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Maintenance personnel remove a damaged engine from an aircraft during the joint Exercise COPE NORTH 85-1

Maintenance personnel remove a damaged engine from an aircraft during ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Chitose Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Lee Schading Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digit... More

A 3rd Tactical Fighter Squadron F-4 Phantom II aircraft takes off during Exercise COPE NORTH 88-3

A 3rd Tactical Fighter Squadron F-4 Phantom II aircraft takes off duri...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COPE NORTH 88-3 Base: Chitose Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT J. Ferguson Release Status: Released... More

Maintainers move jets at Chitose

Maintainers move jets at Chitose

Staff Sgt. Somchay Saynourath, SrA Daniel Liderbach and SrA Richard Casareza , all crew chiefs with the 44th Fighter Squadron, push a security light into position on the flightline at Chitose Air Base, Japan, ... More

A U.S. Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier with Marine Attack

A U.S. Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier with Marine Attack

A U.S. Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier with Marine Attack Squadron (VMA) 542 taxis down the runway at Chitose Air Base, Japan, Dec. 8, 2016. Four of VMA-542’s Harriers are conducting flight training daily out of Chi... More

Members of the ground crew discuss operations during training exercise Cope North '83-1. The training exercise is being held at Chitose Air Base

Members of the ground crew discuss operations during training exercise...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COPE NORTH '83 Base: Hokkaido Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Steve Mcgill Release Status: Released to Publ... More

ABC News reporter Sylvia Chase prepares to fly in the backseat of an F-15B Eagle aircraft during the joint Japanese Air Self Defense Force (JASDF) and US Air Force exercise COPE NORTH 84-1. Chase and a film crew are at the base to gather information for an upcoming "20/20" segment on the defense of Japan

ABC News reporter Sylvia Chase prepares to fly in the backseat of an F...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COPE NORTH 84-1 Base: Chitose Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Lee Schading Release Status: Release... More

Japanese maintenance personnel observe as Sergeant Robert Morris of the 67th Aircraft Maintenance Unit replaces a generator in an F-15 Eagle aircraft. They are participating in the joint JASDF and US Air Force exercise COPE NORTH 84-1

Japanese maintenance personnel observe as Sergeant Robert Morris of th...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COPE NORTH 84-1 Base: Chitose Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Lee Schading Release Status: Release... More

A crew chief directs the pilot of an F-15 Eagle aircraft onto the apron during Exercise Cope North 84-3

A crew chief directs the pilot of an F-15 Eagle aircraft onto the apro...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COPE NORTH 84-3 Base: Chitose Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Lee Schading Release Status: R... More

Personnel from the 12th Aircraft Maintenance Unit position a new engine for installation in an F-15 Eagle aircraft during Exercise COPE NORTH 85-1

Personnel from the 12th Aircraft Maintenance Unit position a new engin...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COPE NORTH 85-1 Base: Chitose Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Lee Schading Release Status: Release... More

US Air Force and Japanese Air Self Defense Force pilots discuss a mission during Exercise COPE NORTH 85-1

US Air Force and Japanese Air Self Defense Force pilots discuss a miss...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COPE NORTH 85-1 Base: Chitose Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Lee Schading Release Status: Release... More

A view of the parking apron with various aircraft including the Japanese F-1, F-15 Eagel, and F-4EJ Phantom II aircraft.  The aircraft are participating in the joint Exercise COPE NORTH 85-1

A view of the parking apron with various aircraft including the Japane...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Chitose Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Lee Schading Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digit... More

Sergeant (SGT) William Brown, center, works with other members of the 18th Aircraft Generation Squadron and Japan Air Self Defense Force 2nd Wing to remove a missile from the wing of a 44th Tactical Fighter Squadron F-15 Eagle aircraft during Exercise COPE NORTH'87-3

Sergeant (SGT) William Brown, center, works with other members of the ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COPE NORTH Base: Chitose Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT James R. Ferguson Release Status: Release... More

A member of the 132nd Tactical Fighter Wing, Iowa Air National Guard and a member of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force complete refueling forms during Exercise COPE NORTH 88-3

A member of the 132nd Tactical Fighter Wing, Iowa Air National Guard a...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COPE NORTH 88-3 Base: Chitose Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT J. Ferguson Release Status: Released... More

A 132nd Tactical Fighter Wing, Iowa Air National Guard ground crewman conducts a preflight inspection during Exercise COPE NORTH 88-3

A 132nd Tactical Fighter Wing, Iowa Air National Guard ground crewman ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COPE NORTH 88-3 Base: Chitose Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT J. Ferguson Release Status: Released... More

