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U.S. MV-22 Ospreys in Philippine relief operations

TACLOBAN CITY, Philippines - A U.S. MV-22 Osprey prepares to be loaded with relief packs from the U.S. Agency for International Development at the airport of Tacloban City in the central Philippines on Nov. 16, 2013. U.S. 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade Public Affairs Officer 1st Lt. Luke Kuper told Kyodo News there are 12 Ospreys sent from Japan to help in the post-typhoon relief operations in the Philippines, the largest humanitarian operation involving the controversial aircraft so far.

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Marines hold ceremony for Osprey unit

GINOWAN, Japan - The U.S. Marines hold a ceremony for a unit formed to operate MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft at the Marines' Futenma Air Station in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture on Aug. 30, 2013. The Marines deployed 12 Ospreys at Futenma in October 2012 and are in the process of deploying 12 more of the aircraft at the base.

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Osprey transport to Okinawa

GINOWAN, Japan - Opponents of additional deployment of MV-22 Osprey aircraft stage a sit-in in front of a gate at the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on Aug. 12, 2013. The U.S. military the same day resumed transport of Ospreys to the airbase from the Iwakuni base after a fatal helicopter crash a week ago forced it to postpone the deployment of the tilt-rotor aircraft amid safety concerns about military operations.

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Osprey transport to Okinawa

GINOWAN, Japan - MV-22 Osprey aircraft head for the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on Aug. 12, 2013 as the U.S. military resumed transport of Ospreys from the Iwakuni base after a fatal helicopter crash a week ago forced it to postpone the additional deployment of the tilt-rotor aircraft amid safety concerns about military operations.

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Osprey transport to Okinawa

GINOWAN, Japan - Photo shows MV-22 Osprey aircraft after landing at the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on Aug. 12, 2013. The U.S. military resumed transport of Ospreys from the Iwakuni base after a fatal helicopter crash a week ago forced it to postpone the additional deployment of the tilt-rotor aircraft amid safety concerns about military operations.

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Osprey transport to Okinawa

GINOWAN, Japan - MV-22 Osprey aircraft head for the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on Aug. 12, 2013 as the U.S. military resumed transport of Ospreys from the Iwakuni base after a fatal helicopter crash a week ago forced it to postpone the additional deployment of the tilt-rotor aircraft amid safety concerns about military operations.

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Osprey transport to Okinawa

GINOWAN, Japan - Photo shows MV-22 Osprey aircraft landing at the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on Aug. 12, 2013. The U.S. military resumed transport of Ospreys from the Iwakuni base after a fatal helicopter crash a week ago forced it to postpone the additional deployment of the tilt-rotor aircraft amid safety concerns about military operations.

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Osprey transport to Okinawa

GINOWAN, Japan - Opponents of additional deployment of MV-22 Osprey aircraft are removed as they staged a sit-in around the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on Aug. 12, 2013. The U.S. military the same day resumed transport of Ospreys to the airbase from the Iwakuni base after a fatal helicopter crash a week ago forced it to postpone the deployment of the tilt-rotor aircraft amid safety concerns about military operations.

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Osprey transport to Okinawa

GINOWAN, Japan - Photo shows MV-22 Osprey aircraft at the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, after flying from the Iwakuni base on Aug. 12, 2013. The U.S. military resumed transport of Ospreys after a fatal helicopter crash a week ago forced it to postpone the additional deployment of the tilt-rotor aircraft amid safety concerns about military operations.

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Osprey transport to Okinawa

GINOWAN, Japan - Photo shows MV-22 Osprey aircraft at the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, after flying from the Iwakuni base on Aug. 12, 2013. The U.S. military resumed transport of Ospreys after a fatal helicopter crash a week ago forced it to postpone the additional deployment of the tilt-rotor aircraft amid safety concerns about military operations.

