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U.S. AIR FORCE AND JAPAN IN EXERCISE

Lt. Gen. Thomas Waskow, Headquarters 5th Air Force commander, Yokota Air Base, Japan, shake hands with Tech. Sgt. Norihiro Matsumoto during a Mutual Turnaround Familiarization training at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, during exercise Cope North 04 on Nov. 19, 2003. About 650 US airmen, sailors, Marines and around 250 Japan Air Self-Defense Force members are participating in the exercise. Cope North is a bilateral exercise between US and Japan designed to enhance the execution of air operations in the defense of Japan. (UPI Photo/Val Gempis/Air Force)

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