Early warning patrol plane in Okinawa

Early warning patrol plane in Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera addresses members of the Air Self-Defense Force on April 20, 2014, at a ceremony to mark the launch of a unit operating E-2C early warning patrol planes at an ASDF base in Naha in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan.

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