CPT Stan Kanno of the 44th Tactical Fighter Wing, Kadena, Japan, briefs members of the Chitose Air Base fire department on emergency fire-fighting techniques used with the F-15 Eagle aircraft. Chitose Air Base is the site of training exercise Cope North '83-1

CPT Stan Kanno of the 44th Tactical Fighter Wing, Kadena, Japan, brief...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COPE NORTH '83 Base: Hokkaido Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Steve Mcgill Release Status: Released to Publ... More

A pilot of the Japanese 8th Tactical Fighter Squadron prepares for takeoff as crew chiefs ready a Japan Air Self-Defense Force F-1 aircraft during Exercise COPE NORTH 88-3

A pilot of the Japanese 8th Tactical Fighter Squadron prepares for tak...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COPE NORTH 88-3 Base: Chitose Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT J. Ferguson Release Status: Released... More

Members of the 132nd Tactical Fighter Wing, Iowa Air National Guard and members of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force eat lunch in the mess hall during Exercise COPE NORTH 88-3

Members of the 132nd Tactical Fighter Wing, Iowa Air National Guard an...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COPE NORTH 88-3 Base: Chitose Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT J. Ferguson Release Status: Released... More

Air traffic controllers of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force monitor flight operations during Exercise COPE NORTH 88-3

Air traffic controllers of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force monitor fl...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COPE NORTH 88-3 Base: Chitose Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT J. Ferguson Release Status: Released... More

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Brandon Eckardt, sergeant

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Brandon Eckardt, sergeant

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Brandon Eckardt, sergeant major for Marine Attack Squadron (VMA) 542, conducts preflight inspections during the Aviation Training Relocation Program at Chitose Air Base, Japan, Dec. ... More

An MV-22B Osprey with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron

An MV-22B Osprey with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron

An MV-22B Osprey with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, lands at Chitose Air Base, Hokkaido, Japan, Feb. 4, 2020. The arrival of the Osprey to exercise Northern Viper brings an add... More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jarrod Clark, center, a 35th

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jarrod Clark, center, a 35th

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jarrod Clark, center, a 35th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, readies for a shot at the basket as two Koku-Jieitai members and U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Ebony Jenkins, left, a... More

An MV-22B Osprey with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron

An MV-22B Osprey with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron

An MV-22B Osprey with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, taxis at Chitose Air Base, Hokkaido, Japan, Feb. 4, 2020. The arrival of the Osprey to exercise Northern Viper brings an add... More

U.S. Marines with Marine Attack Squadron (VMA) 542

U.S. Marines with Marine Attack Squadron (VMA) 542

U.S. Marines with Marine Attack Squadron (VMA) 542 conduct preflight inspections during the Aviation Training Relocation Program at Chitose Air Base, Japan, Dec. 8, 2016. During the ATR the Marines with the pow... More

Captain (CPT) Rob Hughes, left, and CPT Jack Catton, right, both members of the 67th Tactical Fighter Squadron, discuss the day's mission with their Japanese counterparts. They are participating in the joint Japanese Air Self Defense Force (JASDF) and US Air Force exercise COPE NORTH 84-1.

Captain (CPT) Rob Hughes, left, and CPT Jack Catton, right, both membe...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COPE NORTH 84-1 Base: Chitose Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Lee Schading Release Status: Release... More

Members of the 2nd Air Wing, Japanese Air Self Defense Force (JASDF), wave goodbye as an F-15 Eagle aircraft from the 67th Tactical Fighter Squadron takes off for Kadena Air Base, Japan. The F-15 is returning to its home base at the conclusion of the joint JASDF/US Air Force exercise COPE NORTH 84-1

Members of the 2nd Air Wing, Japanese Air Self Defense Force (JASDF), ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COPE NORTH 84-1 Base: Chitose Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Lee Schading Release Status: Release... More

A 132nd Tactical Fighter Wing, Iowa Air National Guard A-7D Corsair II aircraft flies over the base during Exercise COPE NORTH 88-3

A 132nd Tactical Fighter Wing, Iowa Air National Guard A-7D Corsair II...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COPE NORTH 88-3 Base: Chitose Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT J. Ferguson Release Status: Released... More

An aircraft maintenance technician consults a maintenance manual while conducting a post-flight inspection on a 132nd Tactical Fighter Wing, Iowa Air National Guard A-7D Corsair II aircraft during Exercise COPE NORTH 88-3

