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Airplanes and helicopters: the United States will station a special squadron of tilt-rotors in Japan (VIDEO)

Tokyo, Japan - The 10 CV-22 "Osprey" will be stationed at the Yokota Air Base

The US Department of Defence has announced that it will deploy a special operations team of CV-22 "Osprey" at Yokota Air Base, west of Tokyo: 10 tilt-rotors therefore able to carry out both airplane and helicopter functions that will be located in Japan, starting the 2017. These aircraft are normally used in missions of infiltration at long-range and for refueling operations: the intention of the...

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Rome, Italy, 05/12/2015 15:19
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