For the first time in history, U.S. Air Force Special Operations School hosted a Building Partnership Aviation Capacity Seminar abroad at Kadena Air Force Base, Japan, 9-20 Sept. BPACS is a two week course, held quarterly, that brings aviation-minded partner nation military personnel together with U.S. service members and civil servants. Partner nations represented were Australia, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, and Thailand.