2020.11.06 17:35Nation

オスプレイ、初の試験飛行　暫定配備の千葉・木更津で

　陸上自衛隊は６日、木更津駐屯地（千葉県木更津市）に暫定配備している輸送機オスプレイの試験飛行を始め、７月に配備された２機のうち１機が駐屯地内でホバリングを行った。自衛隊が保有するオスプレイが国内で飛ぶのは初めて。１０日以降は駐屯地の外を飛行する。
　陸自は２機目の試験飛行も近く始める予定。今後、約半年間にわたり無線機など装備品の機能を確認しながら、順次訓練飛行を行う。（2020/11/06-17:35）

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2020.11.06 17:35Nation

GSDF Starts Osprey Test Flights at Camp Kisarazu

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Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force started test flights of its Osprey tilt-rotor transport aircraft at Camp Kisarazu in the eastern prefecture of Chiba on Friday.
   One of the two Ospreys provisionally deployed to the camp in July hovered at the camp, the first flight in Japan of an Osprey owned by the SDF.
   The GSDF will start flying the Osprey outside the camp on Tuesday, planning to begin test flights of the other Osprey shortly.
   After test flights, the GSDF will spend about six months to inspect the equipment installed on the Osprey, including a radio device, and carry out pilot training.
   The GSDF will introduce 17 Ospreys mainly to transport amphibious rapid deployment brigade troops tasked with protecting remote islands.