19/05/2015 12:00 (UTC)
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epa04756431 US Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey aircrafts are sitting on the tarmac at US Marine Corps Air Station Futenma surrounded by overcrowded residential areas in Ginowan on Okinawa Island, southwestern Japan, 19 May 2015. Japanese government just announced on May 12 that CV-22 Ospreys would be deployed to the U.S. Air Force's Yokota base on the outskirt of Tokyo. CV-22 Ospreys is for special operations forces, engage in low-altitude and nighttime flights, and the accident rate is three times higher than Marines MV-22 Ospreys. Japanese four local cities' leaders in Tokyo surrounding US Air Force's Yokota Base have expressed deep concern over the deployment of CV-22 Ospreys in 2017, as Pentagon announced on 18 May 2015 it had no plan to change Osprey operations in Japan after a CV-22 Osprey crash in Hawaii killing one and injuring 21 on last weekend. EPA/HITOSHI MAESHIRO
