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Japan’s plan to stand up Marines unit in trouble as local governments unwilling to host MV-22s

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Japan is preparing to stand up its first amphibious infantry unit this month but the plan to have troops securing its southern islands is facing difficulties as local governments are not keen to host the MV-22 Osprey in their prefectures.

Exercise Iron Fist 2016, PHIBLEX Recon Insert 160224-M-RK999-142
By U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Kierkegaard, 1st Marine Division Combat Camera/Released [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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HMLA-367 flies AH-1W for final time

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Two AH-1Ws from HMLA-367 flew counter clockwise around the island of Oahu, Hawaii for the final time on Mar. 13 as the squadron retires the Whiskey model.

Two AH-1W Super Cobra helicopters prepare for landing on Marine Corps Base Hawaii, March 13, 2018. As a part of the transition to flying the AH-1Z Viper helicopters, Marine Light Attack Squadron took their last flight with AH-1Ws before their retirement. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Kathy Nunez)
Two AH-1W Super Cobra helicopters prepare for landing on Marine Corps Base Hawaii, March 13, 2018. As a part of the transition to flying the AH-1Z Viper helicopters, Marine Light Attack Squadron took their last flight with AH-1Ws before their retirement. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Kathy Nunez)

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