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PHILIPPINE SEA (April 3, 2025) The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) Murasame-class destroyer JS Inazuma (DD-105) is seen from the cockpit of a JMSDF UP-3D aircraft during their Fujin bilateral training exercise with the U.S. Navy's expeditionary Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 131. The planning and execution of the exercise came after the JMSDF Commander, Fleet Air Force (CFAF), and U.S. Navy's Commander, Task Force (CTF) 70, signed the Fujin memorandum of understanding to increase bilateral operations between the forces’ electronic attack squadrons in December 2024. (Courtesy photo)