Ambassador tours 455 AEW

U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Mark Kelly, 455th Air Expeditionary Wing commander, and Ambassador Donald Yamamoto, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of African Affairs, discuss the capabilities of the F-16 Fighting Falcon during a tour of the 455 AEW March 7, 2015 at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. Throughout the tour, Yamamoto, who served as the U.S. Ambassador to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia from November 2006 to July 2009, received mission briefs from squadron leadership and became more familiar with Air Force assets and personnel here. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Whitney Amstutz/released)

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Ambassador tours 455 AEW

U.S. Air Force Capt. Matt Dickson, 4th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron F-16 pilot, describes the capabilities of an F-16 Fighting Falcon to Ambassador Donald Yamamoto, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of African Affairs, during a tour of the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing March 7, 2015 at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. Throughout the tour, Yamamoto, who served as the U.S. Ambassador to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia from November 2006 to July 2009, received mission briefs from squadron leadership and became more familiar with Air Force assets and personnel here. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Whitney Amstutz/released)

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Ambassador tours 455 AEW

U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Mark Kelly, 455th Air Expeditionary Wing commander, U.S. Air Force Capt. Matt Dickson and U.S. Air Force Capt. Michael Blackburn, 4th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron F-16 pilots, speak with Ambassador Donald Yamamoto, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of African Affairs, during a tour of the 455 AEW March 7, 2015 at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. Throughout the tour, Yamamoto, who served as the U.S. Ambassador to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia from November 2006 to July 2009, received mission briefs from squadron leadership and became more familiar with Air Force assets and personnel here. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Whitney Amstutz/released)

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Ambassador tours 455 AEW

Published March 7, 2015
By Staff Sgt. Whitney Amstutz
455th Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs

BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan -- Ambassador Donald Yamamoto, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of African Affairs, visited several squadrons throughout the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing March 7 at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. Throughout the tour, Yamamoto, who served as the U.S. Ambassador to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia from November 2006 to July 2009, received mission briefs from squadron leadership and became more familiar with Air Force assets and personnel here.