Japan Air Self Defense Force, USSPACECOM officials talk integration, cooperation
U.S. Army Gen. James Dickinson (third from left), U.S. Space Command commander, hosted April 22 a Japan Air Self Defense Force delegation led by Gen. Shunji Izutsu, (fourth from left) chief of the Air Staff. The visit included USSPACECOM headquarters; Joint Task Force-Space Defense, the National Space Defense Center and the 2nd Space Operations Squadron. Pictured are, from left to right: Maj. Gen. Hiroyuki Sugai, Japanese Air and Defense attaché; U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Mike Bernacchi, director USSPACECOM Strategy, Plans and Policy; Dickinson; Izutsu; and U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Leonard Kosinksi, vice commander of Fifth Air Force and director of the Joint Air Component Coordination Element-Japan.