JAAGA announced 2008 JAAGA Award winners on 6th Feb.2009.　Winner's name and their achievement outline are as below.　Their devotion and efforts are vital in enhancing the U.S.-Japan Air Force friendship and mutual trust and has served to further strengthen the bilateral relations between the United States of America and Japan. On the occasion of this JAAGA Award Ceremony 2008 at Misawa, Iruma and Naha Air Base, we presents them award and plaque.

	Unit	Name	Outline of achievement
JASDF	3rd Wing Misawa AB	W.O.Yasuo Iimura	Especially noted are his contributions to the friendship among JASDF NCOs, USAF NCOs and their families by actively planning and coordinating the exchange events such as the Japan-U.S. social gathering.
	Air Intelligence Wing Fuchu AB	SMSgt.Osamu Ohtaki	Especially noted are his active support to numerous events at USAF Yokota Air Base such as the Frostbite Road Race and his positive participation in language education activities attended by both Fuchu NCOs and Yokota NCOs.
	1st　Missile Group Iruma AB	SMSgt. Keita Satoh	Especially noted is his positive support to the Kanto Special Olympics and Yokota Strider’s Ekiden Road Relay as well as escorting USAF people to the Evening of Bon Dance Festival and Air Festa at JASDF Iruma Air Base
	83rd Wing Naha AB	SMSgt.Kaoru Numakura	Especially noted are his proactive planning and execution of the mutual exchange programs with the 18th Wing maintenance units, as well as numerous NCO exchange activities between 83rd Air Wing and 18th Wing.
USAF	35th Fighter Wg.	Cap. Chad J.Pelletier	Especially noted are his activities for the introduction of Japanese culture to the USAF military personnel　as a project officer of the Operation Group　in the annual Japan Day at Misawa Air Base and for the remarkable service as a superb narrator for the 2008 Misawa Air Festival, which is the Misawa’s largest bilateral event.
	374th Airlift Wing	Maj. Mark E.Andrews	Especially noted are his contributions to the agreements of long-range mutual logistic support between Japan and the United States at the government level and the realization of talks between USAF members and representatives of Tokyo metropolitan area about each country’s role in the event of a large-scale disaster.
	18th Wing	SMSgt.Michael A.Knuth, Jr.	Especially noted are his meticulous planning and execution of bilateral NCO training and exchange programs, mutual cultural exchange activities, and the development of a conversational English program to enhance the listening and speaking skills of JASDF personnel