Search｜Photos & Images & Videos｜KYODO NEWS IMAGES INC

U.S. recon aircraft

NAHA, Japan - The U.S. reconnaissance aircraft RC-135S, called Cobra Ball, flies to the U.S. Kadena Air Base in Okinawa Prefecture on April 10, 2012.

E

Japan braces for N. Korean launch

NAHA, Japan - A RC135S ''Cobra Ball'' reconnaissance plane takes off from the U.S. Air Force's Kadena Air Base in Okinawa Prefecture on April 4. The two RC135S planes left the airport to prepare for North Korea's imminent launch of a communications satellite, which Japan sees as a cover for test-firing a long-range ballistic missile.

E

Japan braces for N. Korean launch

NAHA, Japan - A RC135S ''Cobra Ball'' reconnaissance plane takes off from the U.S. Air Force's Kadena Air Base in Okinawa Prefecture on April 4. The two RC135S planes left the airport to prepare for North Korea's imminent launch of a communications satellite, which Japan sees as a cover for test-firing a long-range ballistic missile. (Kyodo)

E

U.S. recon aircraft

NAHA, Japan - The U.S. reconnaissance aircraft RC-135S, called Cobra Ball, flies to the U.S. Kadena Air Base in Okinawa Prefecture on April 10, 2012. (Kyodo)