An aircraft maintenance technician consults a maintenance manual while...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COPE NORTH 88-3 Base: Chitose Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT J. Ferguson Release Status: Released... More

CPT Cheryl B. Aultman gives a weather briefing to members of the 302nd Tactical Fighter Squadron, Japanese Air Self Defense Force, during training exercise Cope North '83-1. The exercise was held at Chitose Air Base

CPT Cheryl B. Aultman gives a weather briefing to members of the 302nd...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COPE NORTH '83 Base: Hokkaido Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Steve Mcgill Release Status: Released to Publ... More

A security policeman guards aircraft parked in a hangar during training exercise Cope North '83-1. Aircraft parked in the hangar include F-15 Eagles, F-4 Phantom IIs and F-104 Starfighters

A security policeman guards aircraft parked in a hangar during trainin...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COPE NORTH '83 Base: Chitose Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Steve Mcgill Release Status: Released... More

CPT Stan Kanno of the 44th Tactical Fighter Wing, Kadena, Japan, briefs members of the Chitose Air Base fire department on emergency fire-fighting techniques used with the F-15 Eagle aircraft. Chitose Air Base is the site of training exercise Cope North '83-1

CPT Stan Kanno of the 44th Tactical Fighter Wing, Kadena, Japan, brief...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COPE NORTH '83 Base: Hokkaido Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Steve Mcgill Release Status: Released to Publ... More

A right side view of two F-15 Eagle aircraft in flight during training exercise Cope North '83-1. The F-15s were deployed from Kadena Air Base, Japan, to participate in the exercise held at Chitose Air Base

A right side view of two F-15 Eagle aircraft in flight during training...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COPE NORTH '83 Base: Hokkaido Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Steve Mcgill Release Status: Released to Publ... More

Captain Mike Stewart, back seat, and Captain Kazutoshi Ogata climb into the cockpit of a Japanese F-4EJ Phantom II aircraft. They are participating in the joint Japanese Air Self Defense Force (JASDF) and US Air Force exercise COPE NORTH 84-1

Captain Mike Stewart, back seat, and Captain Kazutoshi Ogata climb int...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COPE NORTH 84-1 Base: Chitose Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Lee Schading Release Status: Release... More

An F-15 Eagle pilot discusses a possible maintenance problem with ground crewmen during the joint Japanese Air Self Defense Force (JASDF) and US Air Force exercise COPE NORTH 84-1. The aircraft and pilot are assigned to the 67th Tactical Fighter Squadron,  18th Tactical Fighter Wing, Kadena Air Base, Japan

An F-15 Eagle pilot discusses a possible maintenance problem with grou...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COPE NORTH 84-1 Base: Chitose Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Lee Schading Release Status: Release... More

Preparations are made to refuel two F-15 Eagle aircraft from the 49th Tactical Fighter Wing, 8th Tactical Fighter Squadron by the 3rd Air Wing during Exercise COPE NORTH 84-3

Preparations are made to refuel two F-15 Eagle aircraft from the 49th ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COPE NORTH 84-3 Base: Chitose Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Lee Schading Release Status: Release... More

First Lieutenant (1LT) Randy Pearson, Detachment 12, 25th Weather Squadron, (left), listens as 1LT Hirochi Takeda of the Japan Air Self Defense Force explains an incoming weather front during Exercise COPE NORTH 84-33

First Lieutenant (1LT) Randy Pearson, Detachment 12, 25th Weather Squa...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COPE NORTH 84-33 Base: Chitose Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Lee Schading Release Status: Releas... More

Members of the 12th Aircraft Maintenance Unit install a new engine in an F-15 Eagle aircraft during Exercise COPE NORTH 85-1

Members of the 12th Aircraft Maintenance Unit install a new engine in ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COPE NORTH 85-1 Base: Chitose Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Lee Schading Release Status: Release... More

F-4G Phantom II Wild Weasel aircraft from the 3rd Tactical Fighter Squadron taxi on the runway prior to taking off during Exercise COPE NORTH 88-3

F-4G Phantom II Wild Weasel aircraft from the 3rd Tactical Fighter Squ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COPE NORTH 88-3 Base: Chitose Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT J. Ferguson Release Status: Released... More

A Japan Air Self-Defense Force YS-11 aircraft flies over the base during Exercise COPE NORTH 88-3

A Japan Air Self-Defense Force YS-11 aircraft flies over the base duri...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COPE NORTH 88-3 Base: Chitose Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT J. Ferguson Release Status: Released... More

