Israeli Defense Minister to Take First Ride in V-22 Plane
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Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon on his visit to the U.S. today will fly for the first time in a V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor airplane, which the Jewish state is considering buying.
Ya’alon will fly about 37 miles (60 kilometers) from the Pentagon to the Marine Corps Base in Quantico, Virginia, where he and his team will be briefed and get a demonstration of the plane before flying back to the Pentagon, Defense Department spokesman Carl Woog said in a phone interview.