Stars and Stripes
Take a look at the Chinook Helicopter
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- Take a look at the Chinook Helicopter
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
- Description
- The Chinook Helicopter (CH-47) is a heavy-lift cargo and troop transport helicopter used by the United States Army. It features a tandem rotor design and ramp access, allowing it to operate in conditions, terrains, and elevations that other Army aircraft cannot. The CH-47 is capable of supporting a variety of missions, including search and rescue, casualty evacuation, special operations and humanitarian and disaster relief efforts.
Watch this video for details.
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- Sights and sounds from the 250th birthday celebration of the US Army
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- Take a look at the sights and sounds from the 250th birthday celebration of the United States Army. A military parade was held on June 14, 2025 to celebrate the Army's 250th birthday.
Watch this video for details.
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- Live fire drills near Mount Fuji focus on island defense
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force held its 67th annual live-fire exercise at the Higashi-Fuji Maneuver Area near Mount Fuji, June 8, 2025. More than 2,000 troops participated in the training, which focused on remote island defense and drew more than 20,000 spectators.
Akifumi Ishikawa/Stars and Stripes
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- USS George Washington starts first patrol since returning to Japan
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- A steady drizzle accompanied the USS George Washington on Tuesday as the aircraft carrier steamed out of Tokyo Bay and began its first patrol since returning to Japan last year.
Read more at: https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2025-06-10/george-washington-carrier-patrol-pacific-18071934.html
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- Wall climbed during D-Day on display at National World War II Museum
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- Fragments from the Atlantic Wall from Utah Beach in German-occupied France during the Normandy landings on D-Day, June 6, 1944, are on display outside of the National World War II Museum in New Orleans, LA. Watch this video for details.
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- 101st Airborne Division Normandy battlefield tour
- Date posted
- 11 months ago
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- Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division took a battlefield tour around the Carentan, France area, riding in vintagwe World War II vehicles. During the tour 14 Screaming Eagles reenlisted
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- Japan’s elite White Angels lead motorcycle safety training at US Navy base
- Date posted
- 11 months ago
- Description
- The Japanese police motorcycle unit known as the White Angels helped teach motorcycle safety to sailors at Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, May 29, 2025.
Produced by Akifumi Ishikawa/Stars and Stripes
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- Army’s former top enlisted leader visits soldiers in South Korea
- Date posted
- 11 months ago
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- Former Sgt. Maj. of the Army Michael Grinston spoke with soldiers at Camp Humphreys, South Korea, on May 19, 2025.
Read more about his visit here: https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2025-05-19/army-emergency-relief-grinston-korea-17840579.html
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- Afghanistan veteran featured speaker at Memorial Day ceremony at Vietnam War Memorial
- Date posted
- 11 months ago
- Description
- France Hoang is an entrepreneur and national security expert with over 25 years of service across every branch of the U.S. Government. Born in Vietnam, he was airlifted out of Saigon in April 1975, days before it fell to communist forces, and proudly grew up in Tumwater, Washington.
France served as executive officer of a United States Army special forces company during a combat deployment in Afghanistan for Operation Enduring Freedom where he supported 87 Green Berets during a 7-month deployment and participated in 30 combat missions that disrupted insurgent leadership networks in four provinces.
He was one of the featured speakers during the Memorial Day ceremony at the Vietnam War Memorial. Watch this video for details.
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- Superintendent of National Mall and Memorial Parks gives remarks at Vietnam War Memorial
- Date posted
- 11 months ago
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- Dr. Kevin Griess, the Superintendent of National Mall and Memorial Parks delivered opening remarks during the Memorial Day ceremony at the National Vietnam War Memorial. Watch this video for details.
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- Suicide prevention at forefront of Memorial Day for Fisher House
- Date posted
- 11 months ago
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- On average, 17 veterans commit suicide each day. That is a problem Fisher House Foundation and its CEO and Chairman, Ken Fisher feels the need to be addressed.
Watch this video for details.
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- Against the odds, DODEA students stage evening of music, theater and art #shorts
- Date posted
- 11 months ago
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- High school students at the U.S. airlift hub in western Tokyo recently transformed their school into a gallery and a stage for a night celebrating creativity, resilience and the arts. #shorts
Read more at: https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2025-05-21/evening-of-arts-yokota-high-japan-17862199.html
Produced by Akifumi Ishikawa/Stars and Stripes
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- Godzilla roars to life at new art exhibit in Tokyo
- Date posted
- 11 months ago
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- Godzilla’s iconic roar has rumbled across the big screen since the monster’s debut in 1954. More than 70 years later, artists from around the world are paying tribute to the legendary creature in a new exhibit at the Mori Arts Center in Tokyo.
