Japan to Dispatch SDF Helicopters to Wildfire-Hit Indonesia
Tokyo, Aug. 29 (Jiji Press)--Japan will deploy three CH-47 transport helicopters of its Ground Self-Defense Force to Indonesia as part of an international emergency relief operation in response to the ongoing forest fires in the Southeast Asian country, Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi has said. The helicopters will be used for firefighting activities. This will be the first time for the S...
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