Japan Air Self-Defense Force Maj Yasuhiro Sugiyama, left, and Capt Masayuki Hattori, perform a pre-flight check on an E-767 Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft before take-off during RED FLAG-Alaska 21-2 at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, June 24, 2021. 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 and Hattori are both assigned to the 602nd Squadron, Hamamatsu Air Base, Japan.

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