Japan plans to allocate funds in the fiscal 2014 budget for deploying E-2Cs to Naha Air Base in Okinawa.
The early warning aircraft will help improve detection of Chinese aircraft flying towards Senkaku Islands.
Half of JASDF’s 13 E-2Cs now at Misawa Air Base will be transferred to Naha.
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