A ShinMaywa US-2 assigned to the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's Air Patrol Squadron 71 flies over islands off the coast of Marines Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, April 5, 2022. Special Operations and Japanese Self Defense Forces’ ability to work together, utilizing abilities like the US-2’s amphibious airpower, is essential to being able to provide rescue and humanitarian response in a region covered by water and outlying islands. ( Air Force photo by Capt. Joshua Thompson)

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Keywords: -2, -defense, allies, amphibious, force, interoperability, japanese, maritime, operations, partners, shinmaywa, special