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New SDF base on island for U.S. fighter jet drills

NISHINOOMOTE, Japan, Jan. 13 Kyodo - Video taken from a drone on Jan. 10, 2026, shows Mage Island, located about 990 kilometers southwest of Tokyo in the East China Sea and part of the Kagoshima Prefecture city of Nishinoomote. Construction started in January 2023 for a Japan Self-Defense Forces base to be used as a site for U.S. fighter jet drills relocated from Iwoto Island in the Pacific.

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New SDF base on island for U.S. fighter jet drills

Photo taken from a drone on Jan. 10, 2026, shows Mage Island, located about 990 kilometers southwest of Tokyo in the East China Sea and part of the Kagoshima Prefecture city of Nishinoomote. Construction started in January 2023 for a Japan Self-Defense Forces base to be used as a site for U.S. fighter jet drills relocated from Iwoto Island in the Pacific.

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New SDF base on island for U.S. fighter jet drills

Photo taken from a drone on Jan. 10, 2026, shows Mage Island, located about 990 kilometers southwest of Tokyo in the East China Sea and part of the Kagoshima Prefecture city of Nishinoomote. Construction started in January 2023 for a Japan Self-Defense Forces base to be used as a site for U.S. fighter jet drills relocated from Iwoto Island in the Pacific.

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New SDF base on island for U.S. fighter jet drills

Photo taken from a drone on Jan. 10, 2026, shows Mage Island, located about 990 kilometers southwest of Tokyo in the East China Sea and part of the Kagoshima Prefecture city of Nishinoomote. Construction started in January 2023 for a Japan Self-Defense Forces base to be used as a site for U.S. fighter jet drills relocated from Iwoto Island in the Pacific.

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New SDF base on island for U.S. fighter jet drills

Photo taken from a drone on Jan. 10, 2026, shows Mage Island, located about 990 kilometers southwest of Tokyo in the East China Sea and part of the Kagoshima Prefecture city of Nishinoomote. Construction started in January 2023 for a Japan Self-Defense Forces base to be used as a site for U.S. fighter jet drills relocated from Iwoto Island in the Pacific.

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New SDF base on island for U.S. fighter jet drills

Photo taken from a drone on Jan. 10, 2026, shows Mage Island, located about 990 kilometers southwest of Tokyo in the East China Sea and part of the Kagoshima Prefecture city of Nishinoomote. Construction started in January 2023 for a Japan Self-Defense Forces base to be used as a site for U.S. fighter jet drills relocated from Iwoto Island in the Pacific.

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New SDF base on island for U.S. fighter jet drills

Photo taken from a drone on Jan. 10, 2026, shows Mage Island, located about 990 kilometers southwest of Tokyo in the East China Sea and part of the Kagoshima Prefecture city of Nishinoomote. Construction started in January 2023 for a Japan Self-Defense Forces base to be used as a site for U.S. fighter jet drills relocated from Iwoto Island in the Pacific. ==Kyodo

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Protest against new SDF base for U.S. fighter jet drills

People protest against the construction of a Japan Self-Defense Forces base on Mage Island, located about 990 kilometers southwest of Tokyo in the East China Sea and part of the Kagoshima Prefecture city of Nishinoomote, on Jan. 10, 2026. Construction started in January 2023 for the base, to be used as a site for U.S. fighter jet drills relocated from Iwoto Island in the Pacific.

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Protest against new SDF base for U.S. fighter jet drills

People protest against the construction of a Japan Self-Defense Forces base on Mage Island, located about 990 kilometers southwest of Tokyo in the East China Sea and part of the Kagoshima Prefecture city of Nishinoomote, on Jan. 10, 2026. Construction started in January 2023 for the base, to be used as a site for U.S. fighter jet drills relocated from Iwoto Island in the Pacific.

