2 more SDF planes leave Japan to prepare for Sudan evacuation

Two more Self-Defense Forces aircraft have left for Djibouti, the Defense Ministry said Saturday, as Japan prepares to evacuate its nationals from Sudan where military clashes are ongoing.A total of 63 Japanese citizens, including embassy staff, were in Sudan as of Wednesday, a government official said earlier.A C-2 transport aircraft and a KC-767 aerial refueling plane will join a C-130 transport airplane that left Japan on Friday to stand by in Djibouti, where the SDF has a base as part of an anti-piracy mission in the Gulf of Aden.The ministry has formed a task force to carry out the eva…READ FULL ARTICLE