The new facilities would make it easier to conduct drills using Ospreys throughout Japanese airspace, in line with the prefecture’s call to transfer Osprey-related flights elsewhere to reduce its base-hosting burden, the officials said.
Currently, 22 Ospreys are deployed in Japan, all at the Futenma base.
Read more at http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/01/national/more-facilities-for-ospreys-to-be-built/#.UpyiyYLahxM.
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