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South Korea Drills Accidental Bombing Civilian Area - Pocheon

This photo shows a building damaged after a fighter jet dropped bombs on South Korea's civilian area by accident during live-fire drills in Pocheon, South Korea, on March 6, 2025. Seven people were injured Thursday after a fighter jet dropped bombs on South Korea's civilian area by accident during live-fire drills, the South Korean air force said. The KF-16 fighter jet abnormally dropped eight MK-82 bombs outside a live-fire range in the inter-Korean border town of Pocheon, some 40 km north of the capital Seoul, at about 10:00 a.m. local time. Photo by Yao Qilin/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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South Korea Drills Accidental Bombing Civilian Area - Pocheon

This photo shows a building damaged after a fighter jet dropped bombs on South Korea's civilian area by accident during live-fire drills in Pocheon, South Korea, on March 6, 2025. Seven people were injured Thursday after a fighter jet dropped bombs on South Korea's civilian area by accident during live-fire drills, the South Korean air force said. The KF-16 fighter jet abnormally dropped eight MK-82 bombs outside a live-fire range in the inter-Korean border town of Pocheon, some 40 km north of the capital Seoul, at about 10:00 a.m. local time. Photo by Yao Qilin/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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South Korea Drills Accidental Bombing Civilian Area - Pocheon

This photo shows a building damaged after a fighter jet dropped bombs on South Korea's civilian area by accident during live-fire drills in Pocheon, South Korea, on March 6, 2025. Seven people were injured Thursday after a fighter jet dropped bombs on South Korea's civilian area by accident during live-fire drills, the South Korean air force said. The KF-16 fighter jet abnormally dropped eight MK-82 bombs outside a live-fire range in the inter-Korean border town of Pocheon, some 40 km north of the capital Seoul, at about 10:00 a.m. local time. Photo by Yao Qilin/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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South Korea Drills Accidental Bombing Civilian Area - Pocheon

Rescuers leave a civilian area where a fighter jet dropped bombs by accident during live-fire drills in Pocheon, South Korea, on March 6, 2025. Seven people were injured Thursday after a fighter jet dropped bombs on South Korea's civilian area by accident during live-fire drills, the South Korean air force said. The KF-16 fighter jet abnormally dropped eight MK-82 bombs outside a live-fire range in the inter-Korean border town of Pocheon, some 40 km north of the capital Seoul, at about 10:00 a.m. local time. Photo by Yao Qilin/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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South Korea Drills Accidental Bombing Civilian Area - Pocheon

Smoke billows after a fighter jet dropped bombs on South Korea's civilian area by accident during live-fire drills in Pocheon, South Korea, on March 6, 2025. Seven people were injured Thursday after a fighter jet dropped bombs on South Korea's civilian area by accident during live-fire drills, the South Korean air force said. The KF-16 fighter jet abnormally dropped eight MK-82 bombs outside a live-fire range in the inter-Korean border town of Pocheon, some 40 km north of the capital Seoul, at about 10:00 a.m. local time. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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South Korea Drills Accidental Bombing Civilian Area - Pocheon

An ambulance is seen near a civilian area where a fighter jet dropped bombs by accident during live-fire drills in Pocheon, South Korea, on March 6, 2025. Seven people were injured Thursday after a fighter jet dropped bombs on South Korea's civilian area by accident during live-fire drills, the South Korean air force said. The KF-16 fighter jet abnormally dropped eight MK-82 bombs outside a live-fire range in the inter-Korean border town of Pocheon, some 40 km north of the capital Seoul, at about 10:00 a.m. local time. Photo by Yao Qilin/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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South Korea Drills Accidental Bombing Civilian Area - Pocheon

Security personnel cordon off a civilian area where a fighter jet dropped bombs by accident during live-fire drills in Pocheon, South Korea, on March 6, 2025. Seven people were injured Thursday after a fighter jet dropped bombs on South Korea's civilian area by accident during live-fire drills, the South Korean air force said. The KF-16 fighter jet abnormally dropped eight MK-82 bombs outside a live-fire range in the inter-Korean border town of Pocheon, some 40 km north of the capital Seoul, at about 10:00 a.m. local time. Photo by Yao Qilin/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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TÜRKIYE-KONYA-AIR DRILLS

(230511) -- KONYA (TÜRKIYE), May 11, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A military jet takes part in the Anatolian Eagle air drill in Konya, Türkiye, on May 11, 2023. (Photo by Mustafa Kaya/Xinhua)

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TÜRKIYE-KONYA-AIR DRILLS

(230511) -- KONYA (TÜRKIYE), May 11, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A military jet takes part in the Anatolian Eagle air drill in Konya, Türkiye, on May 11, 2023. (Photo by Mustafa Kaya/Xinhua)

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Protest against new SDF base for U.S. fighter jet drills

Photo taken in the Kagoshima Prefecture city of Nishinoomote, southwestern Japan, on Jan. 12, 2023, shows people protesting against the construction of a Japan Self-Defense Forces base on an uninhabited island in the city. Construction work started the same day on Mage Island about 990 kilometers southwest of Tokyo in the East China Sea for the base, to be used as a site for U.S. fighter jet drills, relocated from Iwoto Island in the Pacific.

