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Field footage · Ishigaki, Okinawa, Japan

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HIMARS on display as exercise Keen Sword 27 opens on Ishigaki

Two soldiers in Canadian camouflage and green berets talk beside a green U.S. Army HIMARS rocket-launcher truck parked on a road, with a third service member nearby and white clouds over green hills behind.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Tristan Truesdell (261019-F-BG120-1003) · Public domain (U.S. Air Force photo)

U.S. Air Force photo taken Oct. 19, 2026 (local time) on Ishigaki, Japan. The caption says two Canadian Armed Forces chief warrant officers discuss a U.S. Army High Mobility Artillery Rocket System static display before the opening ceremony of Keen Sword 27. It says about 45,000 Japan Self-Defense Force members and 11,000 U.S. service members, with forces from Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand and the Philippines, take part from Oct. 19 to 29.

What
HIMARS on display as exercise Keen Sword 27 opens on Ishigaki
Where
Ishigaki, Okinawa, Japan
When
2026-10-19
Source
U.S. Air Force
Credit
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Tristan Truesdell (261019-F-BG120-1003)
License
Public domain (U.S. Air Force photo)
Details
Official release · U.S. Air Force (DVIDS 10031647), via Wikimedia Commons · Ishigaki, Okinawa, Japan

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Sources and credit

  1. U.S. Air Force
  2. Field footage: the full record

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