U.S., Japanese Airmen train together during air refueling
NYUTABARU AIR BASE, Japan -- (From left) Japanese Majs. Yasuhiro Sudo and Kouji Takada walk with Maj. Brian Bergeron as they prepare for an afternoon mission during hands-on air-to-air refueling training here. Japanese F-15 Eagle pilots, under the watchful eye of U.S. Airmen, are getting trained to qualify in aerial refueling. Major Bergeron is an instructor pilot with the 325th Operations Support Squadron at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Val Gempis)