to Komaki air base near Nagoya on March 24 from his three-month Iraq reconstruction support mission.

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