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ASDF transport plane dispatched to support quake-hit Haiti

KOMAKI, Japan - Members of Japan's Air Self-Defense Force wave to a C-130 transport plane taking off from Komaki base in Aichi Prefecture for Miami, the United States, on Jan. 21, 2010. A 24-member ASDF team on board will meet up with a group of medical relief staff leaving Japan the same day, in Miami, to help transport the staff and medical supplies to quake-devastated Haiti.

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ASDF transport plane dispatched to support quake-hit Haiti

KOMAKI, Japan - Members of Japan's Air Self-Defense Force are seen off by fellow defense force members as they prepare to leave Komaki base in Aichi Prefecture on a C-130 transport plane, Jan. 21, 2010. A team of 24 ASDF members headed to Miami, the United States, where they will meet with medical relief staff leaving Japan the same day, to transport the staff and medical supplies to quake-devastated Haiti.

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Aso welcomes back ASDF troops from Iraq mission

NAGOYA, Japan - Prime Minister Taro Aso delivers a speech during a ceremony at the Air Self-Defense Force's base in Komaki, Aichi Prefecture, on Dec. 24 to mark the homecoming of ASDF troops who had been stationed in Kuwait for Japan's airlift mission for Iraq.

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ASDF chief urges students to learn about foreign views of WWII

TOKYO, Japan - Air Self-Defense Force chief Gen. Toshio Tamogami delivers a special lecture at the University of Tokyo's Yasuda Auditorium on May 24, urging students to support the Self-Defense Forces and learn more about foreign views on Japan's wartime military and World War II. ''There are many views in Japan that Japan went to war because it was an aggressive country...But there are many reports (in foreign countries) suggesting Japan was not. I want you to learn not only the one-sided views in Japan but both,'' Tamogami said.

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ASDF chief urges students to learn about foreign views of WWII

TOKYO, Japan - Air Self-Defense Force chief Gen. Toshio Tamogami delivers a special lecture at the University of Tokyo's Yasuda Auditorium on May 24, urging students to support the Self-Defense Forces and learn more about foreign views on Japan's wartime military and World War II. ''There are many views in Japan that Japan went to war because it was an aggressive country...But there are many reports (in foreign countries) suggesting Japan was not. I want you to learn not only the one-sided views in Japan but both,'' Tamogami said.

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

KOMAKI, Japan - Members of an Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF) advance team that will soon be dispatched to Iraq attend a send-off ceremony held Dec. 24 at the ASDF Komaki base in Aichi Prefecture.

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

KOMAKI, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (R) speaks at a send-off ceremony Dec. 24 for an Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF) advance team that will soon be dispatched to Iraq, at the ASDF Komaki base in Aichi Prefecture.

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

KOMAKI, Japan - Members of an Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF) advance team that will soon be dispatched to Iraq line up during a send-off ceremony held Dec. 24 at the ASDF Komaki base in Aichi Prefecture.

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(1)Security tight at ASDF Komaki base

NAGOYA, Japan - Security remains tight at the Air Self-Defense Force Komaki base in Aichi Prefecture.on Dec. 24 ahead of a send-off ceremony for an ASDF (ASDF) advance team to be sent to Iraq.

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(2)Security tight at ASDF Komaki base

NAGOYA, Japan - Student activists shout their protests outside the gate to the Air Self-Defense Force Komaki base near Nagoya on Dec. 24 over the scheduled dispatch of an advance ASDF team to Iraq.

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Japanese ASDF team heading for Indonesia to help E. Timorese

NAHA, Japan - A 102-member team of the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF) is being sent to Indonesia on a mission to provide humanitarian support to East Timorese refugees stranded in West Timor. Photo shows the team arriving in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on three C130 transport planes in the afternoon of Nov. 24. They will arrive in Surabaya on Nov. 25 after refueling in Manila.

