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News channel or source: https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2023-10-06/reaper-drones-kyushu-okinawa-air-force-japan-11613613.html
Published on: Thursday 05 October 2023
YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan – A U.S. Air Force squadron of MQ-9 Reaper drones is moving south to Okinawa from the Japanese island of Kyushu, according to a spokesman at this airlift hub in western Tokyo.
News Japan » Kyushu and Okinawa » Traffic: Update: US MQ-9 unit to redeploy from Kyushu to Okinawa
News channel or source: https://www.janes.com/osint-insights/defence-news/defence/update-us-mq-9-unit-to-redeploy-from-kyushu-to-okinawa
Published on: Thursday 12 October 2023
The deployment of US GA-ASI MQ-9s from Kyushu to Okinawa is expected to improve joint US-Japan reconnaissance capabilities near the Senkaku Islands and Taiwan. (US Air Force/Staff Sgt Christopher ...