Read more at:
https://www.stripes.com/living/pacific_travel/quick_trips/2025-05-15/godzilla-art-exhibit-tokyo-japan-17762422.html
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- Kymeta has options for satellite communications
- Date posted
- 11 months ago
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- Kymeta, who runs an Intelligent Communications Platform to enable network access and spatial intelligence, anytime and everywhere, was at Modern Day Marine 25' showing off their capabilities.
Watch this video for details.
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- Millennial memories: DODEA school in Japan open time capsules buried 25 years ago #shorts
- Date posted
- 11 months ago
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- A brick-sized cellphone, a Pokemon card and a purple Teletubbies toy were among the items pulled from a pair of time capsules buried a quarter-century ago in a schoolyard at Yokota Air Base, Japan. #shorts
Read more at: https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2025-05-02/yokota-time-capsule-pokemon-teletubbies-17653126.html
Produced by Akifumi Ishikawa/Stars and Stripes
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- Stratom shows autonomous capabilities at Modern Day Marine
- Date posted
- 12 months ago
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- Stratom provides autonomous defense systems and uses the only advanced robotic system of its kind for refueling, recharging and liquid transfer. At Modern Day Marine 25', they talked about how they securely and efficiently service aircraft, drones, UAV's, AGV's and autonomous fleets in military operations.
Watch this video for details.
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- Restoration work begins on concrete wharves that tethered doomed USS Arizona
- Date posted
- 12 months ago
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- Visitors to the USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, will get an extra eyeful in coming months as crews work to restore a pair of historic quays where the doomed battleship was moored on the morning of the 1941 Japanese surprise attack.
Learn more about the restoration at: https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2025-04-29/uss-arizona-restoration-pearl-harbor-17626739.html
File footage by Aaron Kidd/Stars and Stripes
Edited by Akifumi Ishikawa/Stars and Stripes
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- North Korea lashes out at ‘Swan of Death’ bomber deployment in Japan
- Date posted
- 12 months ago
- Description
- The official voice of North Korea’s authoritarian regime recently denounced the appearance of Air Force long-range bombers in Japan as a “vicious change” and a “threat to regional security.”
Read more at: https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2025-04-25/north-korea-b1-bombers-japan-17574343.html
Footage by U.S. Air Force
Edited by Akifumi Ishikawa/Stars and Stripes
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- Stealth fighters play aggressors in US South Korea tactical airpower drills
- Date posted
- 12 months ago
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- The U.S. and South Korean air forces last week began a large-scale airpower exercise designed to simulate realistic, tactical warfare.
Read more about the exercise here: https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2025-04-21/f35-airpower-exercise-south-korea-17531900.html
Footage by U.S. Air Force and U.S. Marines
Edited by Akifumi Ishikawa/Stars and Stripes
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- ThayerMahan holds christening of unmanned acoustic surveillance vessel at Sea Air Space 25'
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- ThayerMahan held a christening of unmanned acoustic surveillance vessel at Sea Air Space 2025 in National Harbor, Md. Watch this video for details.
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- Citizen Honors awardees proud to carry tradition
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- The Congressional Medal of Honor Society held its annual Citizen Honors Awards in Arlington, Va, on March 25, 2025, to recognize five United States citizens and one nonprofit organization who have exemplified Medal of Honor values. Watch this video for details.
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- Textron Aviation Defense aims to show training system 'made for Americans' at Sea-Air-Space 25'
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Textron Aviation Defense in association with Leonardo DRS displayed the United States of America Navy’s Undergraduate Jet Training System at Sea-Air-Space 2025. Watch this video for details.
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- Cherry blossoms reach full bloom in Yokohama
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Experience the sights and sounds of Negishi Forest Park, a former U.S. military housing area in Yokohama, Japan, as the cherry blossoms reach peak bloom.
Produced by Akifumi Ishikawa/Stars and Stripes
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- BAE Systems shows Bofors 40 Mk4 Naval Gun at Sea-Air-Space
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- The Bofors 40 Mk 4 by BAE Systems premiered in the United States during the Sea-Air-Space 2025 at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, MD. The 40mm gun system provides lethality at a close-in range against missile and drone targets. Watch this video for details.
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- The #army tests policies to allow ride-share drivers on bases.
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- The Army is testing a program at six bases to grant access to vetted ride-share drivers to improve and standardize transportation options across the service.
