从2003年4月21日～5月2日的12天时间内,日本航空自卫队第一次空中加油训练以新田原基地为起降基地、以九州西部空域和四国湾训练空域为舞台而展开。此次训练得到了美国空军KC-135R型空中加油机和F-15型战斗机教官的协助,主要目的是为了确立今后将引进的空中加油机的使用体制,进行与空中受油有关的操作要领的调查研究。为此,日本航空自卫队飞行员在训练中不仅 During the 12 days from April 21 to May 2, 2003, the first air refueling training of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force took the Sunitahara base as a base for taking off and landing and started with the airspace of the Kyushu Western Region and the training airspace of the Shikoku Bay. The training was assisted by the U.S. Air Force KC-135R air refueling aircraft and F-15 fighter instructors, the main purpose of which was to establish the system for the use of air refueling machines to be introduced in the future and carry out air-to-air operations Research. To this end, Japan Airlines Self-Defense Force pilots in training not only