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ASDF team heads to Indonesia to help E. Timor refugees

KOMAKI, Japan - A team of 102 Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF) members leave Nov. 24 for Indonesia on a mission to provide humanitarian support to East Timorese refugees stranded in West Timor. The team that departed on three C-130 transport planes from the ASDF base in Komaki, Aichi Prefecture, will join an advance ASDF team which arrived in Surabaya on Java Island on Nov. 22.

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Blue Impulse flyover ahead of Tokyo Paralympics opening ceremony

A sign on a Tokyo metropolitan government vehicle on Aug. 24, 2021, urges people gathering in front of JR Tokyo Station for a flyover by the Japan Air Self-Defense Force's Blue Impulse aerobatic team to stay home as the capital remains under a COVID-19 state of emergency. The ASDF aerobatic team flew over central Tokyo ahead of the Tokyo Paralympics opening ceremony later in the day

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Aso welcomes back ASDF troops from Iraq mission

NAGOYA, Japan - Prime Minister Taro Aso delivers a speech during a ceremony at the Air Self-Defense Force's base in Komaki, Aichi Prefecture, on Dec. 24 to mark the homecoming of ASDF troops who had been stationed in Kuwait for Japan's airlift mission for Iraq. (Kyodo)

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

KOMAKI, Japan - Members of an Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF) advance team that will soon be dispatched to Iraq line up during a send-off ceremony held Dec. 24 at the ASDF Komaki base in Aichi Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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ASDF transport plane dispatched to support quake-hit Haiti

KOMAKI, Japan - Members of Japan's Air Self-Defense Force wave to a C-130 transport plane taking off from Komaki base in Aichi Prefecture for Miami, the United States, on Jan. 21, 2010. A 24-member ASDF team on board will meet up with a group of medical relief staff leaving Japan the same day, in Miami, to help transport the staff and medical supplies to quake-devastated Haiti. (Kyodo)

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ASDF transport plane dispatched to support quake-hit Haiti

KOMAKI, Japan - Members of Japan's Air Self-Defense Force are seen off by fellow defense force members as they prepare to leave Komaki base in Aichi Prefecture on a C-130 transport plane, Jan. 21, 2010. A team of 24 ASDF members headed to Miami, the United States, where they will meet with medical relief staff leaving Japan the same day, to transport the staff and medical supplies to quake-devastated Haiti. (Kyodo)

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(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. (Kyodo)

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(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. (Kyodo)

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(2)Security tight at ASDF Komaki base

NAGOYA, Japan - Student activists shout their protests outside the gate to the Air Self-Defense Force Komaki base near Nagoya on Dec. 24 over the scheduled dispatch of an advance ASDF team to Iraq. (Kyodo)

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(1)Security tight at ASDF Komaki base

NAGOYA, Japan - Security remains tight at the Air Self-Defense Force Komaki base in Aichi Prefecture.on Dec. 24 ahead of a send-off ceremony for an ASDF (ASDF) advance team to be sent to Iraq. (Kyodo) (Kyodo)

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(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. (Kyodo)

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

KOMAKI, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (R) speaks at a send-off ceremony Dec. 24 for an Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF) advance team that will soon be dispatched to Iraq, at the ASDF Komaki base in Aichi Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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(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. (Kyodo)

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

KOMAKI, Japan - Members of an Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF) advance team that will soon be dispatched to Iraq attend a send-off ceremony held Dec. 24 at the ASDF Komaki base in Aichi Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Japanese ASDF team heading for Indonesia to help E. Timorese

NAHA, Japan - A 102-member team of the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF) is being sent to Indonesia on a mission to provide humanitarian support to East Timorese refugees stranded in West Timor. Photo shows the team arriving in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on three C130 transport planes in the afternoon of Nov. 24. They will arrive in Surabaya on Nov. 25 after refueling in Manila.

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ASDF team heads to Indonesia to help E. Timor refugees+

KOMAKI, Japan - A team of 102 Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF) members leave Nov. 24 for Indonesia on a mission to provide humanitarian support to East Timorese refugees stranded in West Timor. The team that departed on three C-130 transport planes from the ASDF base in Komaki, Aichi Prefecture, will join an advance ASDF team which arrived in Surabaya on Java Island on Nov. 22.