State ordered to suspend flights at Atsugi base over plane noise

State ordered to suspend flights at Atsugi base over plane noise

Photo taken July 29, 2015 from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Atsugi air base, jointly used by the Self-Defense Forces and the U.S. military, near Tokyo. The Tokyo High court the following day upheld a lower court ruling that ordered the state to suspend nighttime and early morning flights by SDF aircrafts at the base due to noise, while dismissing the plaintiffs' call to halt the flights of U.S. military planes. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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