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USA-Japan agreement about deployment of Osprey airplane-helicopter hybrid in the Asian country

Tokyo, Japan - The first test flights of the aircraft could begin this week in Okinawa

United States and Japan reached an agreement for the deployment of the airplane-helicopter hybrid MV-22 Osprey in the Asian country, in spite of the strong concern among the inhabitants of the zones close to the bases in which the aircraft will enter into service. Japan's Defense Minister Satoshi Morimoto declared to be fully convinced of the safety of the tilt-rotor, but Okinawa's Governor Hirokazu...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1145636
Rome, Italy, 09/19/2012 12:59
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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