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Video by Senior Airman Manuel Zamora

C130J lands in Kanoya B-roll part 2

374th Airlift Wing

Oct. 18, 2023 | 5:31

B-roll of C130J from Yokota Air Base, Japan landing in at Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Kanoya Air Base to support the movement of the 319th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron.

The MQ-9 is relocating to Kadena Air Base because of an agreement made between the United States and the Government of Japan that states that Kanoya Air Base would only house the unit for 1 year from the beginning of operations. This shift to operations out of Kadena Air Base will ensure continued U.S. intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance supporting operations and requests of our allies and partners in the region.

MQ-9s support Japan–U.S. intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance priorities throughout the Indo-Pacific, sending information they capture to the Bilateral Intelligence Analysis Cell on Yokota Air Base for review and processing by a combined U.S.-Japan team.