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Defense Minister of Japan visits Kadena

Honorable Gen Nakatani, Japan's Minister of Defense, attends an 18th Wing mission briefing during his visit to Kadena Air Base, Japan, June 23, 2025. During the briefing, U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Nicholas Evans, 18th Wing commander, and Nakatani discussed Kadena’s diverse mission set and its critical role in the defense of Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Catherine Daniel)
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Defense Minister of Japan visits Kadena

U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Nicholas Evans, right, 18th Wing commander, shakes hands with Honorable Gen Nakatani, Japan's Minister of Defense, at Kadena Air Base, Japan, June 23, 2025. Minister Nakatani’s visit highlighted the strength of the U.S.–Japan alliance, and served to deepen mutual understanding and cooperation, reinforcing a shared commitment to regional peace and stability. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Catherine Daniel)
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Defense Minister of Japan visits Kadena

A place holder displays the name of the Honorable Gen Nakatani, Japanese Defense Minister, during his visit to Kadena Air Base, June 23, 2025. Minister Nakatani’s visit highlighted the strength of the U.S.–Japan alliance, and served to deepen mutual understanding and cooperation, reinforcing a shared commitment to regional peace and stability. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Catherine Daniel)
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Defense Minister of Japan visits Kadena

U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Nicholas Evans, 18th Wing commander, delivers a brief to Honorable Gen Nakatani, Japan's Minister of Defense, during Nakatani’s visit to Kadena Air Base, Japan, June 23, 2025. During the briefing, Evans and Nakatani discussed Kadena’s diverse mission set and its critical role in the defense of Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Catherine Daniel)
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Defense Minister of Japan visits Kadena

U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Nicholas Evans, right, 18th Wing commander, gifts a coin to Honorable Gen Nakatani, Japan's Minister of Defense, during Nakatani’s visit to Kadena Air Base, Japan, June 23, 2025. The visit served as an opportunity for both U.S. Air Force leaders and the Japanese Ministry of Defense to strengthen bilateral ties by discussing enhanced training efforts, operational integration and regional security cooperation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Catherine Daniel)
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Defense Minister of Japan visits Kadena

Honorable Gen Nakatani, left, Japan's Minister of Defense, bids farewell to U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Nicholas Evans, center right, 18th Wing commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Brandon Wolfgang, 18th Wing command chief, at Kadena Air Base, Japan, June 23, 2025. The visit served as an opportunity for both U.S. Air Force leaders and the Japanese Ministry of Defense to strengthen bilateral ties by discussing enhanced training efforts, operational integration and regional security cooperation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Catherine Daniel)
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Defense Minister of Japan visits Kadena

U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Nicholas Evans, center right, 18th Wing commander, and Honorable Gen Nakatani, center left, Japan's Minister of Defense, tour the flightline at Kadena Air Base, Japan, June 23, 2025. The flightline tour opportunities to see aircraft like the KC-135 Stratotanker, MQ-9 Reaper and F-35A Lightning II, showcasing the base’s vast deterrence capabilities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Catherine Daniel)
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Cope Angel 2025: U.S and Japan sharpen search and rescue skills

A U.S. Air Force HH-60W Jolly Green II assigned to the 33rd Rescue Squadron, lands after exercise Cope Angel 25-1 at Kadena Air Base, Japan, June 26, 2025. Cope Angel is an annual bilateral personnel recovery exercise conducted with U.S. Air Force and JASDF personnel, providing the opportunity for both services to integrate, plan and train together. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Melany Bermudez)
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Cope Angel 2025: U.S and Japan sharpen search and rescue skills

Japan Air Self-Defense Force Capt. Shinya Mizuno, Naha Air Rescue Squadron pilot, wears a Cope Angel patch in support of exercise Cope Angel 25-1 at Kadena Air Base, Japan, June 26, 2025. Cope Angel is an annual bilateral personnel recovery exercise conducted with U.S. Air Force and JASDF personnel, providing the opportunity for both services to integrate, plan and train together. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Melany Bermudez)
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Cope Angel 2025: U.S and Japan sharpen search and rescue skills

U.S. Air Force pararescuemen assigned to the 31st Rescue Squadron walk on the flightline, after exercise Cope Angel 25-1 at Kadena Air Base, Japan, June 26, 2025. Cope Angel allows the 33rd RQS and 31st RQS to engage in training events with their Japan Air Self-Defence Force counterparts to sharpen their readiness for real-world scenarios. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Melany Bermudez)
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Cope Angel 2025: U.S and Japan sharpen search and rescue skills

