An F-35A Lightning II assigned to the 4th Fighter Squadron, flies beneath a KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to the 909th Air Refueling Squadron during a refueling mission in preparation of Exercise Bushido Guardian 2025 over the Pacific Ocean near Misawa Air Base, Japan, Sept. 26, 2025. Such operations demonstrate the United States’ commitment to the U.S.–Japan Alliance and the modernization required to deter evolving threats in the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Koby Mitchell)
| Date Taken: | 09.25.2025 |
| Date Posted: | 09.29.2025 19:52 |
| Photo ID: | 9346508 |
| VIRIN: | 250926-F-KM882-1210 |
| Resolution: | 2160x2160 |
| Size: | 171 KB |
| Location: | MISAWA AIR BASE, AOMORI, JP |
| Web Views: | 57 |
| Downloads: | 6 |
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