Crashes fuel uproar in Japan over US aircraft

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

June 22, 2012 12:01 AM
Crashes fuel uproar in Japan over US aircraft

TOKYO — Recent crashes involving the U.S. military's latest transport aircraft are fueling an uproar in Japan that could threaten plans to deploy them to the southern island of Okinawa by the end of the year.

U.S. officials are scheduled to brief Japanese representatives in Washington on Friday after Okinawa and another city likely to host the Osprey aircraft became concerned.

The Osprey can fly like a helicopter or an airplane. Two of them have gone down since April. The first crash killed two Marines and the another last week injured five airmen.

Japan's top government spokesman said last week their planned deployment in Japan this year couldn't move forward until Tokyo had received assurances of its safety.



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[Blue_Tires]

1. I thought I read somewhere there were a lot of complaints about the Osprey

There were a couple of high-profile training crashes in N.C. a few years back...

[mahatmakanejeeves]

3. There was an episode on 60 Minutes,

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for example.

On the Interwebs, anyone can say anything, so take this site with a big grain of salt:

The V-22 Scandal

Hat tip to Thomas E. Ricks: The scariest weapon in the U.S. inventory?

[Blue_Tires]

4. thanks for this...

[slackmaster]

2. They've been uproared about our military presence since the end of World War II

But they agreed to it as a condition of surrender.

[awoke_in_2003]

5. And how long...

must they keep paying for it?

[DemoTex]

6. How many generals fly on Osprey's?

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