TSGT Howard D. Cook uses a pocket translation dictionary to communicate with a member of the Japanese Air Self Defense Force during training exercise Cope North '83-1. The exercise was held at Chitose Air Base

TSGT Howard D. Cook uses a pocket translation dictionary to communicat...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COPE NORTH '83 Base: Hokkaido Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Steve Mcgill Release Status: Released to Publ... More

Members of the 302nd Tactical Fighter Squadron, Japanese Air Self Defense Force and the 44th Tactical Fighter Squadron, United State Air Force, are briefed on upcoming activities for training exercise Cope North '83-1. The exercise was held at Chitose Air Base

Members of the 302nd Tactical Fighter Squadron, Japanese Air Self Defe...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COPE NORTH '83 Base: Hokkaido Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Steve Mcgill Release Status: Released to Publ... More

A pilot completes a pre-flight check of his F-15 Eagle aircraft during training exercise Cope North '83-1. The exercise, held at Chitose Air Base, is designed to prepare pilots for air-to-air combat

A pilot completes a pre-flight check of his F-15 Eagle aircraft during...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COPE NORTH '83 Base: Hokkaido Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Steve Mcgill Release Status: Released to Publ... More

Lieutenant Colonel Itagake of the Japanse Air Self Defense Force (JASDF) greets Japanese and American participants in the joint JASDF and US Air Force exercise COPE NORTH 84-1

Lieutenant Colonel Itagake of the Japanse Air Self Defense Force (JASD...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COPE NORTH 84-1 Base: Chitose Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Lee Schading Release Status: Release... More

An air-to-air right side view of two F-15 Eagle aircraft. The F-15 in the background is banking to the left. The aircraft are from 67th Tactical Fighter Squadron and are participating in Exercise COPE NORTH 84-1

An air-to-air right side view of two F-15 Eagle aircraft. The F-15 in ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COPE NORTH 84-1 Base: Chitose Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Lee Schading Release Status: Release... More

Major (MAJ) Budge Wilson, right rear, and Lieutenant (LT) Dodson, right front, talk about a mission with Japanese pilots during the joint Exercise COPE NORTH 85-1

Major (MAJ) Budge Wilson, right rear, and Lieutenant (LT) Dodson, righ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Chitose Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Lee Schading Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digit... More

A pair of F-15 Eagle aircraft from the 44th Tactical Fighter Squadron take off together during Exercise COPE NORTH'87-3

A pair of F-15 Eagle aircraft from the 44th Tactical Fighter Squadron ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COPE NORTH Base: Chitose Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT James R. Ferguson Release Status: Release... More

Lt. Col. Carey, 44th Fighter Squadron commander, responds

Lt. Col. Carey, 44th Fighter Squadron commander, responds

Lt. Col. Carey, 44th Fighter Squadron commander, responds to a media question during the arrival press conference. Approximately 30 members of the press attended the event and asked questions about the importan... More

A U.S. Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier with Marine Attack

A U.S. Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier with Marine Attack

A U.S. Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier with Marine Attack Squadron (VMA) 542 taxis to the runway during the Aviation Relocation Training Program at Chitose Air Base, Japan, Dec. 7, 2016. VMA-542 is conducting traini... More

A US Air Force F-15 Eagle aircraft from the 49th Tactical Fighter Wing, 8th Tactical Fighter Squadron taxis to the apron during Exercise COPE NORTH 84-3

A US Air Force F-15 Eagle aircraft from the 49th Tactical Fighter Wing...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COPE NORTH 84-3 Base: Chitose Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Lee Schading Release Status: Release... More

An air-to-air left side view of two F-15 Eagle aircraft from 67th Tactical Fighter Squadron participating in Exercise COPE NORTH 84-1

An air-to-air left side view of two F-15 Eagle aircraft from 67th Tact...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COPE NORTH 84-1 Base: Chitose Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Lee Schading Release Status: Release... More

STAFF Sergeant Jeffrey Rogers, from the 18th Aircraft Squadron, performs maintenance on an AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missile attached to an F-15 Eagle aircraft

STAFF Sergeant Jeffrey Rogers, from the 18th Aircraft Squadron, perfor...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Chitose Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Lee Schading Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digit... More

Captain (CPT) Ray Lunger, a 12th Tactical Fighter Squadron pilot, talks with crew chief Sergeant (SGT) Marc Calibb, foreground, and SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Terry Barr about the performance of his F-15 Eagle aircraft during Exercise COPE NORTH 85-1

Captain (CPT) Ray Lunger, a 12th Tactical Fighter Squadron pilot, talk...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COPE NORTH 85-1 Base: Chitose Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Lee Schading Release Status: Release... More

STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Rick Whittaker, 18th Aircraft Generation Squadron, services liquid oxygen converters on the flight line while an F-15 Eagle aircraft from the 44th Tactical Fighter Squadron taxis by during Exercise COPE NORTH'87-3

STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Rick Whittaker, 18th Aircraft Generation Squadro...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COPE NORTH Base: Chitose Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT James R. Ferguson Release Status: Release... More

A 132nd Tactical Fighter Wing, Iowa Air National Guard A-7D Corsair II aircraft touches down at the base during Exercise COPE NORTH 88-3

A 132nd Tactical Fighter Wing, Iowa Air National Guard A-7D Corsair II...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COPE NORTH 88-3 Base: Chitose Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT J. Ferguson Release Status: Released... More

Maintainers with Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack

Maintainers with Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack

Maintainers with Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 224 work on an F/A-18D Hornet at Chitose Air Base in Hokkaido, Japan, Jan. 14, 2016. VMFA (AW)-224, homebased at MCAS Beaufort, S.C., is tempor... More

An MV-22B Osprey with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron

An MV-22B Osprey with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron

An MV-22B Osprey with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, taxis at Chitose Air Base, Hokkaido, Japan, Feb. 4, 2020. The arrival of the Osprey to exercise Northern Viper brings an add... More

Koku-Jieitai pilots race to two Mitsubishi F-15J Eagles

Koku-Jieitai pilots race to two Mitsubishi F-15J Eagles

Koku-Jieitai pilots race to two Mitsubishi F-15J Eagles during a scramble demonstration as part of a 10-day U.S.-Japan Bilateral Career Training at Chitose Air Base, Japan, April 14, 2017. The scramble showcase... More

U.S. Marines with Marine Attack Squadron (VMA) 542

U.S. Marines with Marine Attack Squadron (VMA) 542

U.S. Marines with Marine Attack Squadron (VMA) 542 conduct preflight inspections during the Aviation Training Relocation Program at Chitose Air Base, Japan, Dec. 8, 2016. During the ATR the Marines with the pow... More

AIRMAN 1ST Class Wendy Jenner, an F-15 Eagle aircraft crew chief, explains maintenance procedures to Japanese airmen during the joint Japanese Air Self Defense Force (JASDF) and U.S. Air Force exercise Cope North 84-1

AIRMAN 1ST Class Wendy Jenner, an F-15 Eagle aircraft crew chief, expl...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COPE NORTH 84-1 Base: Chitose Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. Lee Schading Release Status: Releas... More

ABC News cameraman films news reporter Sylvia Chase as she climbs into the backseat of an F-15B Eagle aircraft during the joint Japanese Air Self Defense Force (JASDF) and US Air Force exercise COPE NORTH 84-1. Chase and a film crew are at the base to gather information for an upcoming "20/20" segment on the defense of Japan

ABC News cameraman films news reporter Sylvia Chase as she climbs into...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COPE NORTH 84-1 Base: Chitose Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Lee Schading Release Status: Release... More

A US Air Force and a Japanese Air Self Defense Force pilot conduct a preflight inspection of an aircraft during Exercise COPE NORTH 85-1

A US Air Force and a Japanese Air Self Defense Force pilot conduct a p...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COPE NORTH 85-1 Base: Chitose Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Lee Schading Release Status: Release... More

Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Glenn King shoots video footage of an F-15 Eagle aircraft being serviced on the flight line during Exercise COPE NORTH'87-3

Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Glenn King shoots video footage of an F-15 E...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COPE NORTH Base: Chitose Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT James R. Ferguson Release Status: Release... More

U.S. Marines with Marine Attack Squadron (VMA) 542

U.S. Marines with Marine Attack Squadron (VMA) 542

U.S. Marines with Marine Attack Squadron (VMA) 542 await to coduct preflight inspections during the Aviation Training Relocation Program at Chitose Air Base, Japan, Dec.12, 2016. During the ATR the Marines with... More

Members of the Japanese Air Self Defense Force and United States Air Force who participated in training exercise Cope North '83-1 pose for a group photo on the flight line. The aircraft parked on the runway behind them (from left to right) are an F-104 Starfighter, an F-4 Phantom II and an F-15 Eagle

Members of the Japanese Air Self Defense Force and United States Air F...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COPE NORTH '83 Base: Chitose Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Steve Mcgill Release Status: Released... More

A ground-to-air view of an F-15 Eagle aircraft landing at Chitose Air Base to participate in training exercise Cope North '83-1. The exercise is designed to prepare pilots for air-to-air combat

