Lt. Col. Alexander Kelly, commander of the 319th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron, bows to audience members at the 319th ERS activation and assumption of command ceremony at Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Kanoya Air Base, Japan, Oct. 23, 2022. Pacific Air Forces is deploying MQ-9s, a medium-altitude, long endurance remotely piloted aircraft, and personnel to JMSDF Kanoya Air Base to conduct airborne reconnaissance operations in close coordination with the Japan Ministry of Defense in furtherance of the treaty and to ensure a free and open Indo-Pacific.

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