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Monday, November 24, 2014

Reports say Japan buying 3 Global Hawk drones

RQ-4 Global HawkJapan will buy three Global Hawk drones and may fly them out of Misawa Air Base, according to Japanese media.

State Broadcaster NHK and the Kyodo news agency reported Monday on plans to buy the Northrop Grumman-built Global Hawks along with four E-2D Advanced Hawkeye early-warning aircraft.

Defense Ministry officials have asked for funds to buy the drones in the draft of next fiscal year’s budget. They plan to start using them in fiscal 2019 and may base the aircraft at Misawa, in Aomori prefecture, according to the media reports.

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