The third time the U.S. military deployment in Japan, the interim F-22 fighter

30 U.S. troops in Okinawa, Japan to deploy F-22 "Raptor" stealth fighter, which is the third time in Japan, the U.S. temporary deployment of F-22 fighter planes.

In the afternoon, the U.S. military is scheduled to deploy 12 F-22 fighter planes in the first four arrived in Okinawa Prefecture is located in the U.S. military base in Kadena. Another eight F-22 fighters scheduled to arrive on the 31st. They will be deployed in about 4 months in Okinawa.

The U.S. military said the temporary deployment of F-22 fighter plane is designed to fulfill the U.S. military in the western Pacific regional security responsibilities. During the deployment, they will be the fighter with the Japanese Self-Defense Forces to conduct joint training.

U.S. forces in Japan before the temporary deployment of two F-22 fighters were in February 2007 and May this year to January to April, deployment sites in Kadena Airbase.

2009-5-30