DATE: April 27, 2009 1:52:41 PM HST
PHOTO RELEASE: U.S. Coast Guard participates in 2009 Japan Sea Review, April 27, 2009
PHOTO RELEASE: U.S. Coast Guard participates in 2009 Japan Sea Review, April 27, 2009

PHOTO RELEASE: U.S. Coast Guard participates in
2009 Japan Sea Review, April 27, 2009

TOKYO -- Japan Prime Minister Taro Aso (left) joins members of his cabinet and Adm. Teiji Iwasaki on a viewing platform in Tokyo Bay for a fly-by of a U.S. Coast Guard C-130 from Air Station Barbers Point during the Japan Coast Guard Sea Review, Sunday, April 27, 2009.

Air crew members from Air Station Barbers Point were invited to fly in the Japan Coast Guard Sea Review this year and joined the crews from 18 Japan Coast Guard aircraft and 40 patrol vessels. More than 900 people were invited to sail on a Japan Coast Guard cutter to watch a Japan Coast Guard demonstration exercise.

It was the first time the U.S. Coast Guard had been asked to participate in the annual Sea Review.

 U.S. COAST GUARD PHOTO/Petty Officer 3rd Class Angela Henderson

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