Defense, what will the air exercise between Italy and Japan be like?
At the beginning of August the joint exercise between the air forces of Italy and Japan will take place. All the details
Japan and Italy will hold a joint air exercise next month.
The joint exercise will take place from 4 to 8 August at the Japanese Komatsu air base, which will see aircraft of the Air Force and the Japan Air Self-Defense Force train together on various activities in an operational scenario. This was reported in a press release from the Air Force Public Information Office.
Four Japanese F-15 fighters and four Italian F-35A fighters will join exercises scheduled around Komatsu Air Base in northern Japan on the coast of the Sea of Japan, Japan's Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF) said. .
It would be the first joint air exercise between Japan and Italy, Kyodo news agency said.
Thus, cooperation between Tokyo and Rome in defense is strengthened, especially in light of the Global Combat Air Program (Gcap), in which London also participates. This is the program for a new sixth generation aircraft with significant repercussions for safety and technological development, as well as in the field of research and innovation in the aerospace and defense sectors, whose Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) between the three countries is was signed on December 16th.
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THE ROLE OF THE ITALIAN AIR FORCE
For the armed force, whose redeployment of means will already begin in the last days of July with a complex and meticulous logistical operation, this exercise will also be an important test of the command and control network and of its ability to project, support and operate assets in a distant theater (defined as “expeditionary”).
F-35, KC-767A, CAEW G-550 AND C-130J ENGAGED
In fact, Italy will bring to Japan aircraft with very different characteristics of use, including the fifth generation F-35 fighters, the KC-767A tankers, the brand new Caew (Conformal Airborne Early Warning) G-550 and the tactical transport aircraft C- 130J. Also this training activity, aimed at further increasing the skills of the reciprocal air forces in terms of interoperability and operational capacity, falls within the scope of the broader collaborative relationships between Italy and Japan, which also include the agreement between the Air Force and the Air Force of Japanese self-defense for "student pilot" training at the International Flight Training School (Ifts), based in Decimomannu (Cagliari).
COOPERATION BETWEEN ITALY AND JAPAN IN DEFENSE IS STRENGTHENED
“This is how the cooperation between the air forces of the 2 nations is also structured: a further step in strengthening relations between Rome and Tokyo, already partners in the program for the Sixth Generation Gcap air combat system, together with the British, and after the last January, on the occasion of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's visit to Italy, the rank of relations between the 2 countries was elevated to that of strategic partnership” comments Rid, the Italian Defense Review , directed by Pietro Batacchi.
Just last week, Defense Minister Guido Crosetto met the Japanese delegation of the Standing Committee on National Security, House of Representatives, led by President Makoto Oniki. "A long and cordial discussion focused on cooperation between Italy and Japan and, in particular, on the Gcap" specified the note from the dicastery.
During the meeting, the common will also emerged to strengthen cooperation within the defense industry. On 30 June, Minister Crosetto had met his British counterpart and the Deputy Defense Minister of Japan to strengthen the partnership and the Gcap program.
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/smartcity/difesa-cosa-sara-lesercitazione-aerea-tra-italia-e-giappone/ on Wed, 26 Jul 2023 06:03:05 +0000.