Read more at: https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2025-03-24/army-soldiers-ride-share-program-17248354.html
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- Sights and sounds: Camp Zama’s Cherry Blossom Festival
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Camp Zama’s annual Cherry Blossom Festival drew about 6,000 people to the home of U.S. Army Japan near Tokyo on March 22, 2025, even though the flowers had yet to bloom.
Read more at: https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2025-03-24/spring-base-festivals-sakura-japan-17244079.html
Produced by Akifumi Ishikawa/Stars and Stripes
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- Tsunami memorial serves as a call to never forget
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Along the coastline of Japan’s Iwate prefecture, where a tsunami swept away entire communities on March 11, 2011, a single tree remains as a symbol of endurance.
Footage by Aaron Kidd/Stars and Stripes
Edited by Akifumi Ishikawa/Stars and Stripes
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- Tsunami struck Japanese hotel stands as a testament to resilience after tragedy
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Perched along the scenic coastline of Japan’s Iwate prefecture, the Taro Kanko Hotel once stood as a symbol of hospitality, offering guests views of the Pacific Ocean and the nearby Sannoiwa Rocks. However, on March 11, 2011, the Great East Japan Earthquake unleashed a devastating tsunami that irrevocably altered the landscape and the hotel’s fate.
Footage by Aaron Kidd/Stars and Stripes
Edited by Akifumi Ishikawa/Stars and Stripes
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- US, South Korea test combat coordination near border, drawing North’s ire
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Machine gun and artillery fire echoed through a barren valley Monday as U.S. and South Korean troops trained together in freezing temperatures, just 16 miles from the border with North Korea.
Learn more at: https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2025-02-10/army-live-fire-exercise-north-korea-16783516.html
Footage by David Choi/Stars and Stripes
Edited by Akifumi Ishikawa/Stars and Stripes
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- Sights and sounds: Japan’s snow sports mecca
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Yuzawa, a skiing mecca in Japan’s Niigata prefecture, is one of the most accessible snow sports destinations for U.S. troops stationed in or near Tokyo.
Footage by Seth Robson/Stars and Stripes
Edited by Akifumi Ishikawa/Stars and Stripes
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- Americans get a taste of Japanese culture at Air Force base in western Tokyo
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Hundreds of guests showed up Friday to enjoy Japan Culture Day Japan Culture Day, an annual event that combines traditional dancing and music, such as taiko, or Japanese drums, tea ceremonies and foods like mochi, or rice cake.
Read more at https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2025-01-24/japanese-culture-day-yokota-tokyo-16586474.html
Produced by Akifumi Ishikawa/Stars and Stripes
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- US-Japan exercise builds on response to massive earthquake on Noto Peninsula
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- U.S. Army aviators and Japanese troops rehearsed their disaster response techniques, a year after flying real-world missions for victims of a deadly earthquake on Japan’s western coast.
Read more at: https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2025-01-15/japan-earthquake-army-disaster-response-16487721.html
Footage by U.S. Air Force and U.S. Army
Edited by Akifumi Ishikawa/Stars and Stripes
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- 12-nation airborne drill in Japan focuses on defending remote islands
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- American troops recently joined a 12-nation parachute drill near Tokyo to hone skills needed to recapture remote Japanese islands.
Read more at: https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2025-01-13/japan-airborne-drill-island-defense-16473327.html
Footage by U.S. Air Force
Edited by Akifumi Ishikawa/Stars and Stripes
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- President Carter takes final ride through DC
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- On Jan. 7, 2025, the motorcade carrying former President Jimmy Carter arrived at the Navy Memorial in Washington, D.C. and carried the former President to lie in state at the United States Capitol. Watch this video for details.
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- In memoriam: Jimmy Carter
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Jimmy Carter, the longest-lived American president died on Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024. He was 100 years old.
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- Military Bowl more than game to MOH recipient
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- The Military Bowl was a contest between East Carolina and North Carolina State, but for Medal of Honor recipient Brian Thacker, the game was only a symbolization of a bigger purpose.
Watch this video for details.
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- 2024 Best Europe Sports Photos
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- See the best photos by the Stars and Stripes Europe staff of DODEA high school and European Forces Swim League sports from 2024.
Photo Editor/Producer: Michael Abrams/Stars and Stripes
Music:
"Cool Rock" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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- Family hosts final light shows at Yokota Air Base
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- A Coast Guard officer stationed at this airlift hub in western Tokyo is lighting up the holiday season one last time.
