Two Boeing-built P-8A Poseidons — among the Navy’s newest surveillance aircraft — have arrived at Kadena Air Force Base in Okinawa, Japan, Navy spokeswoman Lt. Cmdr. Katharine Cerezo said.
Okinawa is 260 miles east of the new Air Defense Identification Zone, which was established by China on Nov. 23 around the disputed Senkaku Islands claimed by both Japan and China. The P-8 has a range of 1,200 miles.
Due to time differences, Navy representatives in Japan were unavailable for comment on whether the P-8s will patrol in the China air defense zone. The aircraft arrived in Japan on Sunday.
The P-8s, built on a Boeing 737 commercial airframe, achieved initial operational capability on Friday, Cerezo said, with two aircraft from Patrol Squadron 16, based at the Jacksonville, Fla., Naval Air Station deployed to Okinawa on the same day. Read more...
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