Ship carrying Osprey heads for U.S. airbase in Iwakuni

Ship carrying Osprey heads for U.S. airbase in Iwakuni

SHIMONOSEKI, Japan - The Green Ridge cargo ship carrying the first shipment to Japan of U.S. military MV-22 Osprey transport aircraft passes the Kammon Straits under the Kammon Bridge on the western tip of Honshu at 8:24 p.m. on July 22, 2012, headed for the U.S. Marines' Iwakuni Air Station.

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