ブルーインパルス、３月能登へ　木原防衛相「被災者元気づける」

　木原稔防衛相は２７日の衆院予算委員会分科会で、能登半島地震を受け、３月に同半島上空で航空自衛隊の曲技チーム「ブルーインパルス」を飛行させる方向で検討する考えを示した。自民党の小森卓郎氏の質問に対し、「被災者を元気づける一つの方法として大変意義がある。前向きに進めていく」と語った。
　ブルーインパルスは北陸新幹線の金沢―敦賀間が開業する３月１６日に石川、福井両県で展示飛行を予定。能登での飛行はこの前後で調整する。（2024/02/27-19:12）

The Blue Impulse aerobatic team of the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force is likely to fly over the earthquake-battered Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture next month, Defense Minister Minoru Kihara said Tuesday.
   At a House of Representatives budget subcommittee meeting, Kihara noted that the Blue Impulse's performance should be one of ways having profound significance in cheering up Noto Earthquake-afflicted people.
   "We will push ahead with the plan," he said.
   The aerobatic team is scheduled to fly over Ishikawa and neighboring Fukui Prefecture on March 16 to commemorate the start of Hokuriku Shinkansen bullet train operations on the extended section between Kanazawa, the capital of Ishikawa, and Tsuruga in Fukui.
   The envisaged exhibition flight over the peninsula may take place around that time, people familiar with the matter said.