A squadron of U.S. F-16 fighter jets in Japan has been grounded for
safety checks after one of their aircraft crashed in the Pacific,
military officials said Thursday.
The crash comes as an uproar in Japan has been raised over the deployment of the U.S. Marine Corps' latest transport plane, the MV-22 Osprey, to the southern island of Okinawa. Two Ospreys have crashed since April and swelling opposition to their deployment has become a major political headache for Tokyo and Washington.
The F-16 with the 35th Fighter Squadron at Misawa Air Base crashed Sunday about 250 miles (400 kilometers) off the coast of Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost main island. It was the first crash of an F-16 out of Misawa since 2002.
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The crash comes as an uproar in Japan has been raised over the deployment of the U.S. Marine Corps' latest transport plane, the MV-22 Osprey, to the southern island of Okinawa. Two Ospreys have crashed since April and swelling opposition to their deployment has become a major political headache for Tokyo and Washington.
The F-16 with the 35th Fighter Squadron at Misawa Air Base crashed Sunday about 250 miles (400 kilometers) off the coast of Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost main island. It was the first crash of an F-16 out of Misawa since 2002.
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