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AF (Staff Sgt. Spencer Tobler) - U.S., Japan refine interoperability during exercise North Wind 26 Wed Jan 28 17:16:00 2026

The 374th Airlift Wing integrated with the U.S. Army and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force to execute a joint forcible entry operation during exercise North Wind 26, a joint arctic field training designed to strengthen winter operational capabilities.

STRIPES (Brian McElhiney and Keishi Koja, Keishi Koja, Brian McElhiney) - Expanded Iron Fist puts US, Japanese troops at more island training sites | Stars and Stripes Tue Jan 27 08:44:37 2026

U.S. and Japanese naval forces are teaming up for an expanded version of annual exercises around Japan.

AF (Yasuo Osakabe) - Yokota supports first JGSDF-hosted multinational airborne exercise Tue Jan 27 14:30:02 2026

The exercise marked the first Japan Ground Self-Defense Force-hosted multinational airborne operation conducted on Japanese soil and brought together airborne forces from the United States and Japan to enhance interoperability and airborne insertion capabilities.

AI:Yokota Air Base supported the first Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF)-hosted multinational airborne exercise on Japanese soil, bringing together U.S. and Japanese airborne forces to improve interoperability and airborne insertion capabilities.Open