BEIJING, April 1 (Xinhuanet) -- and the are arranging to ship a second batch of twelve MV-22 Osprey aircraft in July.

As with the first group of Osprey aircraft that arrived last year, the new aircrafts are likely to be stationed temporarily at the US Marine Corps Air Station in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture. After undergoing test flights and maintenance, they will be transported to the US Futenma base on Okinawa Island.

The US government proposed shipping the second batch directly to Okinawa but Tokyo expressed reluctance, fearing the move would further roil local sentiment against the deployment. Tokyo and Washington will expedite talks on when to move the hybrid transport planes to the US Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in the city of Ginowan.

The Marine Corps plans to deploy a total of 24 Ospreys at the facility by 2014 to replace the aging CH-46 Sea Knight transport helicopters.

(Source: CNTV.cn)