Helicopter flights at JGSDF Camp Metabaru to resume, AH-64D still grounded

The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force will allow its helicopters based at Camp Metabaru to resume flying next week.

By Rikujojieitai Boueisho （陸上自衛隊 / Japan Ground Self-Defense Force） [CC BY 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons

However, a ban on the AH-64D remains. All rotocraft are also not to fly over the residential area where a Apache crashed on Feb. 5.