NAVAL AIR FACILITY ATSUGI, Japan (April 29, 2017) Lt. Christopher Jackson, an East Hartford, Conn. native, assigned to the Royal Maces of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 27, demonstrates how to put on flight gear with a local resident during Naval Air Facility (NAF) Atsugi’s Spring Festival. The open base festival draws crowds in excess of 65,000 visitors each year. NAF Atsugi has hosted open base community friendship events for almost 30 years as a means to build closer ties and understanding to the communities around the base and all over Japan.

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