Category: Notizie Estero

A group of lawmakers from Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) are endorsing a proposal to allow the military to use the Shimojishima airport in Okinawa Prefecture. 663highland / CC BY-SA Currently, the only runways to support fighter and early warning aircraft are located on Okinawa island. Only Shimojishima airport further south has a runway of […]

Media reports from Japan say that the Kawasaki C-2 transport plane will undergo testing on unpaved runway in order to boost its chance of winning a contract from the UAE. 防衛装備庁（ATLA） / CC BY The testing will be done from October this year. Data will be collected from across different aircraft configurations and runway surfaces, […]