日本冲绳岛
Photo by U.S. Air Force/MSgt Marvin Krause | 2001-11-15 00:00:00 | ZZ/78-0562 (cn 456/D002)
日本冲绳岛,对抗北方 02-1 美日联合空战演习中,美国空军第18战斗机联队第44战斗机中队(18FW/44FS)二架 F-15D 战斗机和 KC-135 加油机编队飞行,78-0562号前坐驾驶者是第44战斗机中队指挥官马修·莫洛伊中校,后座是日本航空自卫队防空司令部中将克彦岩崎。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。(Lieutenant General (LTGEN) Katsuhiko Iwasaki, commander of the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force’s (JASDF) Air Defense Command (ADC), flies back seat in an F-15D Eagle (foreground), piloted by Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL) Matthew Molloy, from the 44th Fighter Squadron (FS), near a United States Air Force (USAF) KC-135 Stratotanker from the 909th Air Refueling Squadron, during Exercise COPE NORTH 02-1.)