U.S. military resumes Osprey flights after accident off Okinawa

U.S. military resumes Osprey flights after accident off Okinawa

An Osprey aircraft takes off from the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on Dec. 19, 2016. The U.S. military in Japan resumed flying its Ospreys, sparking sharp local reaction over a move that came less than a week after one of the MV-22 tilt-rotor transport aircraft made a crash-landing off the southern Japan island prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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