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Protest against new SDF base for U.S. fighter jet drills

Photo taken in the Kagoshima Prefecture city of Nishinoomote, southwestern Japan, on Jan. 12, 2023, shows people protesting against the construction of a Japan Self-Defense Forces base on an uninhabited island in the city. Construction work started the same day on Mage Island about 990 kilometers southwest of Tokyo in the East China Sea for the base, to be used as a site for U.S. fighter jet drills, relocated from Iwoto Island in the Pacific.

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Protest against new SDF base for U.S. fighter jet drills

Photo taken in the Kagoshima Prefecture city of Nishinoomote, southwestern Japan, on Jan. 12, 2023, shows people protesting against the construction of a Japan Self-Defense Forces base on an uninhabited island in the city. Construction work started the same day on Mage Island about 990 kilometers southwest of Tokyo in the East China Sea for the base, to be used as a site for U.S. fighter jet drills, relocated from Iwoto Island in the Pacific.

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Protest against new SDF base for U.S. fighter jet drills

Photo taken in the Kagoshima Prefecture city of Nishinoomote, southwestern Japan, on Jan. 12, 2023, shows people protesting against the construction of a Japan Self-Defense Forces base on an uninhabited island in the city. Construction work started the same day on Mage Island about 990 kilometers southwest of Tokyo in the East China Sea for the base, to be used as a site for U.S. fighter jet drills, relocated from Iwoto Island in the Pacific.

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Japan begins construction of new SDF base for U.S. fighter jet drills

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 12, 2023, shows Mage Island in Nishinoomote, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan. Construction work started the same day on the uninhabited island about 990 kilometers southwest of Tokyo in the East China Sea for a Japan Self-Defense Forces base, to be used as a site for U.S. fighter jet drills, relocated from Iwoto Island in the Pacific.

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Japan begins construction of new SDF base for U.S. fighter jet drills

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 12, 2023, shows Mage Island in Nishinoomote, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan. Construction work started the same day on the uninhabited island about 990 kilometers southwest of Tokyo in the East China Sea for a Japan Self-Defense Forces base, to be used as a site for U.S. fighter jet drills, relocated from Iwoto Island in the Pacific.

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Japan begins construction of new SDF base for U.S. fighter jet drills

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 12, 2023, shows Mage Island in Nishinoomote, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan. Construction work started the same day on the uninhabited island about 990 kilometers southwest of Tokyo in the East China Sea for a Japan Self-Defense Forces base, to be used as a site for U.S. fighter jet drills, relocated from Iwoto Island in the Pacific.

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Japan begins construction of new SDF base for U.S. fighter jet drills

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 12, 2023, shows Mage Island in Nishinoomote, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan. Construction work started the same day on the uninhabited island about 990 kilometers southwest of Tokyo in the East China Sea for a Japan Self-Defense Forces base, to be used as a site for U.S. fighter jet drills, relocated from Iwoto Island in the Pacific.

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Japan begins construction of new SDF base for U.S. fighter jet drills

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 12, 2023, shows Mage Island in Nishinoomote, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan. Construction work started the same day on the uninhabited island about 990 kilometers southwest of Tokyo in the East China Sea for a Japan Self-Defense Forces base, to be used as a site for U.S. fighter jet drills, relocated from Iwoto Island in the Pacific.

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Japan, U.S. hold joint military drills

FUKUOKA, Japan - U.S. Air Force personnel check a Japanese fighter jet at Japan's Air Self-Defense Force base in Tsuiki, Fukuoka Prefecture on Nov. 11. Japan and the United States began joint maneuvers the same day aimed at better defending Japan.

