An AH-64D helicopter assigned to 1st Battle Helicopter Unit, Japanese Ground Self Defense Force, launches a Hellfire missile down range at Yakima Training Center, Wash., on Dec. 6, 2021. The unit is conducting a combined shoot with 1-229th Attack Battalion, 16th Combat Aviation Brigade, and the combined American and Japanese observation post as part of Exercise Rising Thunder 21. ( Army photo by Capt. Kyle Abraham, 16th Combat Aviation Brigade)

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Keywords: ah64, apache, combined, jgsdf, readiness, risingthunder21