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Friday, October 07, 2011

Airborne Refueling Pact Paves Way For Regional Push Against China

A Japan Air Self Defense Force F-15 Eagle waits to refuel just beyond the wingtip of a 909th Air Refueling Squadron KC-135 StratotankerAnother memorandum signed by two governments. Yawn. Well, usually. But when the Japanese government confirmed that it would now allow its air forces to refuel American warplanes as part of an agreement signed between the two countries last October it took on an entirely new meaning.

The year-old pact between the Air Force and the Japanese military may now play an important role in Pacific power struggles as Japan and other territorial powers look to check recent Chinese aggression in the region.

Those refueling operations would only be done during joint exercises between the two countries, and would not be used to support ongoing U.S. operations in the region, according to the October 2010 memorandum of understanding.

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