Osprey deployment in Japan

Osprey deployment in Japan

YAMAGUCHI, Japan - Members of a civic group hold a banner and collect signatures in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture on July 20, 2012, to protest a U.S. military plan to deploy MV-22 Osprey transport aircraft at a base in the western Japanese city, with the planes set to arrive on July 23.

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  • ILEA001171824
  • Registered date
  • 2012/7/20 00:00:00
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • 2012 Kyodo News
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  • 3968 × 2635 pixel
  • Resolution
  • 240 dpi
  • Deployment size
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