2015年9月5日，美国加利福尼亚州彭德尔顿营，日本陆上自卫队 CH-47JA 直升机在“黎明闪电-2015”多国两栖作战演习中。（A CH-47 Chinook with the Japanese Ground Self Defense Force hovers during Exercise Dawn Blitz at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif. on Sept. 5, 2015. Dawn Blitz is a multinational training exercise designed to enhance Expeditionary Strike Group Three and 1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade’s ability to conduct sea-based operations, amphibious landings, and command and control capabilities alongside Japan, Mexico, and New Zealand.）

2015年9月5日，美国加利福尼亚州彭德尔顿营，日本陆上自卫队 CH-47JA 直升机在“黎明闪电-2015”多国两栖作战演习中。（A CH-47 Chinook with the Japanese Ground Self Defense Force hovers during Exercise Dawn Blitz at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif. on Sept. 5, 2015. Dawn Blitz is a multinational training exercise designed to enhance Expeditionary Strike Group Three and 1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade’s ability to conduct sea-based operations, amphibious landings, and command and control capabilities alongside Japan, Mexico, and New Zealand.）

太平洋南加州海岸，黎明闪电-2015 两栖作战演习期间，日本陆上自卫队 CH-47JA 直升机接近日本“日向”号直升机护卫舰准备降落。（A Japanese CH-47 Chinook heavy-lift helicopter prepares to land on the flight deck of the Japanese ship Hyuga during Exercise Dawn Blitz 2015 off the coast of Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Sept. 3, 2015. Dawn Blitz is a multinational training exercise designed to enhance Expeditionary Strike Group Three and 1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade's ability to conduct sea-basing operations, amphibious landings, and command and control capabilities alongside coalition forces.）

黎明闪电-2013 两栖作战演习期间，日本陆上自卫队 CH-47JA 直升机在模拟近海渗透行动中投放蛙人。（Members of the Japanese Self Defense force jump from the back of a helicopter during helocast training here June 6. The purpose of the training was to teach the Japanese forces how to execute amphibious operations from their air. This training is part of exercise Dawn Blitz, which is mulitnational amphibious exercise that refocuses Navy and Marine Corps and coalition forces in their ability to conduct complex amphibious operations essential for global crisis response across the range of military operations.）

黎明闪电-2013 两栖作战演习期间，日本陆上自卫队 CH-47JA 直升机在模拟近海渗透行动中投放橡皮艇。（Members of the Japanese Self Defense force launch a boat from the back of a helicopter during helocast training here June 6. The purpose of the training was to teach the Japanese forces how to execute amphibious operations from their air. This training is part of exercise Dawn Blitz, which is mulitnational amphibious exercise that refocuses Navy and Marine Corps and coalition forces in their ability to conduct complex amphibious operations essential for global crisis response across the range of military operations.）

黎明闪电-2013 两栖作战演习期间，日本陆上自卫队 CH-47JA 直升机在模拟近海渗透行动中投放橡皮艇。（Members of the Japanese Self Defense force launch a boat from the back of a helicopter during helocast training here June 6. The purpose of the training was to teach the Japanese forces how to execute amphibious operations from their air. This training is part of exercise Dawn Blitz, which is mulitnational amphibious exercise that refocuses Navy and Marine Corps and coalition forces in their ability to conduct complex amphibious operations essential for global crisis response across the range of military operations.）

黎明闪电-2013 两栖作战演习中，日本陆上自卫队 CH-47JA 直升机飞抵圣克利门蒂岛准备降落，模拟机场占领行动。（SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND, Calif. – Aircrews with the Japan Self Defense Force deliver JSDF troops in CH-47 helicopters during an airfield seizure mission as part of Exercise Dawn Blitz 2013 and PHIBRON-MEU Integration on San Clemente Island, Calif., June 17, 2013. PMINT is a three week long pre-deployment training event focusing on the combined Marine Expeditionary Unit and Amphibious Ready Group capabilities and the strengthening of the Navy and Marine Corps team.）

黎明闪电-2013 两栖作战演习中，日本陆上自卫队 CH-47JA 直升机准备在圣克利门蒂岛降落，模拟机场占领行动。（SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND, Calif. – Aircrews with the Japan Self Defense Force deliver JSDF troops in CH-47 helicopters during an airfield seizure mission as part of Exercise Dawn Blitz 2013 and PHIBRON-MEU Integration on San Clemente Island, Calif., June 17, 2013. PMINT is a three week long pre-deployment training event focusing on the combined Marine Expeditionary Unit and Amphibious Ready Group capabilities and the strengthening of the Navy and Marine Corps team.）

黎明闪电-2013 两栖作战演习中，日本陆上自卫队 CH-47JA 直升机在圣克利门蒂岛卸载突击队员。（Soldiers from the Japanese Self-Defense Force run out of a JSDF CH-47 Helicopter while conducting amphibious assault operations on San Clemente Island June 17, 2013. Dawn Blitz 2013 is a multinational amphibious exercise that promotes interoperability between the Navy and Marine Corps and coalition partners, June 11-28. Participating countries include Canada, Japan, New Zealand and military observers from seven countries.）

2014年11月11日，冲绳巴克讷湾，美日“利剑-2015”联合军演中，日本陆上自卫队一架 CH-47JA 直升机正在降落到美国海军日耳曼城号两栖船坞登陆舰上。美日“利剑”演习从1986年开始每两年举行一次，本次日本自卫队投入约３万人，美军大约１万兵力参演，演习主要在九州东部海域展开。（Sailors signal to a CH-47 Chinook, assigned to the Japanese Ground Self Defense Force (JGSDF), as it lands on the flight deck of the amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42) during a personnel transfer for exercise Keen Sword. Exercise Keen Sword is a bilateral field training exercise held biennially since 1986. The exercise is designed to increase the interoperability of U.S. Forces and the Japanese Self Defense Forces (JSDF) to effectively and mutually provide for the defense of Japan, or respond to a regional crisis or contingency situation in the Asia-Pacific region. Germantown is part of the Peleliu Amphibious Ready Group (#PELARG14), commanded by Capt. Heidi Agle, and is conducting joint forces exercises in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility.）