** FILE ** Standing in front of a C-130 transport aircraft painted specially in blue-gray for a mission in Iraq, members of Japan's Air Self-Defense Force to be dispatched to Iraq stand at attention during a send-off ceremony at ASDF's Komaki base in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, in this Dec. 24, 2003 file photo. The Japanese government approved extending the country's air force transport mission in Iraq through July 2008, an official said Tuesday, July 10, 2007. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)