On 10th Feb., JAAGA secretariat Nara, Ishiguro and Minamoto visited Maj.Gen. Masayuki Hironaka (director of Personnel and Education Department) at Air Staff Office, to hand the support thing for JASDF-USAF NCOs Exchange Program.　Last December, we had already handed it to USAF.　Host bases, period, sender bases and number of dispatch NCOs are as below.　During this visit, we encouraged that this program contributed to JASDF mission.　Gen.Hironaka pointed "I think that this program is so useful for each forces with my experience as commander of Iruma AB, also we would like to express appreciation for JAAGA's support to this program".　　(reported by secretariat Minamoto)

Host Base	Period	Sender Base	Number of dispatch NCOs
Nyutabaru	25 Feb.～4 Mar.	Kadena	7
Gifu	4 Mar.～12 Mar.	Misawa	7
Komaki	5 Mar.～13 Mar.	Yokota	7