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Japan-U.S. joint drill in southwestern Japan

A U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion transport helicopter takes part in a joint drill with Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force at an exercise ground in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Oita on Feb. 18, 2023. The drill, taking place from Feb. 16 to March 12, is designed to train for the defense of Japan's remote islands.

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Japan-U.S. joint drill in southwestern Japan

A U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion transport helicopter takes part in a joint drill with Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force at an exercise ground in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Oita on Feb. 18, 2023. The drill, taking place from Feb. 16 to March 12, is designed to train for the defense of Japan's remote islands.

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Window falls from U.S. chopper onto Okinawa school grounds

GINOWAN, Japan, Dec. 14 Kyodo - Students of Futenma Daini Elementary School in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on Dec. 14, 2017, look at the grounds where a window from a CH-53E U.S. military helicopter fell the previous day.

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Window falls from U.S. military chopper onto Okinawa school grounds

A CH-53E helicopter, with a tarpaulin affixed to its left window, is seen parked at the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 14, 2017. A metal-framed window weighing almost 8 kilograms fell from an aircraft onto the sports ground of a nearby elementary school the previous day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. military chopper bursts into flames on landing in Okinawa

Photo taken on Oct. 12, 2017, from a Kyodo News plane shows a wrecked U.S. CH-53E transport helicopter (front) that burst into flames the previous day near the military's training area in the northern part of Okinawa's main island. The site where the chopper made an emergency landing was only several hundred meters away from a residential area. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. military to remove CH-53E helicopter wreckage

U.S. military officials work in the village of Higashi, Okinawa Prefecture, on Oct. 19, 2017, to remove the wreckage of a CH-53E transport helicopter that crash landed in the area on Oct. 11. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. military to remove CH-53E helicopter wreckage

U.S. military officials work in the village of Higashi, Okinawa Prefecture, on Oct. 19, 2017, to remove the wreckage of a CH-53E transport helicopter that crash landed in the area on Oct. 11. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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CH-53E transport helicopter

A CH-53E transport helicopter is parked at U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on Dec. 18, 2017. A metal-framed window fell from the same type of helicopter onto the playground of an Okinawa elementary school near the base on Dec. 13. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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CH-53E transport helicopters

CH-53E transport helicopters are parked at U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on Dec. 18, 2017. A metal-framed window fell from the same type of helicopter onto the playground of an Okinawa elementary school near the base on Dec. 13. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. resumes flights of chopper type from which window fell on school

A CH-53E transport helicopter flies over Ginowan in Okinawa Prefecture on Dec. 19, 2017, marking the resumption of flights of the type of chopper from which a window fell in the southernmost Japan prefecture in the previous week. No one was injured in the incident in which the metal-framed window fell onto a school playground near U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma on Dec. 13. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. military CH-53E helicopter

A CH-53E transport helicopter flies at the U.S. Marine Corps' Air Station Futenma in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on Dec. 19, 2017. The U.S. military resumed flights of the helicopter type which was criticized after an incident in which a window fell into a local school. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Window falls from U.S. military chopper onto Okinawa school grounds

Investigators believed to be from the Okinawa prefectural police look at a CH-53E helicopter stationed at the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan in the southwestern Japanese prefecture on Dec. 14, 2017. A metal-framed window weighing almost 8 kilograms fell from an aircraft onto the sports ground of a nearby elementary school the previous day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Window falls from U.S. military chopper onto Okinawa school grounds

Tsutomu Kinjo (center L), head of the Komeito party's Okinawa branch, hands a letter of protest to Koichiro Nakajima, head of the Defense Ministry's Okinawa bureau, in the southwestern Japanese prefecture town of Kadena on Dec. 14, 2017. The protest letter was in response to the previous day's accident in which a metal-framed window, weighing almost 8 kilograms, fell from a U.S. military CH-53E chopper onto the sports ground of an elementary school in Okinawa. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Window falls from U.S. military chopper onto Okinawa school grounds

Photo taken on Dec. 13, 2017, from a Kyodo News plane shows the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan. A window from a CH-53E U.S. military helicopter fell onto the grounds of Futenma Daini Elementary School (bottom L) earlier in the day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Window falls from U.S. military chopper onto Okinawa school grounds

Photo taken on Dec. 13, 2017, from a Kyodo News plane shows the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan. A window from a CH-53E U.S. military helicopter fell onto the grounds of the adjacent Futenma Daini Elementary School earlier in the day. Six helicopters of the same type are pictured on the bottom right. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Window falls from U.S. chopper onto Okinawa school grounds

Students of Futenma Daini Elementary School in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on Dec. 14, 2017, look at the grounds where a window from a CH-53E U.S. military helicopter fell the previous day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Window falls from U.S. chopper onto Okinawa school grounds

