(Left to Right) Air Force Capt. Cody Everett, 36th Airlift Squadron C-130J pilot, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Sgt. First Class Kuniaki Iwakura, and Capt. Ryusuke Taki, both with the 1st Airborne Brigade, look at a map at Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji, Japan, March 11, 2021, during Airborne 21 exercise. Airborne 21 was the largest Japan airborne operation in history; involving approximately 600 JGSDF paratroopers, 12 C-130 aircraft and 130 containment delivery system bundles.

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