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岩国市長と中国四国防衛局長が岩国航空基地訪問
1 Apr 2021

岩国市の福田良彦市長ならびに中国四国防衛局の森田治男局長は昨日、米海兵隊岩国航空基地を訪問して基地司令のランス・ルイス大佐と面会のうえ、インド-太平洋地域にわたり絶えず精力的に躍動する軍の動きを支える岩国基地の能力について会談しました。

パールハーバー・ヒッカム統合基地に拠点を置くF-22戦闘機の岩国基地への展開を受けて、ルイス司令は福田、森田両氏に対し、米国の国家防衛戦略に基づき、また地域内における安全保障上の脅威に対する抑止力として、岩国基地が戦略上では常に期待された通りの能力を保持しながら、運用の上では誰にも予測のつかない姿を保つ重要性を強調しました。

「運用上、他者が予測できない姿を保つことは、岩国基地にとって新しい考え方ではない」とルイス司令。「基地は今後とも、運用の上で予測不能であることを体現していく。それは日米双方の利益となる」

基地内視察の際、ルイス司令は岩国基地が日米安全保障条約のもと定められた防衛の責務を果たし国際秩序を維持できることを担保すべく、今後の安全保障における協力の重要性を強調しました。

視察の間3人は、航空機騒音に関する地元の懸念が減るよう、最大限可能な限り運用の透明性を確保しつつも運用上の保安に関わる事項は守ることで合意しました。

「基地は今後とも、私たちの隣人の懸念によく対処するよう手順を踏みつつも、日本国の安全維持に必要な行動を実践していく」とルイス司令。「運用による地元地域への影響を抑えるよう数多くの騒音軽減措置が実施されてきている。何年も前に滑走路を1キロ沖合に移設したことにはじまり、今日の航空機を飛ばす手法の変更にも表れている」

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Iwakuni City Mayor Visits F-22s at MCAS Iwakuni
U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Paul Lopez, an F-22 Raptor Aircraft pilot with the 199th Fighter Squadron greets Yoshihiko Fukuda, Mayor of Iwakuni City at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Iwakuni, Japan, March 31, 2021. The 199th Fighter Squadron deployed to MCAS Iwakuni to conduct integrated training with Marine and Naval forces as part of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command’s dynamic force employment concept. (Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Tyler Harmon)


Iwakuni Mayor and CSDB Director General visit

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI, Japan (Apr. 1, 2021) – 

Iwakuni City Mayor Yoshihiko Fukuda and Chugoku Shikoku Defense Bureau Director General Haruo Morita toured MCAS Iwakuni and met with Col. Lance Lewis, the air station commanding officer, yesterday to discuss MCAS Iwakuni’s ability to support the dynamic employment of forces across the Indo-Pacific area of operations.

Following the deployment of Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam-based F-22’s to MCAS Iwakuni, Lewis highlighted to his counterparts the importance of remaining strategically predictable and operationally unpredictable in line with the US National Defense Strategy and in deterrence of potential threats to regional security.

“Operational unpredictability is not a new concept for MCAS Iwakuni,” said Lewis. “We will continue to exercise operational unpredictability in the future to the mutual benefit of Japan and the United States.”

During the visit, Lewis emphasized the importance of future security cooperation in order to ensure MCAS Iwakuni is able to meet its defense obligations under the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security and preserve the international order.

During the visit, the three leaders agreed to maintain transparency in operations to the maximum extent possible while preserving operational security concerns, in order to alleviate local concerns related to aircraft noise.

“We continue to take steps to accommodate the concerns of our neighbors while we do what is necessary to keep Japan safe,” said Lewis. “Many noise mitigating measures have already been implemented to reduce the impact of our operations on the local community, beginning years ago with the relocation of our runway one kilometer into the sea and seen today in specifically altering how we fly aircraft.”

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Iwakuni City Mayor Visits F-22s at MCAS Iwakuni
U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Paul Lopez, an F-22 Raptor Aircraft pilot with the 199th Fighter Squadron greets Yoshihiko Fukuda, Mayor of Iwakuni City at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Iwakuni, Japan, March 31, 2021. The 199th Fighter Squadron deployed to MCAS Iwakuni to conduct integrated training with Marine and Naval forces as part of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command’s dynamic force employment concept. (Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Tyler Harmon)


 


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山口県岩国市三角町官有地 PSC 561 BOX 1868