U.S. military transfers 1st air tanker to Iwakuni from Okinawa

U.S. military transfers 1st air tanker to Iwakuni from Okinawa

IWAKUNI, Japan - Photo taken July 15, 2014, shows a U.S. military KC-130 air refueling tanker arriving at the Iwakuni base in the western Japan prefecture of Yamaguchi in the first transfer under a bilateral agreement to reduce the disproportionate burden of hosting U.S. bases on Okinawa.

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