Japan to take delivery of Osprey in September

The first V-22 tilt-rotor for Japan will be handed over to the nation this September, the V-22 Joint Program Manager disclosed at the Paris airshow.

MV-22B Osprey Particiate during Blue Chromite Exercise (30795700600)
By U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sergeant Major Michael Cato/released [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Japan ordered the Osprey back in 2014 and will take delivery of 17 aircraft.