A ground-to-air view of an F-15 Eagle aircraft landing at Chitose Air ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COPE NORTH '83 Base: Hokkaido Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Steve Mcgill Release Status: Released to Publ... More

COL Takahashi, exercise director for the Japanese Air Self Defense Force, and COL George H. Peacock, exercise director for the United States Air Force, monitor radio transmissions between aircraft participating in training exercise Cope North '83-1. The exercise is being held at Chitose Air Base

COL Takahashi, exercise director for the Japanese Air Self Defense For...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COPE NORTH '83 Base: Hokkaido Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Steve Mcgill Release Status: Released to Publ... More

Captain (CPT) Mike Stewart is briefed by Captain Kazutoshi Ogata before flying in the back seat of a Japanese F-4EJ Phantom II aircraft. They are participating in the joint Japanese Air Self Defense Force (JASDF) and US Air Force exercise COPE NORTH 84-1

Captain (CPT) Mike Stewart is briefed by Captain Kazutoshi Ogata befor...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COPE NORTH 84-1 Base: Chitose Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Lee Schading Release Status: Release... More

Two F-15 Eagle aircraft taxi to the apron during Exercise COPE NORTH 84-3

Two F-15 Eagle aircraft taxi to the apron during Exercise COPE NORTH 8...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COPE NORTH 84-3 Base: Chitose Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Lee Schading Release Status: Release... More

Captain (CPT) David Wappner, 132nd Tactical Fighter Wing, Iowa Air National Guard, gives the thumbs up signal from the cockpit of his A-7D Corsair II aircraft during Exercise COPE NORTH 88-3

Captain (CPT) David Wappner, 132nd Tactical Fighter Wing, Iowa Air Nat...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COPE NORTH 88-3 Base: Chitose Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT J. Ferguson Release Status: Released... More

SSGT Reese Ardes, crew chief with the 90th Aircraft Maintenance Unit, updates records on an F-4 Phantom II aircraft during Cope North 90-1, a joint U.S. Air Force/JASDF exercise

SSGT Reese Ardes, crew chief with the 90th Aircraft Maintenance Unit, ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COPE NORTH 90-1 Base: Chitose Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT James R. Ferguson Release Status: Re... More

A U.S. Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier with Marine Attack

A U.S. Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier with Marine Attack

A U.S. Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier with Marine Attack Squadron (VMA) 542 waits on the flight line before a routine inspection during the Aviation Training Relocation Program at Chitose Air Base, Japan, Dec. 7, 2... More

A U.S. Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier with Marine Attack

A U.S. Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier with Marine Attack

A U.S. Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier with Marine Attack Squadron (VMA) 542 waits on the flight line before a routine inspection during the Aviation Training Relocation Program at Chitose Air Base, Japan, Dec. 7, 2... More

A right side view of an F-104 Starfighter aircraft in flight during training exercise Cope North '83-1. The F-104 belongs to a unit of the Japanese Air Self Defense Force stationed at Chitose Air Base

A right side view of an F-104 Starfighter aircraft in flight during tr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COPE NORTH '83 Base: Hokkaido Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Steve Mcgill Release Status: Released to Publ... More

AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Scott Davis, 8th Avionics Maintenance Squadron Crew CHIEF, performs maintenance on the tail of an F-15 Eagle aircraft during Exercise COPE NORTH 84-3

AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Scott Davis, 8th Avionics Maintenance Squadro...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COPE NORTH 84-3 Base: Chitose Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Lee Schading Release Status: Release... More

Two Japan Air Self Defense Force (JASDF) F-15 Eagle aircraft land after their missions. The Japanese F-15s did not participate in Exercise COPE NORTH 84-3 because the aircraft are new to the JASDF inventory

Two Japan Air Self Defense Force (JASDF) F-15 Eagle aircraft land afte...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COPE NORTH 84-3 Base: Chitose Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Lee Schading Release Status: Release... More

Captain Kazutoshi Ogata (front seat) and Captain Mike Stewart, USAF, prepare to take off in their Japanese Air Self Defense Force F-4EJ Phantom aircraft during Exercise COPE NORTH 84-1

Captain Kazutoshi Ogata (front seat) and Captain Mike Stewart, USAF, p...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COPE NORTH 84-1 Base: Chitose Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Lee Schading Release Status: Release... More

Captain (CPT) Michael Henchey and Colonel (COL) Richard Hawley, commander, 18th Tactical Fighter Wing, brief Japanese pilots before an Exercise COPE NORTH 85-1 flight

