U.S. military choppers fly out of Futemma for 1st time since crash

NAHA, Japan - A U.S. military helicopter flies over the U.S. amphibious assault ship Essex off White Beach in the town of Katsuren in central Okinawa on Aug. 20. U.S, helicopters flew out of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station in Ginowan for the first time since the crash of a Marine helicopter at a local university campus on Aug. 13.

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