Japan Air Self-Defense Force chief of staff visits Vandenberg Air Force Base
General Shunji Izutsu (middle), Chief of Staff, Japan Air Self-Defense Force, stands with Maj. Gen. Hiroyuki Sugai, Japan’s Defense Attaché (left), Brig. Gen. Michael Conley (second from left), Combined Force Space Component Command (CFSCC) deputy commander, Brig. Gen. Jody Merritt (second from right), mobilization assistant to the CFSCC commander, and Brig. Gen. Leonard Kosinski (right), 5th Air Force vice commander and director of the Joint Air Component Coordination Element-Japan, in front of the CFSCC and 30th Space Wing headquarters building on April 23, 2021, at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. Vandenberg is the last stop of a week-long visit to Washington, D.C., and Colorado Springs, Colo., where Gen. Izutsu and his delegation learned more about U.S. Space Command and discussed further partnering with the United States to keep space a safe, secure and stable domain for all. (U.S. Space Force photo by Lt. Col. Mae-Li Allison)