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Osprey transport to Okinawa

IWAKUNI, Japan - MV-22 Osprey aircraft move to a runway at the U.S. Marine Corps' Iwakuni base in Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 12, 2013. The U.S. military the same day resumed transport of Ospreys to Okinawa after a fatal helicopter crash a week ago forced it to postpone the deployment of the tilt-rotor aircraft amid safety concerns about military operations.

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Osprey transport to Okinawa

GINOWAN, Japan - Demonstrators obstruct the path of a vehicle carrying U.S. military personnel in front of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on Aug. 12, 2013, to protest additional deployment of MV-22 Osprey aircraft. The U.S. military the same day resumed transport of Ospreys to the airbase from the Iwakuni base after a fatal helicopter crash a week ago forced it to postpone the deployment of the tilt-rotor aircraft amid safety concerns about military operations.

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Osprey transport to Okinawa

GINOWAN, Japan - Demonstrators obstruct the path of a vehicle carrying U.S. military personnel in front of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on Aug. 12, 2013, to protest additional deployment of MV-22 Osprey aircraft. The U.S. military the same day resumed transport of Ospreys to the airbase from the Iwakuni base after a fatal helicopter crash a week ago forced it to postpone the deployment of the tilt-rotor aircraft amid safety concerns about military operations.

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Osprey transport to Okinawa

IWAKUNI, Japan - Photo shows MV-22 Osprey aircraft after taking off from the U.S. Marine Corps' Iwakuni base in Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 12, 2013, as the U.S. military resumed transport of Ospreys to Okinawa after a fatal helicopter crash a week ago forced it to postpone the deployment of the tilt-rotor aircraft amid safety concerns about military operations.

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Osprey transport to Okinawa

IWAKUNI, Japan - MV-22 Osprey aircraft take off from the U.S. Marine Corps' Iwakuni base in Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 12, 2013, as the U.S. military resumed transport of Ospreys to Okinawa after a fatal helicopter crash a week ago forced it to postpone the deployment of the tilt-rotor aircraft amid safety concerns about military operations.

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More Ospreys at U.S. base in Japan

IWAKUNI, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft parked at the U.S. military's Iwakuni base in Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan, on July 30, 2013. A cargo ship carried 12 Ospreys to the Iwakuni base prior to their deployment at the U.S. Marine Corps Futenma Air Station in Okinawa in early August 2013.

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More Ospreys at U.S. base in Japan

IWAKUNI, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft parked at the U.S. military's Iwakuni base in Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan, on July 30, 2013. A cargo ship carried 12 Ospreys to the Iwakuni base prior to their deployment at the U.S. Marine Corps Futenma Air Station in Okinawa in early August 2013.

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More Ospreys at U.S. base in Japan

IWAKUNI, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft parked at the U.S. military's Iwakuni base in Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan, on July 30, 2013. A cargo ship carried 12 Ospreys to the Iwakuni base prior to their deployment at the U.S. Marine Corps Futenma Air Station in Okinawa in early August 2013.

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More Ospreys at U.S. base in Japan

IWAKUNI, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows 12 MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft parked at the U.S. military's Iwakuni base in Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan, on July 30, 2013. A cargo ship carried the 12 Ospreys to the Iwakuni base prior to their deployment at the U.S. Marine Corps Futenma Air Station in Okinawa in early August 2013.

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More Ospreys at U.S. base in Japan

IWAKUNI, Japan - MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft are parked at the U.S. military's Iwakuni base in Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan, on July 30, 2013. A cargo ship carried 12 Ospreys to the Iwakuni base prior to their deployment at the U.S. Marine Corps Futenma Air Station in Okinawa in early August 2013.

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More Ospreys at U.S. base in Japan

IWAKUNI, Japan - An MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft is brought in to the U.S. military's Iwakuni base in Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan, from a cargo ship on July 30, 2013. The vessel carried 12 MV-Ospreys to the Iwakuni base, prior to their deployment at a U.S. the U.S. Marine Corps Futenma Air Station in Okinawa early August 2013.