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Joshua Aloyo, 33rd Rescue Squadron instructor special mission aviator, checks the GAU-18/A machine gun on a HH-60W Jolly Green II after a personnel recovery exercise with the 31st RQS during exercise Cope Angel 25-1 in Okinawa, Japan, June 26, 2025. The HH-60W Jolly Green II’s core mission is recovery of personnel under hostile conditions, including combat search and rescue. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Melany Bermudez)
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Cope Angel 2025: U.S and Japan sharpen search and rescue skills

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Greg Molloy, left, and Staff Sgt. Dan Basheda, 31st Rescue Squadron pararescuemen, run after executing the recovery of isolated personnel during exercise Cope Angel 25-1 on an island off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, June 26, 2025. "These things I do, that others may live," is the pararescue motto, meaning they are willing and able to do all that is required to save another life. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Melany Bermudez)
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Cope Angel 2025: U.S and Japan sharpen search and rescue skills

U.S. Air Force pararescuemen assigned to the 31st Rescue Squadron execute the recovery of isolated personnel while approaching an HH-60W Jolly Green II assigned to the 33rd RQS, during exercise Cope Angel 25-1 on an island off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, June 26, 2025. The Jolly Green II’s core mission is recovery of personnel under hostile conditions, including combat search and rescue. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Melany Bermudez)
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Cope Angel 2025: U.S and Japan sharpen search and rescue skills

A U.S. Air Force HH-60W Jolly Green II assigned to the 33rd Rescue Squadron, approaches a landing zone during exercise Cope Angel 25-1 on an island off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, June 26, 2025. The Jolly Green II’s core mission is recovery of personnel under hostile conditions, including combat search and rescue. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Melany Bermudez)
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Cope Angel 2025: U.S and Japan sharpen search and rescue skills

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Dan Basheda, left, and Staff Sgt. Greg Molloy, 31st Rescue Squadron pararescuemen, secure a HH-60W Jolly Green II for a personnel recovery exercise with the 33rd RQS during exercise Cope Angel 25-1, on an island off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, June 26, 2025. Exercises and operations incorporating search and rescue concepts ensure forward-deployed forces are continually ready to protect and defend the U.S., allied and partner interests. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Melany Bermudez)
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Cope Angel 2025: U.S and Japan sharpen search and rescue skills

A U.S. Air Force pararescueman, assigned to the 31st Rescue Squadron, runs out of an HH-60W Jolly Green II for a personnel recovery exercise with the 33rd RQS during exercise Cope Angel 25-1, on an island off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, June 26, 2025. Cope Angel is an annual bilateral personnel recovery exercise conducted with U.S. Air Force and Japan Air Self-Defence Force personnel, providing the opportunity for both services to integrate, plan and train together. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Melany Bermudez)
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Cope Angel 2025: U.S and Japan sharpen search and rescue skills

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Greg Molloy, 31st Rescue Squadron pararescueman, looks out of an HH-60W Jolly Green II before a personnel recovery exercise with the 33rd RQS during exercise Cope Angel 25-1, off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, June 26, 2025. Cope Angel allows the 33rd RQS and 31st RQS to engage in training events with their Japan Air Self-Defence Force counterparts to sharpen their readiness for real-world scenarios. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Melany Bermudez)
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Cope Angel 2025: U.S and Japan sharpen search and rescue skills

A U.S. Air Force HH-60W Jolly Green II assigned to the 33rd Rescue Squadron, hovers before takeoff in support of exercise Cope Angel 25-1 at Kadena Air Base, Japan, June 26, 2025. Cope Angel is an annual bilateral personnel recovery exercise conducted with U.S. Air Force and Japan Air Self-Defence Force personnel, providing the opportunity for both services to integrate, plan and train together. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Melany Bermudez)
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System Integration: Airmen and Marines collaborate to broaden air defense capabilities

U.S. Marine Corps Marines assigned to the 12th Littoral Anti-Air Battalion disassembles cables at Kadena Air Base, Japan, June 27, 2025. The Marines assigned to the 12th LAAB, collaborated with the Airmen from the 623rd Air Control Squadron to connect the G/ATOR with the Tactical Operations Center Light system. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Amy Kelley)
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System Integration: Airmen and Marines collaborate to broaden air defense capabilities

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Tanner Angiletta, right, 12th Littoral Anti-Air Battalion aviation radar technician, and U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Isaias Morin, 12th LAAB aviation radar technician, disassembles the AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar assigned to the 12th LAAB at Kadena Air Base, Japan, June 27, 2025. The G/ATOR is a multi-mission system designed to provide advanced air surveillance, ground surveillance and weapons control capabilities from a single, mobile platform. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Amy Kelley)
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