Read more at https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2024-12-18/christmas-light-show-yokota-japan-16212377.html
Produced by Akifumi Ishikawa/Stars and Stripes
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- Christmas comes early for Pacific islanders courtesy of Santa 41 and its helpers
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Inhabitants of this remote atoll rushed onto a beach Wednesday as a U.S. Air Force plane prepared to drop crates filled with much-needed supplies and some Christmas cheer.
Read more at https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2024-12-11/operation-christmas-drop-yokota-micronesia-16138676.html
Imagery by Alex Wilson/Stars and Stripes
Edited by Akifumi Ishikawa/Stars and Stripes
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- Tree lighting ceremony in Japan stars Santa Claus, Navy mascot
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Santa Claus and Yoko-Pon, the beloved official mascot for Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, helped usher in the holiday season with a tree-lighting ceremony near the home of the U.S. 7th Fleet.
Produced by Akifumi Ishikawa/Stars and Stripes
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- National Museum of American Jewish Military History aims to educate visitors
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- The National Museum of American Jewish Military History, located in Washington, D.C., educates the public concerning the courage, heroism and sacrifices made by Jewish Americans who served in the armed forces and works to combat anti-Semitism. Watch this video for details.
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- Sights and sounds from the 125th Army-Navy game
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- For the 125th time, the Army and Navy football teams clashed in a showdown at Northwest Stadium in Landover, MD. Navy won the game, 31-13. Check out the sights and sounds from the game.
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- DOD intercepts ballistic missile target in test from Guam
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- The Missile Defense Agency on Guam has carried out its first live intercept of a ballistic missile target, a “critical milestone” in the effort to create a defensive network to shield the American territory, the agency said.
Read more at https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2024-12-10/guam-ballistic-missile-intercept-test-16126720.html
Footage by Nancy Jones-Bonbrest/Missile Defense Agency
Edited Akifumi Ishikawa/Stars and Stripes
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- Sights and sounds: Tokyo Comic Con 2024
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- This year’s Tokyo Comic Con, held Dec. 6-8 at Makuhari Messe Convention Center just east of the city center, kicked off with an ceremony featuring celebrity guests, including Jason Mamoa, star of “Aquaman” and the upcoming “Minecraft” movie.
Read more at https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2024-12-09/tokyo-comic-con-2024-photos-16114799.html
Produced by Akifumi Ishikawa/Stars and Stripes
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- Yokota community runs to remember fallen Osprey crew a year after crash
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Hundreds of runners gathered at Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo on Wednesday morning to honor eight airmen who died when a CV-22 Osprey went down off Japan’s coast a year ago.
Read more at https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2024-11-27/yokota-osprey-crash-memorial-run-15981477.html
Produced by Akifumi Ishikawa/Stars and Stripes
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- ‘Pilot error’ behind Japanese Osprey mishap
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- ‘Pilot error’ behind Japanese Osprey mishap
Japan’s Osprey fleet resumed flying Nov. 14 after investigators ruled that pilot error resulted in damage to one of the tiltrotor aircraft during a joint exercise with U.S. forces last month.
Read more at: https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2024-11-14/japan-osprey-mishap-report-15843522.html
Footage by Kichi Iranai Team Ishigaki
Edited by Akifumi Ishikawa/Stars and Stripes
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- Special Olympians Compete at Air Force base in Tokyo
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- More than 100 young athletes from across Japan gathered recently for the 45th Kanto Plains Special Olympics at Yokota Air Base, Japan.
Read more at: https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2024-11-11/special-olympics-air-force-japan-15819503.html
Produced by Akifumi Ishikawa/Stars and Stripes
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- DODEA school’s anti-bullying walk encourages students to stand up for others
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Sporting orange clothing and carrying signs, more than 100 middle-schoolers, staff and community members gathered this week to deliver an anti-bullying message at Yokota Air Base, the airlift hub in western Tokyo.
Read more at: https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2024-10-31/anti-bullying-walk-yokota-japan-15686638.html
Produced by Akifumi Ishikawa/Stars and Stripes
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- Sights and Sounds from the 49th Marine Corps Marathon
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- The 49th annual Marine Corps Marathon was held in Washington, D.C. on Oct.27, 2024. Watch this video for details.
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- Marines practice repelling invasion from disputed South China Sea waters
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- U.S. and Filipino marines used live fire this week to rehearse their defense against a hostile amphibious landing, less than 150 miles from the August scene of a coast guard clash between China and U.S.-ally the Philippines.
Read more at: https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2024-10-23/kamandag-philippines-palawan-invasion-15598204.html
Footage by U.S. Marine Corps
Edited by Akifumi Ishikawa/Stars and Stripes
