U.S., Japan refine interoperability during exercise North Wind 26

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Cory McCloskey, 36th Airlift Squadron loadmaster, finalizes rigging for a static line jump during exercise North Wind 26 at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Jan. 22, 2026. Four C-130J Super Hercules assigned to the 36 AS conducted an airfield seizure and airdrop insertion of 106 paratroopers from the U.S. Army’s 11th Airborne Division, 2nd Brigade, into the Hokkaido Large-Scale Exercise Area. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Spencer Tobler/U.S. Air Force)

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Members of the 374th Airlift Wing integrated with U.S. Army and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force personnel to execute a joint forcible entry operation during exercise North Wind 26 in Hokkaido, Japan, Jan. 22, 2025.

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