By YOSHITAKA ITO/ Staff Writer
November 2, 2020 at 19:06 JST
A CH-47 transport helicopter flies over Kagoshima Prefecture in returning to the GSDF’s Vice Camp Takayubaru in Mashiki, Kumamoto Prefecture, after failing to land at its destination due to clouds on Nov. 1. The empty space was supposed to accommodate the wounded. (Yoshitaka Ito)
When troops were wounded in fighting in the country's remote southwestern islands, a Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) helicopter unit was assigned to transport the injured out. [Read More]
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