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A U.S. Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornet aircraft flies above Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, May 5, 2010, during a Friendship Day demonstration. Friendship Day is an annual event at the station, which attracts 265,000 people to celebrate the longstanding friendship between the United States and Japan.

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A U.S. Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornet aircraft flies above Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, May 5, 2010, during a Friendship Day demonstration. Friendship Day is an annual event at the station, which attracts 265,000 people to celebrate the longstanding friendship between the United States and Japan.

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