'The US military wants to have checkups of Osprey aircraft at Iwakuni. It plans to fully deploy on Okinawa in October, but the Okinawans have rejected the US scheme because of security worries.

The Osprey, which is a hybrid aircraft with rotors that facilitate it to take off like a helicopter and engines that can tilt forward, powering it to fly like an airplane at much faster speed than a chopper, has an extremely poor safety record. Since its early years in 1990s, the aircraft has been plagued with multiple problems and suffered many accidents.'

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