The U.S. military in Okinawa, deploying Osprey aircraft combat radius of the Diaoyu Islands

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The U.S. military in Okinawa, deploying Osprey aircraft combat radius of the Diaoyu Islands

Date:2012-05-16Author:adminCategory:International militaryComment:0

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“Lianhe Zaobao” reported on May 16, U.S. and Japanese government decided to strengthen the combat force, the new transport aircraft of the U.S. Marines MV -22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft as early as mid-July will be shipped to Okinawa, Japan Futenma base. Compared to currently deployed in Okinawa, the U.S. military transport helicopter, the Osprey machine combat radius is much farther in an hour and a half, a battalion of marines sent to the Diaoyu Islands.

According to the Japanese “Asahi Shimbun” reported that U.S. military plans to the first three months of flight testing and safety inspection to determine the safe will be deployed in Naha City near Futenma Air Station in October 12 aircraft the MV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft will eventually be deployed 24 MV-22 Osprey aircraft.

the MV-22 Osprey aircraft features to take the tilt-rotor design, the wing propeller to change the angle to as helicopter, vertical takeoff and landing like a helicopter; after takeoff, but also to change the propeller like fixed-wing aircraft, like ordinary aircraft flying at high speed.

deployment MV22 Osprey machine, the combat radius will be substantially increased to 585 km and the speed with multiplier. The 24 Osprey machine, within an hour and a half a battalion of Marines, deployed to the Diaoyu Islands.

MV22 Osprey per aircraft costs nearly $ 70 million, had to perform combat and rescue missions in Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya. The U.S. military currently has 160 MV22 Osprey machine will gradually step to replace the Sea Knight helicopter.

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