ASDF official apologizes to Ishikawa gov. over accident

ASDF official apologizes to Ishikawa gov. over accident

KANAZAWA, Japan - Japanese Air Self-Defense Force Maj. Gen. Shunji Izutsu (L), commander of Komatsu Air Base, offers an apology to Ishikawa Gov. Masanori Tanimoto in the prefectural government office on Oct. 11, 2011, over an accident Oct. 7 involving an F-15 fighter. In the accident, which caused no injuries, an empty fuel tank fell to the ground from an F-15 fighter stationed at the Komatsu base.

Japan ASDF head meets German Air Force chief

Japan ASDF head meets German Air Force chief

German Air Force Chief Lt. Gen. Ingo Gerhartz (L) and Gen. Shunji Izutsu (R), chief of staff of Japan's Air Self-Defense Force, meets the press at Tokyo's Defense Ministry headquarters on Sept. 29, 2022.

Japan ASDF head meets German Air Force chief

Japan ASDF head meets German Air Force chief

Gen. Shunji Izutsu (R), chief of staff of Japan's Air Self-Defense Force, shakes hands with German Air Force Chief Lt. Gen. Ingo Gerhartz at Tokyo's Defense Ministry headquarters on Sept. 29, 2022.

Japan, Germany warplane drill

Japan, Germany warplane drill

Shunji Izutsu (R), chief of staff of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force, shakes hands with Lt. Gen. Ingo Gerhartz, chief of the German Air Force, at JASDF's Hyakuri Air Base in Omitama, Ibaraki Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, on Sept. 28, 2022.

ASDF official apologizes to Ishikawa gov. over accident

ASDF official apologizes to Ishikawa gov. over accident

KANAZAWA, Japan - Japanese Air Self-Defense Force Maj. Gen. Shunji Izutsu (L), commander of Komatsu Air Base, offers an apology to Ishikawa Gov. Masanori Tanimoto in the prefectural government office on Oct. 11, 2011, over an accident Oct. 7 involving an F-15 fighter. In the accident, which caused no injuries, an empty fuel tank fell to the ground from an F-15 fighter stationed at the Komatsu base. (Kyodo)