The first team dispatched to the Middle East region Maritime Self-Defense Force patrol aircraft begins flight to gather information

The 1st team dispatched to the Middle East region Maritime Self-Defense Force patrol aircraft Started flight to gather information Jan. 21, 18:45

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During the dispatch of the SDF to the Middle East, the Maritime Self-Defense Force patrol aircraft, which was dispatched as the first station, began flying for information gathering from the 21st.

The flight started with a P3C patrol unit of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, which departed Japan this month.

On the morning of the 21st, local time, he took off from the SDF base in Djibouti, eastern Africa, and began collecting information in the Gulf of Aden off Somalia.

The patrol aircraft unit has been engaged in anti-piracy activities in this area since 2009, and based on the dispatch of the Self-Defense Forces to the Middle East region, which was decided by the Cabinet last month, to secure the safety of vessels related to Japan from this time. Gathering the information needed for has been added to the mission.

Regarding the start of information gathering activities by the SDF, Chief of Staff of the Maritime Self-Defense Force, Hiroshi Yamamura, said at a press conference on November 21, `` The crew of Japanese-affiliated ships said, It's safe to go through the waters, "he said.We need to have a sense of security.We want to make every effort to prepare our troops and support their families so that they can carry out their duties firmly." .

Regarding the growing tensions in the Middle East, he said, "I've been doing exercises on the diagram assuming various conceivable events. I haven't changed the content of the training because the situation has changed."

This is the first time a SDF has been dispatched abroad for a long period of one year, based on the "Survey and Research" of the Ministry of Defense's Established Law. intend to do something.