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はじめまして! CMV-22Bs heading to Japan in 2021

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A U.S. Navy official disclosed that the carrier onboard delivery (COD) variant of the Osprey, CMV-22B, will arrive in Japan to replace the C-2 starting in 2021.

U.S. Sailors move into position to refuel a Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) during Operation Damayan in the Philippine Sea 131117-N-XN177-028
By MC3 Peter Burghart [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

While the C-2 operates out of Naval Air Facility Atsugi currently, the CMV-22B is likely to be stationed at MCAS Futenma instead.

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