Students arrive at Futenma Daini Elementary School in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan on Dec. 14, 2017, a day after a window from a CH-53E U.S. military helicopter fell onto the grounds of the school. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Window falls from U.S. chopper onto Okinawa school grounds

Photo taken on Dec. 13, 2017, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Futenma Daini Elementary School in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan. A window from a CH-53E U.S. military helicopter fell onto the grounds of the school earlier in the day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Window falls from U.S. chopper onto Okinawa school

Photo taken on Dec. 13, 2017, at Ginowan Police Station shows a window from a CH-53E U.S. military helicopter that fell onto the grounds of the Futenma Daini Elementary School in Ginowan in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Part of U.S. military chopper falls on to school grounds in Okinawa

File photo taken in October 2017 shows a U.S. military CH-53E transport helicopter. A piece from the same type of helicopter fell onto the grounds of an elementary school near the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan in Japan's southern island prefecture of Okinawa on Dec. 13. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan defense minister meets U.S. Pacific Command chief

Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera (L) and Adm. Harry Harris (R), commander of the U.S. Pacific Command, meet at the Defense Ministry headquarters in Tokyo on Nov. 16, 2017. Onodera asked Harris to ensure the safe operation of U.S. military aircraft following the crash of a CH-53E helicopter in Japan's southern island prefecture of Okinawa in October 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan defense minister meets U.S. Pacific Command chief

Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera (R) and Adm. Harry Harris, commander of the U.S. Pacific Command, shake hands at the Defense Ministry headquarters in Tokyo on Nov. 16, 2017. Onodera asked Harris to ensure the safe operation of U.S. military aircraft following the crash of a CH-53E helicopter in Japan's southern island prefecture of Okinawa in October 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. military resumes flights of CH-53E choppers

Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga speaks to reporters in Naha in Japan's southernmost island prefecture of Okinawa on Oct. 18, 2017, after the U.S. Marine Corps resumed flight operations of its CH-53E helicopters after one recently crash-landed. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. military resumes flights of CH-53E choppers

A U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E helicopter takes off from Air Station Futenma in Ginowan in Japan's southernmost island prefecture of Okinawa on Oct. 18, 2017, as the flight operations of the transport helicopters were resumed following a recent crash-landing of one of them. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. military resumes flights of CH-53E choppers

A U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E helicopter takes off from Air Station Futenma in Ginowan in Japan's southernmost island prefecture of Okinawa on Oct. 18, 2017, as the flight operations of the transport helicopters were resumed following a recent crash-landing of one of them. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. military resumes flights of CH-53E choppers

A U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E helicopter takes off from Air Station Futenma in Ginowan in Japan's southernmost island prefecture of Okinawa on Oct. 18, 2017, as the flight operations of the transport helicopters were resumed following a recent crash-landing of one of them. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. military resumes flights of CH-53E choppers

A U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E helicopter takes off from Air Station Futenma in Ginowan in Japan's southernmost island prefecture of Okinawa on Oct. 18, 2017, as the flight operations of the transport helicopters were resumed following a recent crash-landing of one of them. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. military to resume flights of CH-53E choppers

Photo taken Oct. 18, 2017, shows U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E helicopters (rear) at Air Station Futenma in Ginowan in Japan's southernmost island prefecture of Okinawa. The U.S. military will resume flight operations of the transport helicopters soon following a recent crash-landing of one of them. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. military to resume flights of CH-53E choppers

Photo taken Oct. 18, 2017, shows a U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E helicopter at Air Station Futenma in Ginowan in Japan's southernmost island prefecture of Okinawa. The U.S. military will resume flight operations of the transport helicopters soon following a recent crash-landing of one of them. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. to resume flights of CH-53 choppers, a week after accident

CH-53E transport helicopters are seen at U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Japan's southernmost island prefecture of Okinawa on Oct. 17, 2017. The U.S. Marine Corps in Okinawa said it will resume flight operations of CH-53Es on Oct. 18 after grounding the choppers following the crash-landing of one of them in the prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. military continues to ground CH-53E helicopters in Okinawa

U.S. CH-53E helicopters (rear) are grounded at the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Japan's southernmost island prefecture of Okinawa on Oct. 17, 2017. It was reported the same day the U.S. military will not allow the transport helicopters to return to service before concluding an investigation into a recent crash-landing of one of the aircraft in the northern part of Okinawa. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. military helicopter accident in Okinawa

Officers from the U.S. military and the Japanese Self-Defense Forces work near a destroyed CH-53E helicopter in Higashi, Okinawa Prefecture, on Oct. 13, 2017. The chopper caught fire during a training flight and was engulfed with flames on making an emergency landing. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. military helicopter accident in Okinawa

Japanese Self-Defense Force officers are briefed by a U.S. serviceman in Higashi, Okinawa Prefecture, on Oct. 13, 2017, after a CH-53E helicopter caught fire during a training flight and was engulfed with flames on making an emergency landing. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. military helicopter accident in Okinawa

