Iwakuni mayor rejects Osprey deployment

Iwakuni mayor rejects Osprey deployment

IWAKUNI, Japan - Japanese Defense Minister Satoshi Morimoto (2nd from L) and Iwakuni Mayor Yoshihiko Fukuda (R) hold talks at the Iwakuni city office in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, on July 1, 2012. Fukuda rejected a U.S. plan to deploy the MV-22 Osprey transport aircraft at the Marines' Iwakuni Air Station in Yamaguchi Prefecture for trial flights ahead of its deployment in Okinawa Prefecture during the talks.

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