日本本州岛岩国基地,对抗北方 89-2 美日联合空战演习中,美国海军陆战队 VMFA-323“死亡之声”战斗机攻击中队一架 F/A-18A 战斗机从待命的 C-130 运输机前面滑过。该演习基于《日美防卫合作指针》始于1978年, 演习旨在提高战备水平、合作程度和共同应对外部威胁的能力。(Marine Corps Air Station. A Marine Fighter-Attack Squadron 323 (VMFA-323) F/A-18 Hornet aircraft taxis on the runway as C-130 Hercules aircraft stand by during Cope North 89-2, a quarterly, joint Japanese Air Self Defense Force and U.S. Air Force exercise.)