Strengthening partnerships through the Bilateral Exchange Program
Staff Sgt. Hector Frietze, 36th Airlift Squadron loadmaster, explains how they perform pre-flight inspections inside a C-130J Super Hercules to Koku-Jieitai Tech. Sgt. Hideki Tanaka, 403rd Tactical Airlift Squadron loadmaster assigned with Miho Air Base, Japan, Oct. 22, 2019, at Yokota Air Base. Tanaka was here as part of the Bilateral Exchange Program, in which Japan Air Self-Defense Force and Yokota Airmen work together and learn from each other’s daily operations and build stronger relationships. (U.S. Air Force photo by Machiko Arita)