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Pacific Update: 319th ERS begins build of MQ-9

Media Center - Japan

Oct. 26, 2022 | 1:00

KANOYA, Japan (Oct. 26, 2022) On this Pacific Update: The 319th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron on Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Kanoya Air Base began the build of the first of eight MQ-9 remotely piloted aircraft, Oct. 23, 2022. U.S. Pacific Air Forces is deploying MQ-9s, a medium-altitude, long-endurance remotely piloted aircraft, and personnel to Japan Maritime Self Defense Force Kanoya Air Base to conduct airborne reconnaissance operations in close coordination with the Japan Ministry of Defense in furtherance of the U.S. – Japan Treaty and to ensure a free-and-open Indo-Pacific (U.S. Navy video by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jack D. Aistrup)