And Maj.Gen. Maehara (3W/CC) attended as host base commander.
There are two section in contest, individual section and team section. Individual section consisted of Beginners, Intermediate, Advanced and Special class . First prize of individual section are as follow. 1st prize of beginners class is T.Srg.Fujii from Air Traffic Control Service Group (ATCSG), 1st prize of intermediate is 1st Lt.Naka from 2nd Air Defense Missile Group, 1st prize of advanced is A1C.Kobayashi from ATCSG. A1C.Kamegawa from ATCSG and 1st Lt.Iwasaki from 3rd Wing were selected as best speaker in special class. In team section, Air Support Command wins 1st prize, Western Air Defense Force gets 2nd prize and Air Material Command is selected to 3rd prize.
JAAGA starts supporting to this contest since this year. Support matter are that JAAGA presents team-championship trophy to JASDF and medals to speakers of championship team. JAAGA president Tohtake attended the contest as distinguished guest for two days. Then Mr.Tohtake put medals 2nd prize winners' neck of team section, and praised their prize at commendation ceremony.
(reported by secretariat Ishiguro)
