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505th Command and Control Wing News

USAF, JGSDF, JASDF conduct close-quarters combat training April 13, 2023
The 374th Security Forces Squadron hosted an annual Close-Quarters Combat (CQC) bilateral training at Yokota Air Base, Japan, March 31.

Forty members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force and ten members of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force Operations Support Wing, security forces, trained alongside the 374th SFS professionals.

The 374th SFS trainers embedded members of the JGSDF and JASDF in multiple training scenarios to help strengthen combined operations between U.S. and Japan forces.

This instance marked the first time JASDF security forces members participated in the bilateral training.