Japan Air Self-Defense Force Maj Yasuhiro Sugiyama, left, holds a throttle levers prior of an E-767 Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft taking off at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, June 24, 2021 during RED FLAG-Alaska 21-2. The RF-A exercise focuses on improving the combat readiness of and international forces, and providing training for units preparing for air and space expeditionary force tasking. Sugiyama is assigned to the 602nd Squadron, Hamamatsu Air Base, Japan.

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