18 May 2010:
“US-2 first sea rescue
Inubousaki sea
Landing, emergency airlift from fishing ship”
US-2. 9904.
71st Koukuutai, 31st Koukuugun, JMSDF, based at Iwakuni JMSDF AB, Yamaguchi Prefecture.
On Pacific Ocean, 630 km east of Inubousaki Cape, Chiba Prefecture, rescued sick male crew member (51) from Dai 17 Tokuei Maru [17th Tokuei Maru, 498 tons] of Owase Fishing Association, Mie Prefecture.
Fishing ship contacted 2nd District HQ, JCG. JCG contacted 4th Koukuugun, JMSDF, based at Atsugi.
10:10, P-3C 5041 of 3rd Kuu, JMSDF, took off. 10 crew with Commander [Teisei Tarou? Tsutsumi Seitarou?].
US-2 9904, forward based at Atsugi, also took off. 11 crew with Lieutenant Commander Hirayama Takenobu.
P-3C arrived, identified fishing ship, and guided US-2. 12:36, US-2 landed.
Medics in rubber boat took patient from ship to aircraft. 13:09, took off.
14:45, landed at Haneda AP, Toukyou.
Heisei 19 [2007] March, first US-2 assigned to 71st Kuu. Now has four.
Previous medevac missions included Ogasawara Islands, but this time first sea landing.
http://www.asagumo-news.com/news/201005/100527/10052714.htm
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