Saturday, May 24, 2014

U.S. drone arrives at Misawa base for 1st deployment in Japan


A U.S. Global Hawk surveillance drone arrived Saturday morning at the Misawa Air Base in northeastern Japan in the first deployment of such an aircraft in the country.

It is one of a pair of Guam-based Global Hawks to be deployed at Misawa in Aomori Prefecture from around May to October. The other is expected to arrive at the base on Wednesday.

The two reconnaissance aircraft will likely start operating in the Asia-Pacific region in early June.

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