Iwakuni airport opens

Iwakuni airport opens

IWAKUNI, Japan - A tape-cutting ceremony is held at a new military-civilian airport opened on Dec. 13, 2012, in the western Japan city of Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, where the U.S. Marine Corps operates an air station.

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