Japan OKs U.S. flights of Ospreys in Japan after crash off Australia

The Defense Ministry said Friday it will allow the U.S. military to fly Ospreys in Japan, accepting U.S. assurances that the tilt-rotor aircraft is safe despite a fatal crash off the coast of Australia last week.Four Ospreys flew on Friday afternoon to Misawa Air Base in northeastern Japan from the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Okinawa, possibly to transport U.S. military personnel taking part in a Japan-U.S. drill in Hokkaido, according to a Japanese government source.The ministry decision was announced a day after the U.S. Marine Corps said in a statement that it had determined…READ FULL ARTICLE