对抗北方 78 美日联合空战演习中,日本航空自卫队二架 F-4EJ 战斗机编队飞越三泽空军基地。该演习基于《日美防卫合作指针》, 主要目的是提高战备水平、合作程度和共同应对外部威胁的能力。(A ground-to-air left underside view of two Mitsubishi-built F-4EJ Phantom II aircraft of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) in formation during joint US Air Force and JASDF Exercise COPE NORTH.)