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Field footage · Misawa Air Base, Aomori, Japan

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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
2024-10-30
Source
U.S. Army
Credit
U.S. Army photo by Capt. Frank Spatt (241029-A-TR140-1285)
License
Public domain (U.S. Army photo)
Details
Official release · U.S. Army (DVIDS 8723238), via Wikimedia Commons · Misawa Air Base, Aomori, Japan

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  1. U.S. Army
  2. Field footage: the full record

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