Entrusted with a Critical Mission

November 27, 2017.

7:33 p.m.

East China Sea, China.

More than 2,000 meters above sea level, Kaoru Sakura was piloting a CH-47F heavy transport helicopter.

Its speed had already exceeded 300 kilometers per hour.

Since they were in the troposphere, where temperatures dropped with increasing altitude, it was now very cold outside the cabin.

Fortunately, the cabin had heating blowers to maintain the temperature inside.

The vast majority of CH-47Fs were equipped with advanced electronic systems. They...