{"id":64688,"date":"2023-01-23T16:15:29","date_gmt":"2023-01-23T16:15:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2023\/01\/23\/us-and-japan-team-up-for-indo-pacific-training-exercise\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T21:17:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T21:17:36","slug":"us-and-japan-team-up-for-indo-pacific-training-exercise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2023\/01\/23\/us-and-japan-team-up-for-indo-pacific-training-exercise\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. and Japan team up for Indo-Pacific training exercise"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">United States and Japanese forces recently participated in a bilateral exercise to showcase the close coordination between two allies during a time of growing concern over stability in the Indo-Pacific region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. airmen and sailors from Kadena Air Base, Japan, joined the Japan Air Self-Defense Force on Jan. 19 for the Southern Beach exercise, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pacom.mil\/Media\/News\/News-Article-View\/Article\/3273736\/us-and-japanese-forces-team-up-for-southern-beach\/\" target=\"_blank\">a release from U.S. Indo-Pacific Command<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aircraft from various units took part in the exercise, including F-15C Eagles, the KC-135 Stratotanker, the E-3 Sentry and the HH-60 Pave Hawks, the release said. The Japanese aircraft included the F-2, the F-15J and the E-767.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"8185\" height=\"5141\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/southern-beach-two.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-72033\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/southern-beach-two.jpg.jpg 8185w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/southern-beach-two.jpg.jpg?resize=300,188 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/southern-beach-two.jpg.jpg?resize=768,482 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/southern-beach-two.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,643 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/southern-beach-two.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,965 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/southern-beach-two.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1286 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 8185px) 100vw, 8185px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Capt. Ricky Laughlin, 67th Fighter Squadron F-15C Eagle pilot, prepares for takeoff for Exercise Southern Beach at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Jan. 19, 2023. (Airman 1st Class Luis E. Rios Calderon\/Air Force)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The joint training mission comes as the U.S. and Japan look to strengthen their security partnership amid rising tensions from nations like China and North Korea. President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2023\/01\/13\/joint-statement-of-the-united-states-and-japan\/\" target=\"_blank\"> discussed those challenges<\/a> during a bilateral meeting earlier this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The exercise is also on the tails of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kadena.af.mil\/News\/Article\/3268496\/falcons-join-raptors-and-eagles-at-kab\/\" target=\"_blank\">the Air Force announcing<\/a> it was moving F-16 Fighting Falcons from the 52nd Fighter Wing at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, to Kadena, in support of an ongoing phase out of the F-15C\/D Eagles in Japan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Navy\u2019s P-8A Poseidon, an anti-submarine warfare aircraft, could also be seen taking to the skies for this training mission, the release added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHaving our P-8 participating in Southern Beach underscores our capabilities of maritime operations in the Indo-Pacific theater,\u201d Navy Cmdr. 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