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Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jack Aistrup

319th ERS conducts first test flight of MQ-9

Media Center - Japan

Nov. 2, 2022 | 2:30

KANOYA, Japan (Nov. 2, 2022) The 319th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron conducted the first flight of the MQ-9 remotely piloted aircraft from Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Kanoya Air Base, Nov. 2, 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)