{"id":4760,"date":"2026-05-12T19:10:25","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T19:10:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/c-130herculesvrienden.nl\/?p=4760"},"modified":"2026-05-12T19:12:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T19:12:06","slug":"japan-american-festival-yokota-air-base","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/c-130herculesvrienden.nl\/?p=4760","title":{"rendered":"Japan-American Festival  Yokota Air base"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The official Friendship Festival 2026 patch has taken flight <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"16\" width=\"16\" alt=\"\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/t93\/1\/16\/1f1fa_1f1f8.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"16\" width=\"16\" alt=\"\ud83c\uddef\ud83c\uddf5\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/t76\/1\/16\/1f1ef_1f1f5.png\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The patch for the event\u2019s 50th Anniversary was unveiled and affixed to Yokota\u2019s flagship C-130J 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