Japan Put Bell Boeing MV-22B Osprey Into Service Written 17 November 2020

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MV-22 demo at Miramar Air Station, 2014. | FOX 52; Wikipedia; CC BY-SA 4.0

IHS Jane’s 360 reports, “The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) put its Bell Boeing MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft into service on 6 November, making it the first international partner to operate the US-made platform,” according to US Naval Air Systems Command, which also called it “a major milestone for both the Japanese and V-22 Joint Program Office.”
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