The JAAGA has developed and reached maturity under the leadership of President Ohmura, President Suzuki and President Ishizuka. I am honored to be the fourth president. During my term as Chief of Staff, JASDF, I witnessed the birth of the JAAGA and since I retired I have been working as a JAAGA Secretariat Member and Chairman. My feelings of love and loyalty for the JAAGA have grown stronger during these past few years. With the support of the newly elected officers, I vow to make every effort toward further development of JAAGA. I would like to ask all members for their continuing assistance and cooperation. Needless to say, the Japan-US alliance is essential for the stability of Eastern Asia, and mutual confidence between the USAF and JASDF is most important to ensure that this relationship functions effectively. JAAGA is an organization mainly composed of JASDF retirees with the objective of contributing to the development of an environment in which active members of the USAF and JASDF are comfortable carrying out their duties by enhancing mutual understanding and friendship between the two Air Forces.
(June 2003, Kohji Muraki, JAAGA president, Retired General JASDF)