Captain (CPT) Michael Henchey and Colonel (COL) Richard Hawley, comman...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COPE NORTH 85-1 Base: Chitose Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Lee Schading Release Status: Release... More

Japanese maintenance personnel observe as 12th Aircraft Maintenance Unit technicians prepare a new engine for installation in an aircraft during Exercise COPE NORTH 85-1

Japanese maintenance personnel observe as 12th Aircraft Maintenance Un...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COPE NORTH 85-1 Base: Chitose Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Lee Schading Release Status: Release... More

Captain (CPT) Ohgane, Japanese 3rd Air Wing, sits in the cockpit of an F-15 Eagle aircraft during the joint Exercise COPE NORTH 85-1

Captain (CPT) Ohgane, Japanese 3rd Air Wing, sits in the cockpit of an...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Chitose Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Lee Schading Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digit... More

A-7K Corsair II aircraft of the 132nd Tactical Fighter Wing, Iowa Air National Guard and the 124th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Arizona Air National Guard, take off during Exercise COPE NORTH 88-3

A-7K Corsair II aircraft of the 132nd Tactical Fighter Wing, Iowa Air ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COPE NORTH 88-3 Base: Chitose Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT J. Ferguson Release Status: Released... More

An air-to-air front view of a A-7K Corsair II aircraft from the 132nd Tactical Fighter Wing, Iowa Air National Guard and the 124th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Arizona Air National Guard, en route to Chitose Air Base for Exercise Cope North '88-3

An air-to-air front view of a A-7K Corsair II aircraft from the 132nd ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COPE NORTH '88-3 Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT James Ferguson Release Status: Released to Public Combined ... More

A C-141B Starlifter aircraft taxis near an F-4EJ Phantom II aircraft of the Japan Air Self Defense Force (JASDF) as U.S. military personnel arrive to participate in exercise Cope North 90-1, a joint U.S. Air Force/JASDF exercise

A C-141B Starlifter aircraft taxis near an F-4EJ Phantom II aircraft o...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COPE NORTH 90-1 Base: Chitose Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Theodore J. Koniares Release Status:... More

Maintainers move jets at Chitose

Maintainers move jets at Chitose

Staff Sgt. Chris Sperry, a crew chief with the 44th Fighter Squadron points to where he plans to take the F-15 he's towing on the flightline at Chitose Air Base, Japan, Nov. 9. Nearly 200 Airmen from Kadena ... More

Sgt. Avelinobon Quero, fixed-wing aircraft mechanic

Sgt. Avelinobon Quero, fixed-wing aircraft mechanic

Sgt. Avelinobon Quero, fixed-wing aircraft mechanic with Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 224, works on an F/A-18D Hornet at Chitose Air Base apron in Hokkaido, Japan, Jan. 13, 2016. VMFA (AW)-... More

A U.S. Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier with Marine Attack

A U.S. Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier with Marine Attack

A U.S. Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier with Marine Attack Squadron (VMA) 542 taxis down the runway at Chitose Air Base, Japan, Dec. 8, 2016. Four of VMA-542’s Harriers are conducting flight training daily out of Chi... More

A U.S. Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier takes its spot on

A U.S. Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier takes its spot on

A U.S. Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier takes its spot on the flight line after arrival to Chitose, Japan, Dec. 5, 2016. Following the arrival of the squadron’s Harriers, a press conference was held to acknowledge qu... More

A U.S. Air Force C-130J waits to be unloaded after

A U.S. Air Force C-130J waits to be unloaded after

A U.S. Air Force C-130J waits to be unloaded after transporting U.S. Marines with Marine Attack Squadron 542 (VMA) 542 to Chitose Air Base, Japan, Dec. 2, 2016. VMA-542 journeyed to Chitose to partake in the Av... More

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpls. Austin Nazworth, left,

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpls. Austin Nazworth, left,

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpls. Austin Nazworth, left, and Breht Urzua, right, power line technicians with Marine Attack Squadron (VMA) 542, pose for a photo with a member of the Japan Air Self Defense Force at C... More

AIRMAN First Class Mike Rabot of the 67th Aircraft Maintenance Unit directs an F-15 Eagle aircraft to a parking spot during the joint Japanese Air Self Defense Force (JASDF) and US Air Force exercise COPE NORTH 84-1

AIRMAN First Class Mike Rabot of the 67th Aircraft Maintenance Unit di...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COPE NORTH 84-1 Base: Chitose Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Lee Schading Release Status: Release... More

