More helicopters sent to Pakistan for quake victims

More helicopters sent to Pakistan for quake victims

SAYAMA, Japan - Air Self-Defense Force members load a helicopter into a C130 transport plane in Sayama, Saitama Prefecture, on Oct. 21 to help victims of the Oct. 8 earthquake in Pakistan. Three helicopters from Japan are now operating there.

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