GSDF Begins Osprey Deployment to Camp in Southwestern Japan

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Saga, July 9 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Ground Self-Defense Force opened a camp in the southwestern city of Saga on Wednesday, launching work to relocate its 17 Osprey tilt-rotor transport aircraft from a camp in eastern Japan. The Osprey deployment from the GSDF’s Camp Kisarazu in Chiba Prefecture, near Tokyo, to the new camp is scheduled to be completed by mid-August. The move is aimed at e…

Saga, July 9 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Ground Self-Defense Force opened a camp in the southwestern city of Saga on Wednesday, launching work to relocate its 17 Osprey tilt-rotor transport aircraft from a camp in eastern Japan. The Osprey deployment from the GSDF’s Camp Kisarazu in Chiba Prefecture, near Tokyo, to the new camp is scheduled to be completed by mid-August. The move is aimed at e…