The U. S. military will deploy five Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft at Yokota Air Base in the suburbs of Tokyo on Oct 1 as part of a plan to introduce a total of 10 Ospreys at the base over the next several years, the Defense Ministry said Wednesday. While the
The U. S. military will deploy five Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft at Yokota Air Base in the suburbs of Tokyo on Oct 1 as part of a plan to introduce a total of 10 Ospreys at the base over the next several years, the Defense Ministry said Wednesday.
While the Japanese ministry said the deployment will contribute to improving response by the Japan-U. S. alliance to „various circumstances,“ flying the aircraft in the skies over the metropolitan area could provoke public concern due to its history of accidents and mishaps inside and outside the country.
The U. S. military has informed the ministry that the five Air Force CV-22 aircraft will engage in landing and takeoff, supply air-drop and night flying drills around the Yokota base.