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(8)Terrorist attacks

YOKOSUKA, Japan - The U.S. aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk is seen berthed at the naval base in Yokosuka, south of Tokyo, on Sept. 18. The U.S. Forces told Japan they will conduct takeoff and landing drills for Kitty Hawk-based jet fighters at Iojima Island in the Pacific on Sept. 20-26.

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Training center for airport firefighters opens in Nagasaki

NAGASAKI, Japan - Firefighting drills using a life-size model of a Boeing 767 jet body are carried out to mark the opening April 26 of a training center for airport firefighters near Nagasaki airport in Omura, Nagasaki Prefecture.

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Japanese jet fighters take part in 1st overseas drill

Japanese Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF) jet fighters prepare for take-off as joint exercises between Japan and the United States begin at the U.S. Anderson Air Force Base in Guam on June 22. The ASDF jets are taking part in their first overseas drills.

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S. Korea, U.S. launch joint maritime drills involving U.S. aircraft carrier

STORY: S. Korea, U.S. launch joint maritime drills involving U.S. aircraft carrier DATELINE: Sept. 26, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:23 LOCATION: Seoul CATEGORY: MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of S. Korea-U.S. joint naval exercise (Yonhap TV) (file) 2. various of jet flights and sailors on deck (Xinhua, shot on Sept. 23, 2022) STORYLINE: South Korea and the United States on Monday launched their joint maritime drills near the Korean Peninsula, involving a U.S. aircraft carrier and over 20 warships from the two sides. The South Korean defense ministry said the combined naval exercise was scheduled to continue for four days from Monday in the South Korean eastern waters. Mobilized for the exercise will be more than 20 battleships, including a 7,600-ton Aegis destroyer and a 4,400-ton destroyer from the South Korean side as well as the USS Ronald Reagan carrier strike group that arrived in the South Korean southeastern port city of Busan on Friday. The strike group consists of the Nimitz-class nuclear-powered

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U.S. aircraft carrier arrives in S.Korea for combined drills

STORY: U.S. aircraft carrier arrives in S.Korea for combined drills DATELINE: Sept. 23, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:38 LOCATION: Seoul CATEGORY: MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of jet flights and sailors on deck 2. various of the navigating platform 3. various of jet flights and sailors on deck STORYLINE: A U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier arrived in South Korea Friday for combined drills with the South Korean navy, according to Yonhap news agency. The USS Ronald Reagan carrier strike group, consisting of a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, a USS Chancellorsville guided-missile cruiser and a USS Barry Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, docked at a naval base in Busan, about 390 km southeast of the capital Seoul, at around 9:00 a.m. local time. The strike group planned to stage combined maritime drills with the South Korean navy off South Korea's east coast later this month. The joint exercise is expected to be joined by the nuclear-powered USS Annapolis submarine, according to Yonhap. Xinhua News Agency co

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China-Thailand drills mark milestone for military cooperation

China's J-10 fighter jet heads to a runway in Korat, Thailand, on Nov. 27, 2015. The People's Liberation Army Air Force of China and the Royal Thai Air Force held an air show the same day as part of their first joint exercise on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, U.S. hold joint military drills

FUKUOKA, Japan - U.S. Air Force personnel check a Japanese fighter jet at Japan's Air Self-Defense Force base in Tsuiki, Fukuoka Prefecture on Nov. 11. Japan and the United States began joint maneuvers the same day aimed at better defending Japan. (Kyodo)

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Training center for airport firefighters opens in Nagasaki

NAGASAKI, Japan - Firefighting drills using a life-size model of a Boeing 767 jet body are carried out to mark the opening April 26 of a training center for airport firefighters near Nagasaki airport in Omura, Nagasaki Prefecture.

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Japanese jet fighters take part in 1st overseas drill

Japanese Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF) jet fighters prepare for take-off as joint exercises between Japan and the United States begin at the U.S. Anderson Air Force Base in Guam on June 22. The ASDF jets are taking part in their first overseas drills.

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Japanese jet fighters take part in 1st overseas drill

Japanese Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF) jet fighters prepare for take-off as joint exercises between Japan and the United States begin at the U.S. Anderson Air Force Base in Guam on June 22. The ASDF jets are taking part in their first overseas drills.