ARCHIVE 2024: Patriot battery deploys to Misawa for Keen Sword 25

Vertical photo: two soldiers in helmets and camouflage guide a long missile canister into the frame of a Patriot launcher on a truck, one reaching up from below and one standing on top, under a blue sky with white clouds. — U.S. Army photo by Capt. Frank Spatt (241029-A-TR140-1285) · Public domain (U.S. Army photo)

U.S. Army photo taken Oct. 29, 2024 at Misawa Air Base, Japan. The Army caption says soldiers of Delta Battery, 1st Battalion, 1st Air Defense Artillery Regiment align a training missile onto a MIM-104 Patriot launcher during Table VIII gunnery assessments, after deploying the system to Misawa for exercise Keen Sword 25. Keen Sword is the biennial Japan-U.S. exercise whose 2026 edition, Keen Sword 27, opened on Oct. 19, 2026.

What: ARCHIVE 2024: Patriot battery deploys to Misawa for Keen Sword 25
Where: Misawa Air Base, Aomori, Japan
When: Oct 29, 2024
Who: U.S. Army (DVIDS 8723238), via Wikimedia Commons
Status: Official release
Warning: Content warning: None. Soldiers loading a training missile during a drill; no one harmed. Graphic level: none.

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U.S. Army (DVIDS 8723238), via Wikimedia Commons · U.S. Army photo 241029-A-TR140-1285 (DVIDS 8723238)

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Captured 29 October 2024. Time captured: not stated. Releasing authority: U.S. Army (DVIDS 8723238), via Wikimedia Commons. Location: Misawa Air Base, Aomori, Japan.

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Credit: U.S. Army photo by Capt. Frank Spatt (241029-A-TR140-1285). License: Public domain (U.S. Army photo).

Archive · 29 October 2024