PACAF Band plays Fussa Tanabata Festival 2023
Col. Andrew Roddan, 374th Airlift Wing commander, poses for a photo with Ikuo Kato, Fussa City mayor, during the 2023 Fussa City Tanabata Festival in Fussa City, Japan, July 8, 2023. Roddan and “Final Approach,” the rock music group from the U.S. Air Force Band of the Pacific Asia, were invited to attend and perform at the festival. This is the first Tanabata festival in four years due to the COVID-19 pandemic and marks a return to more engagements between Team Yokota and the local communities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Ryan Lackey)