Japan Air Self Defense Force (JASDF) Sergeant (SGT) Junihi Aiba, 3rd Maintenance Squadron, and US Air Force STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Mark Upton, 8th Avionics Maintenance Squadron, talk about the JAPDF F-1 aircraft during Exercise COPE NORTH 84-3

Japan Air Self Defense Force (JASDF) Sergeant (SGT) Junihi Aiba, 3rd M...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COPE NORTH 84-3 Base: Chitose Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Lee Schading Release Status: Release... More

Major (MAJ) William Normington, Detachment 17, 1ST Weather Wing, gives a weather briefing to pilots participating in Exercise COPE NORTH 85-1

Major (MAJ) William Normington, Detachment 17, 1ST Weather Wing, gives...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COPE NORTH 85-1 Base: Chitose Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Lee Schading Release Status: Release... More

Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Foley, line supervisor, center, and other crewman replace an aircraft engine during the joint Exercise Cope North 85-1

Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Foley, line supervisor, center, and other cr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Chitose Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Lee Schading Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digit... More

AIRMAN (AMN) Stan Layman, 18th Aircraft Generation Squadron, discusses F-15 Eagle aircraft flight control systems with Sergeant (SGT) Tomoki Motomura, Japan Air Self Defense Force, while sitting in the cockpit of an F-15 during Exercise COPE NORTH'87-3

AIRMAN (AMN) Stan Layman, 18th Aircraft Generation Squadron, discusses...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COPE NORTH Base: Chitose Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT James R. Ferguson Release Status: Release... More

Colonel (COL) Gerald W. Swartzbaugh, commander, 132nd Tactical Fighter Wing, Iowa Air National Guard, and Major General (MGEN) Norio Asakurra, Japan Air Self-Defense Force, observe flight operations during Exercise COPE NORTH 88-3

Colonel (COL) Gerald W. Swartzbaugh, commander, 132nd Tactical Fighter...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COPE NORTH 88-3 Base: Chitose Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT J. Ferguson Release Status: Released... More

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Sean McHugh, an AV-8B pilot

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Sean McHugh, an AV-8B pilot

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Sean McHugh, an AV-8B pilot with Marine Attack Squadron (VMA) 542, prepares to conduct flight operations during the Aviation Training Relocation Program at Chitose Air Base, Japan, Dec. ... More

Members of the ground service the landing gear of an aircraft during training exercise Cope North '83-1. The exercise, held at Chitose Air Base, is designed to prepare pilots for air-to-air combat

Members of the ground service the landing gear of an aircraft during t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COPE NORTH '83 Base: Hokkaido Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Steve Mcgill Release Status: Released to Publ... More

CPT Stan Kanno of the 44th Tactical Fighter Wing, Kadena, Japan, briefs members of the Chitose Air Base fire department on emergency fire-fighting techniques used with the F-15 Eagle aircraft. Chitose Air Base is the site of training exercise Cope North '83-1

CPT Stan Kanno of the 44th Tactical Fighter Wing, Kadena, Japan, brief...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COPE NORTH '83 Base: Hokkaido Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Steve Mcgill Release Status: Released to Publ... More

F-15 Eagle aircraft are serviced on the flight line at Chitose Air Base during training exercise Cope North '83-1. Japanese Air Self Defense Force C-130 Hercules aircraft can be seen in the background

F-15 Eagle aircraft are serviced on the flight line at Chitose Air Bas...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COPE NORTH '83 Base: Hokkaido Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Steve Mcgill Release Status: Released to Publ... More

Members of the maintenance crew prepare an F-15 Eagle aircraft for engine shutdown during the joint Japanese Air Self Defense Force (JASDF) and US Air Force exercise COPE NORTH 84-1

Members of the maintenance crew prepare an F-15 Eagle aircraft for eng...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COPE NORTH 84-1 Base: Chitose Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Lee Schading Release Status: Release... More

Japanese and American pilots attend a mass briefing for participants in the joint Japanse Air Self Defense Force (JASDF and US Air Force exercise COPE NORTH 84-1

Japanese and American pilots attend a mass briefing for participants i...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COPE NORTH 84-1 Base: Chitose Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Lee Schading Release Status: Release... More

An F-15 Eagle aircraft is refueled during Exercise COPE NORTH 84-1. Several other Eagles are parked in the background, with some of them being from the Japan Air Self Defense Force

An F-15 Eagle aircraft is refueled during Exercise COPE NORTH 84-1. Se...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COPE NORTH 84-1 Base: Chitose Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Lee Schading Release Status: Release... More

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