HH-60 helicopter flights resumed

HH-60 helicopter flights resumed

KADENA, Japan - An HH-60 helicopter takes off from the U.S. Kadena Air Base in Okinawa Prefecture on Aug. 16, 2013. The U.S. military resumed flight operations of the HH-60 helicopter the same day, saying they found no abnormalities in other choppers of the same type following a fatal accident on Aug. 5.

HH-60 helicopter flights resumed

HH-60 helicopter flights resumed

KADENA, Japan - An HH-60 helicopter takes off from the U.S. Kadena Air Base in Okinawa Prefecture on Aug. 16, 2013. The U.S. military resumed flight operations of the HH-60 helicopter the same day, saying they found no abnormalities in other choppers of the same type following a fatal accident on Aug. 5.

HH-60 rescue helicopter at Kadena base

HH-60 rescue helicopter at Kadena base

NAHA, Japan - A member of the U.S. Air Force shows reporters an HH-60 rescue helicopter at the U.S. Kadena Air Base in Okinawa Prefecture on Aug. 14, 2013. An HH-60 crashed at the U.S. Marine Corps' Camp Hansen in the prefecture earlier in the month.

HH-60 rescue helicopter at Kadena base

HH-60 rescue helicopter at Kadena base

NAHA, Japan - Photo shows an HH-60 rescue helicopter at the U.S. Kadena Air Base in Okinawa Prefecture on Aug. 14, 2013. An HH-60 crashed at the U.S. Marine Corps' Camp Hansen in the prefecture earlier in the month.

U.S. helicopter crash in Okinawa

U.S. helicopter crash in Okinawa

GINOZA, Japan - U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Caleb Eames (C) briefs reporters outside Camp Hansen in Okinawa Prefecture on Aug. 6, 2013, on the crash of a HH-60 helicopter in the prefecture the previous day.

U.S. military helicopter crashes in Okinawa

U.S. military helicopter crashes in Okinawa

TOKYO, Japan - A July 2008 file photo shows an HH-60 rescue helicopter. A U.S. Air Force helicopter of the same type crashed in a mountainous area within a U.S. base in Okinawa Prefecture on Aug. 5, 2013.