Japanese Defense Minister Satoshi Morimoto Visits Yokota

11/27/2012 - Japanese Defense Minister Satoshi Morimoto, left, and Lt. Gen. Sam Angelella, U.S. Forces, Japan, and 5th Air Force commander, walk through a saber cordon at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Nov. 27, 2012. The Yokota Air Base Honor Guard organized the saber cordon to formally welcome Morimoto. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Krystal M. Garrett) http://www.yokota.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123327747

Jungle Air Force Det 1 furls its flag

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Japan Air Self-Defense Force generals attend the 13th Air Force Detachment 1 inactivation ceremony at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Sept. 26, 2012. Since its activation in January 2007, the detachment has worked intelligence, operations, planning, logistics and communications issues on behalf of Pacific Air Forces to strengthen the alliance between U.S. and Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Osakabe Yasuo)

JASDF ADC grand opening ceremony

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Japanese Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka gives remarks during the Japan Air Self-Defense Force Air Defense Command Headquarters grand opening ceremony at Yokota Air Base, Japan, May 30, 2012. Tanaka congratulated the successful completion of the ADC move to Yokota AB, which will further strengthen defense cooperation and interoperability between the two forces. (U.S. Air Force photo by Osakabe Yasuo)

JASDF ADC grand opening ceremony

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Burton Field, U.S. Forces Japan and Fifth Air Force commander, gives a speech during the Japan Air Self-Defense Force Air Defense Command Headquarters grand opening ceremony at Yokota Air Base, Japan, May 30, 2012. Field said, "The ADC relocation optimizes both nations’ ability to meet traditional, new, and future threats, and will ensure the Japan-U.S. partnership remains an anchor for regional security for the next several decades and beyond." (U.S. Air Force photo by Osakabe Yasuo)

Kadena refuels JASDF's interoperability skills

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Brian Porter, 909th Air Refueling Squadron boom operator, goes over safety procedures with Japanese Air Self Defense Force airmen before performing refueling training at Kadena Air Base, Japan, May 10, 2012. For the past five years, JASDF airmen have been training with Kadena Airmen to familiarize themselves with air refueling before participating in exercises such as Red Flag in Alaska. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Brooke P. Beers)

Air Defense Command commences operations at Yokota

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- U.S. officials tour the new Japan Air Self-Defense Force Air Defense Command Headquarters following the building's opening ceremony at Yokota Air Base, Japan, March 26, 2012. The ADC headquarters, which conducts command and control operations to defend Japanese airspace, was relocated from Fuchu Air Base, Japan, as part of the 2002 Defense Policy Review Initiative, a bilateral process to enhance the U.S.-Japan Security Alliance and address force realignments in the Pacific. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)