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Residents of Okinawa, Japan, recently voted overwhelmingly against plans to expand an existing U.S. military base on the island. Nearly half of all registered voters turned out for the balloting on Sunday, and nearly 75% of those voters stated they were opposed to building additional runways for U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) aircraft at Camp Schwab […]
According to recent U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) data, the Russian Far East chain, the Kuril Islands, was hit by a massive 6.3 magnitude earthquake, with initial reports stating a 6.5. The epicenter was south of the archipelago, approximately 93 miles from the closest town, Severo-Kurilsk. The quake occurred beneath the surface of the ocean, on its floor—exactly […]
A routine training flight off the coast of the Japanese island of Okinawa ended in yet another U.S. military aviation disaster on Sunday night, as a U.S. Air Force F-15 went down for unspecified reasons. The pilot was able to eject and was recovered in a search and rescue operation; he is currently listed in […]
I received some odd assignments as assistant adjutant of the 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) in the fall of 1962. I supervised the carving of a large pair of parachute wings out of ice for a formal ball. I ordered the names of officers departing from the Group headquarters engraved on boxes of dessert bronzeware […]
Amid growing safety concerns and recent aircraft mishaps, a U.S. Air Force F-16 jettisoned fuel pods into a Japanese lake, further escalating tensions and prompting local officials and residents to question the security measures of U.S. military flights over Japan.
Two Marine Corps helicopters were forced to conduct emergency landings in Japan’s Okinawa Prefecture since Saturday, further inflaming tense relations between the people of the island and the American military presence operating nearby. On Monday, a U.S. Marine Corps AH-1 attack helicopter was forced to make an emergency landing at a waste disposal site near […]
On Thursday, the Okinawa prefectural assembly voted unanimously in support of a resolution that demands the immediate suspension of U.S. Marine Corps aircraft conducting flights or drills over local schools and hospitals. The decision follows an incident that involved a window falling out of a Marine Corps CH-53 helicopter over an elementary school last week, […]
Approximately 220 South Korean Marines and 220 U.S. Marines pushed through the snow and bitterly cold air together in early December during a joint training exercise. The three weeks of training in sub-zero temperatures happen every year, this time at next year’s location for the Olympic Winter Games. The Marines pushed their bodies and honed […]
On Tuesday, a window out of a Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion fell from the skies above a Japanese elementary school. One 10-year-old boy playing in the nearby sports field suffered minor injuries. Many Japanese residents have grown increasingly frustrated with a slew of U.S. military incidents in their country, including aircraft failures and violent […]
An F-35 stealth aircraft suffered the loss of a two foot panel during a training mission recently near Okinawa. The panel, which was 12 inches by 24 inches, fell from the F-35A Lightning II on Thursday about 65 miles east of Okinawa. It was “most likely lost over the ocean,” according to a late Monday news release from 18th Wing Public […]
A Marine descends from an MV-22B Osprey during training at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Nov. 28, 2017.” Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Andy Martinez This article is courtesy of Fighter Sweep.
A Marine descends from an MV-22B Osprey during training at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Nov. 28, 2017. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Andy Martinez
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