Yokota AB Friendship Festival 2011

A small sampling of aircraft on display during the 2-day Friendship Festival held annually at Yokota Air Force Base, Japan. The event is open to the general public and features food and entertainment in addition to military aircraft from both the USA and JSDF branches.

A-10C Warthog 78-0685 of the 25th Fighter Squadron "Assam Draggins" / 51st Fighter Wing Osan AB, Republic of Korea

F-16CJ Viper 92-3886 14th Fighter Squadron “Samurais” / 35h Fighter Wing Misawa AFB, Japan

Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force Lockheed P-3C Orion 5063 from 3rd Squadron Atsugi AB, Japan

Japanese Air Self-Defense Force C-130H Hercules 75-1075 of the 401st Tactical Airlift Squadron at Komaki AB, Japan

Japanese Air Self-Defense Force Mitsubishi Heavy Industries F-2 03-8555 from 3rd Squadron at Misawa AB, Japan

Japanese Air Self-Defense Force Kawasaki Heavy Industries C-1 78-1023 402nd Tactical Airlift Squadron at Iruma AB, Japan

Japanese Air Self-Defense Force Northrup Grumman E-2C Hawkeye 54-3458 of the Airborne Early Warning Group Misawa AB, Japan

Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force Kawasaki Heavy Industries OH-6D 31220 of Eastern Army Aviation Group Tachikawa Airfield, Japan

Japanese Air Self-Defense Force Northrop Grumman E-2C Hawkeye 54-3458 of the Airborne Early Warning Group Misawa AB, Japan

Japanese Air Self-Defense Force Boeing E-767 84-3504 Air Warning Control Squadron Hamamatsu Air Base, Japan

US Air Force Fairchild A-10C Warthog 78-0685 of the 25th Fighter Squadron "Assam Draggins" / 51st Fighter Wing Osan AB, Republic of Korea

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