U.S. military deploys 5 Ospreys at Yokota base in Tokyo suburb

Five Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft were formally deployed Monday at the U.S. military's Yokota Air Base in the suburbs of Tokyo despite opposition and safety worries among local residents.Japan's Defense Ministry hopes the deployment of the CV-22 Ospreys will enable timely responses to various contingencies in the face of China's maritime assertiveness and uncertainty over the situation on the Korean Peninsula.It is the first deployment of Ospreys outside Okinawa in southwestern Japan where a total of 24 MV-22 Ospreys, a U.S. Marine Corps variant, are based. Okinawa is home to the bulk of U.S.…READ FULL ARTICLE