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USAF not deploying RQ-4 to Misawa, Japan for this summer

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The U.S. Air Force will keep its RQ-4 unmanned aerial vehicle in Guam this summer instead of sending the aircraft o Misawa air base in Japan as per past practice.

RQ-4 aides Japan earthquake relief operations
By John Schwab [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Fifth Air Force spokesman Maj. George Tobias said the runway at Misawa is under renovation.

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