Japan Self-Defense Force personnel gather near the accident site of a U.S. military CH-53E transport helicopter on Oct. 13, 2017, two days after it caught fire in midair and burst into flames on making an emergency landing in Higashi, Okinawa Prefecture, near the Northern Training Area. Japanese authorities do not have the right to search or seize U.S. military assets without consent under the Japan-U.S. status of forces agreement. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. military helicopter accident in Okinawa

U.S. servicemen inspect a wrecked CH-53E transport helicopter of the U.S. military on Oct. 13, 2017, two days after it caught fire in midair during a training flight and burst into flames on making an emergency landing in Higashi, Okinawa Prefecture, near the Northern Training Area. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. military helicopter accident in Okinawa

Photo taken Oct. 12, 2017 from a drone shows a wrecked CH-53E transport helicopter of the U.S. military that burst into flames as it made an emergency landing in Higashi, Okinawa Prefecture, near the Northern Training Area a day earlier. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. military helicopter accident in Okinawa

Photo taken Oct. 12, 2017 from a drone shows a wrecked CH-53E transport helicopter of the U.S. military that burst into flames as it made an emergency landing in Higashi, Okinawa Prefecture, near the Northern Training Area a day earlier. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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neU.S. military helicopter accident in Okinawa

Photo taken Oct. 12, 2017 from a drone shows a wrecked CH-53E transport helicopter of the U.S. military that burst into flames as it made an emergency landing in Higashi, Okinawa Prefecture, near the Northern Training Area a day earlier. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. military helicopter accident in Okinawa

Photo taken Oct. 12, 2017, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a wrecked CH-53E transport helicopter of the U.S. military that burst into flames as it made an emergency landing in Higashi, Okinawa Prefecture, near the Northern Training Area a day earlier. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. military helicopter accident in Okinawa

Photo taken Oct. 12, 2017, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a wrecked CH-53E transport helicopter of the U.S. military that burst into flames as it made an emergency landing in Higashi, Okinawa Prefecture, near the Northern Training Area a day earlier. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. military helicopter accident in Okinawa

Photo taken Oct. 12, 2017, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a wrecked CH-53E transport helicopter of the U.S. military that burst into flames as it made an emergency landing in Higashi, Okinawa Prefecture, near the Northern Training Area a day earlier. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Day after U.S. military chopper crash in Okinawa

Photo taken Oct. 12, 2017, shows a wrecked U.S. CH-53E transport helicopter that burst into flames the previous day near the military's training area in the northern part of Okinawa's main island. The chopper made an emergency landing on grazing land due to a fire that broke out midair, according to the U.S. Marines. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. military chopper bursts into flames on landing in Okinawa

Photo taken on Oct. 12, 2017, from a Kyodo News plane shows a wrecked U.S. CH-53E transport helicopter (front) that burst into flames the previous day near the military's training area in the northern part of Okinawa's main island. The site where the chopper made an emergency landing was only several hundred meters away from a residential area. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. military chopper bursts into flames on landing in Okinawa

Photo taken on Oct. 12, 2017, from a Kyodo News plane shows a wrecked U.S. CH-53E transport helicopter that burst into flames the previous day near the military's training area in the northern part of Okinawa's main island. The chopper made an emergency landing on grazing land due to a fire that broke out in midair, according to the U.S. Marines. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. military chopper bursts into flames on landing in Okinawa

Photo taken on Oct. 12, 2017, from a Kyodo News plane shows a wrecked U.S. CH-53E transport helicopter that burst into flames the previous day near the military's training area in the northern part of Okinawa's main island. The chopper made an emergency landing on grazing land due to a fire that broke out in midair, according to the U.S. Marines. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. military chopper bursts into flames on landing in Okinawa

Photo taken on Oct. 12, 2017, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a wrecked U.S. CH-53E transport helicopter that burst into flames the previous day near the military's training area in the northern part of Okinawa's main island. The chopper made an emergency landing on grazing land due to fire that broke out when it was in the sky, according to the U.S. Marines. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. military chopper bursts into flames on landing in Okinawa

Photo taken on Oct. 12, 2017, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a wrecked U.S. CH-53E transport helicopter that burst into flames the previous day near the military's training area in the northern part of Okinawa's main island. The chopper made an emergency landing on grazing land due to fire that broke out when it was in the sky, according to the U.S. Marines. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. military chopper bursts into flames on landing in Okinawa

Photo taken on Oct. 12, 2017, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a wrecked U.S. CH-53E transport helicopter that burst into flames the previous day near the military's training area in the northern part of Okinawa's main island. The chopper made an emergency landing on grazing land due to fire that broke out when it was in the sky, according to the U.S. Marines. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo