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9 December 2024

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JAPAN AIR SELF DEFENSE FORCE (JASDF) PROVIDES HUMANITARIAN SUPPORT

japan-airJapan has sent almost 1,200 troops to join reliilippines along with three warships, 10 planes and six helicopters, in the single largest aid deployment by the country’s military.

About 1,170 members of Japan’s Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) will provide medical support and quarantine services, and transport relief goods, the ministry said in a statement posted on Friday.

Ten or So other will be based in Manila to coordinate relief operations with the Philippines and other countries.

The aircrafts in clued C-130 transport planes, KC-767 tanker planes, and one U-4 multipurpose support plane.

AGES Aviation Center, Inc. is proud to be in support and service to the Japan Air Self-defense Force (JASDF)  as it provides Humanitarian support to the effected provinces in the Philippines.

Parts of the AGES Hangar have been used by the JASDF as its Philippine Head Quarters dispatch and storage facility as JASDF C-130s do daily runs to Tacloban, Ormoc, Roxas and Guiuan bringing relief goods personnels and flying out evacuees. On top of this, AGES provided full Ground Handling service to the KC 767 which provided transportation for the troops and medical support at the ravaged areas of central Philippines.