U.S. Marines send 2 Osprey aircraft to Sapporo amid local protests

TOKYO, Japan - Two U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey aircraft from the U.S. base in Iwakuni in western Japan stop over at Yokota Air Base in Tokyo for refueling on July 19, 2014, on their way to Sapporo in Hokkaido. It was the first time an MV-22 had flown to the Tokyo area since the tilt-rotor aircraft's deployment in Japan in 2012.

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