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More Ospreys at U.S. base in Japan

IWAKUNI, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows an MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft being brought in to the U.S. military's Iwakuni base in Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan, from a cargo ship on July 30, 2013. The vessel carried 12 MV-Ospreys to the Iwakuni base, prior to their deployment at the U.S. Marine Corps Futenma Air Station in Okinawa early August 2013.

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More Ospreys at U.S. base in Japan

IWAKUNI, Japan - MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft are parked at the U.S. military's Iwakuni base in Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan, on July 30, 2013. A cargo ship carried 12 MV-Ospreys to the Iwakuni base prior to their deployment at the U.S. Marine Corps Futenma Air Station in Okinawa in early August 2013.

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More Ospreys at U.S. base in Japan

IWAKUNI, Japan - An MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft is brought in to the U.S. military's Iwakuni base in Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan, from a cargo ship on July 30, 2013. The vessel carried 12 MV-Ospreys to the Iwakuni base, prior to their deployment at a U.S. the U.S. Marine Corps Futenma Air Station in Okinawa early August 2013.

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More Ospreys at U.S. base in Japan

IWAKUNI, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows an MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft being brought in to the U.S. military's Iwakuni base in Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan, from a cargo ship on July 30, 2013. The vessel carried 12 MV-Ospreys to the Iwakuni base, prior to their deployment at the U.S. Marine Corps Futenma Air Station in Okinawa early August 2013.

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More Ospreys at U.S. base in Japan

IWAKUNI, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows an MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft being brought in to the U.S. military's Iwakuni base in Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan, from a cargo ship on July 30, 2013. The vessel carried 12 MV-Ospreys to the Iwakuni base, prior to their deployment at the U.S. Marine Corps Futenma Air Station in Okinawa early August 2013.

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More Ospreys at U.S. base in Japan

IWAKUNI, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows an MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft being brought in to the U.S. military's Iwakuni base in Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan, from a cargo ship on July 30, 2013. The vessel carried 12 MV-Ospreys to the Iwakuni base, prior to their deployment at the U.S. Marine Corps Futenma Air Station in Okinawa early August 2013.

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Osprey opponents block gates of Futenma air station

GINOWAN, Japan - Photo shows the Nodake gate of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture on Sept. 29, 2012, blocked by cars parked in front of the gate by local residents in an attempt to block the gate and prevent the planned deployment of the controversial MV-22 Osprey aircraft at the base. Okinawa residents blocked all three gates to the airbase, halting all vehicle traffic into and from the base ahead of the scheduled transfer of 12 Ospreys.

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U.S. Osprey aircraft at Iwakuni base

IWAKUNI, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows 12 MV-22 Ospreys at the U.S. Marine Corps' Iwakuni Air Station in Yamaguchi Prefecture on July 24, 2012. The press relations office of the Iwakuni base announced the engines of the U.S. military aircraft will be started up the same day as part of preparations for future flights.

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U.S. Ospreys aircraft arrive in Japan base

IWAKUNI, Japan - A U.S. Osprey military aircraft is towed after being unloaded at the U.S. Marine Corps' Iwakuni Air Station in Yamaguchi Prefecture from the U.S. commercial cargo ship Green Ridge on July 23, 2012. Carrying 12 U.S. Osprey military aircraft, the ship arrived at the air station in western Japan amid mounting local opposition against the planes due to concerns about their safety, which have been heightened by two recent crashes abroad.

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U.S. Ospreys aircraft arrive in Japan base

IWAKUNI, Japan - A U.S. Osprey military aircraft is towed after being unloaded at the U.S. Marine Corps' Iwakuni Air Station in Yamaguchi Prefecture from the U.S. commercial cargo ship Green Ridge on July 23, 2012. Carrying 12 U.S. Osprey military aircraft, the ship arrived at the air station in western Japan amid mounting local opposition against the planes due to concerns about their safety, which have been heightened by two recent crashes abroad.