In Misawa, Aomori Prefecture, northern Japan, there is a base used by the US Air Force and Japan Air Self-Defense Forces in Japan. This is the Misawa Air Force Base. Yesterday (the 22nd), the US Air Force, the Navy, and the Japanese Air Self-Defense Forces''Elephant Walk' training was held for the first time in Misawa Station.

Elephant walking is a slow-moving process in which military aircraft line up on the runway for the shortest and largest scramble. The name is given to reminiscent of the elephants moving in a row holding the tail of the elephant in front of the nose. It is also a training to prepare for the actual action, but in reality, the character of the armed forces demonstration is strong.

The United States and Japan were the first to do this kind of elephant walking training. At the forefront were advanced commanders of the U.S. Air Force and Japan Air Self-Defense Force, followed by the mighty U.S.-Japan air force. The US-Japan alliance was beautified and showed off like a movie.


● What type of aircraft was recruited

The most impressive is the scene where US and Japanese commanders lead aviation forces at the forefront of elephant walking. The Misawa base does not provide a separate photo description, so it is unclear who the two are. As Misawa Station announced on the day's training, "The 3rd Air Corps of Japan (Japan) and the 35th Fighter Wing (USA) of the Misawa Station carried out the first elephant walk in the United States and Japan." And US Air Force 35th Fighter Wing Commander. I'm Commander Takahiro Kubota, and Commander Christopher Strobe.

The following forces are the Japanese Air Self-Defense Forces F-35A, the U.S. Air Force's F-16, MC-130J Commando II, and the U.S. Navy's EA-18G growler, C-12, and P-8 Poseidon. MC-130J is a special operation for enemy base penetration. Recently, they often flew over the Taiwan Strait and threatened China.


Electro-electric growers trained to fly when Alaska's B-52 strategic bomber flew around the Japanese archipelago on the 17th, 19th and 22nd. Air Self-Defense Forces fighters also joined each time. The B-52's encounter with Growler suggests a scenario in which Growler neutralizes the enemy air defense network and the B-52 destroys the enemy.

Poseidon is a submarine killer. Recently, it was revealed that a foreign submarine, supposedly a Chinese submarine, submerged the waters around Japan, and the Japanese were nervous, but Poseidon stepped on an elephant.


● What is the meaning of the first elephant walk in the United States and Japan?

The ROK and US Air Forces have also trained elephant walking. This is March 2012. More than 60 Korean and American fighters participated in the Gunsan base. It was the first time.

The United States Air Force frequently trains its own elephant steps. Last May, Alaska Base mobilized 35 military aircraft, including 26 F-22 Raptors, and trained them to walk the elephants. Alaska's U.S. Air Force is a power that will be dispatched to East Asia in case of emergency, which translates to pressure on North Korea and China.


Yesterday, the U.S.-Japan elephant walking training seems to be a force demonstration against China and North Korea. It also seems to be a symbolic scene of the balance of Asian forces, the attempt by the Japanese Treasury to contain China. Jong-Woo Shin, Senior Analyst at the Korea Defense Security Forum, said, "The United States and Japan are training to show the solidarity and power of the alliance."