U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Kalvin Langford, 18th Logistics Readiness Squadron air transportation function supervisor, prepares a weighing mechanism in support of bilateral exercises at Kadena Air Base, Japan, July 7, 2023. By operating out of KAB, visiting forces build experience operating in the physically vast and strategically complex environment of the Indo-Pacific, enabling greater readiness and interoperability with joint and allied forces.

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