(2)ASDF opens Kuwait base to Japanese media

(2)ASDF opens Kuwait base to Japanese media

KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait - A warehouse at the Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait being used by Japan's Air Self-Defense Force sustained a 2-meter hole after being hit by a U.S. missile during the 1991 Gulf War. The ASDF on Dec. 10 opened its base for airlifting supplies and troops in and around Iraq to Kyodo News and other Japanese news organizations for the first time since being deployed to the country in March.

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