USMC resumes flight operations of AV-8B in Japan

The U.S. Marine Corps has lifted the order to ground AV-8Bs in Japan following a crash on Sept. 22.

AV-8B flying over Macdill Air Force Base
By U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jason Robertson; The original uploader was Looper5920 at English Wikipedia, 2007-04-07 (original upload date) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Lt. Gen. Lawrence D. Nicholson, commanding general for III MEF, announces the resumption of AV-8B Harrier flight operations in Japan during a press conference Oct. 5, 2016 on Camp Foster, Okinawa.