One of the JMSDF's two remaining US-1As, from 71 Kokutai "Rescue Ivory," droning around the circuit at NAF Atsugi. A sight I never believed I'd see, let alone photograph!
With its P-3C aircraft having been in service for twenty years, the JMSDF began to look for a replacement maritime patrol aircraft. The XP-1 is the prototype and it tested at Atsugi. It is shown here over the moon.