US Air Force: Deploying MQ-9s to Japan!
– Deployed at Kanoya Air Base in Kagoshima Prefecture –
United States Air Force (USAF):
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc (GA-ASI)
“MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)” is deployed for the first time in Japan.
8 unarmed MQ-9 UAVs:
Unarmed MQ-9 UAV will be deployed at Kanoya Air Base in Kagoshima Prefecture
Collect marine information:
Collect marine information “especially from the East China Sea”.
Japan’s Ministry of Defense (MoD) told Janes.
This is the first US deployment of UAVs in the south of the country.
Data shows that the new deployment
is also the most substantive basing of US UAVs in the country to date.As the southernmost airbase in the main island chain of Japan, Kanoya Air Base
hosts maritime reconnaissance units of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF).
According to Janes data,
the airbase has one maritime patrol squadron with Lockheed Martin P-3C Orions and one training squadron with Mitsubishi (Sikorski) SH-60K/J and Airbus TH-135 helicopters.As part of the force structure realignment of US Forces Japan and the SDF as described in the “United States-Japan Roadmap for Realignment Implementation”,
a US Lockheed Martin KC-130 tanker squadron has been deploying to Kanoya Base and Guam on a rotational basis since September 2019,
according to the Japanese MoD’s White Papers.
https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/us-air-force-deploying-mq-9s-in-japan
US Air Force Will Deploy MQ-9 Reapers to Japan for the First Time – The Diplomat
https://thediplomat.com/2022/10/us-air-force-will-deploy-mq-9-reapers-to-japan-for-the-first-time/
미 공군 : 일본에 MQ-9를 배치!
– 가고시마 현의 가야 항공 기지에 배치
미국 공군 (USAF):
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc (GA-ASI)는
「MQ-9 Reaper 무인 항공기(UAV)」를 일본에서 처음으로 배포하고 있습니다.
8대의 비무장 MQ-9 UAV:
비무장 MQ-9 UAV가 「가고시마현의 가야 항공 기지」에 배치됩니다
해양 정보 수집:
「특히 동중국해에서」의 해양 정보를 수집합니다.
일본 국방부 (MoD)가 Janes에게 말했습니다.
US Air Force: Naglalagay ng mga MQ-9 sa Japan!
– Na-deploy sa Kanoya Air Base sa Kagoshima Prefecture –
United States Air Force (USAF):
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc (GA-ASI)
Ang “MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)” ay na-deploy sa unang pagkakataon sa Japan.
8 walang armas na MQ-9 UAV:
Ang walang armas na MQ-9 UAV ay ipapakalat sa Kanoya Air Base sa Kagoshima Prefecture
Kolektahin ang impormasyon sa dagat:
Mangolekta ng impormasyon sa dagat “lalo na mula sa East China Sea”.
Sinabi ng Ministry of Defense (MoD) ng Japan kay Janes.