Friendship Festival draws more than 170,000
YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Airman 1st Class Francis Lapinig, 374th Security Forces Squadron, stands guard in front of an F-22 Raptor from the 94th Fighter Squadron "Hat in the Ring Gang" at Langley Air Force Base, Va., Aug 23 during the 2009 Yokota Air Base Japanese-American Friendship Festival. More than 170,000 people attended the festival designed to bolster the bi-lateral relationship shared by the United States and Japan. In addition to static displays and live music, the festival offered a variety of American and Japanese food items. (U.S. Air Force photo/Osakabe Yasuo)