The news comes less than a year after a deadly November CV-22 Osprey crash in Japan that claimed the lives of eight airmen.
AdvertisementJapan Ground Self-Defense Forces soldiers disembark from a V-22 Osprey aircraft.
Debris believed to be from a US military Osprey aircraft is seen in waters off the coast of Yakushima Island.
The cause of the Japan crash was determined to be the fracturing of a high-speed planetary pinion gear in the aircraft's prop rotor gearbox.
US Air Force photo/Senior Airman Christopher CallawayThe Gundam 22 crew did press on after the chip burn lights and did not violate their training.
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Locations:
Washington, Japan, Yakushima Island, California