By SETH ROBSON AND HANA KUSUMOTO | STARS AND STRIPES Published: May 14, 2021 YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan A group of Japanese peace activists is up in arms about Air Force CV-22 Osprey aircraft flying over parts of Tokyo with the barrels of their unloaded machine guns visible. The Hamura Peace Committee shared its collected observations of flights from Yokota with the Mainchi newspaper, which published the group’s data on May 10. Members of the group told the newspaper they’ve seen the hybrid aircraft with its weaponry visible dozens of times since June 2018. The tiltrotor CV-22 Ospreys may be armed with one .50-caliber machine gun mounted on the rear ramp, according to an Air Force factsheet. The ramp must be lowered for the weapon to be seen or fired.
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Duncan Channon launches TV spots encouraging baseball fans - and mainlanders everywhere - to make time for the good things in life
As part of its continuing bid to grow as a lifestyle beer brand, Kona is doubling down on its successful ‘Dear Mainland’ campaign. With the Major League Baseball season now in swing, and restaurants and bars slowly opening up with safety protocols, Kona will air fun new TV spots that encourage baseball fans - and mainlanders everywhere - to make time for the good things in life. The lighthearted spots feature the laid back ‘bruddahs’ who playfully share their sage island wisdom with us and encourage mainlanders everywhere to have better balance in our lives.
By STARS AND STRIPES Published: April 22, 2021 An Air Force Special Operations AC-130J Ghostrider gunship is set to end this month’s Balikatan drills in the Philippines with a bang. In a first, the gunship will participate in close air support training at Crow Valley Military Reservation, a live-fire range north of Clark Air Base on the island of Luzon, Maj. Ken Kunze, a spokesman for the Okinawa-based 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, said in an email Thursday. The training will take place during a five-day window starting Saturday, he said. It will involve a gunship from the 73rd Special Operations Squadron out of Hurlburt Field, Fla., airmen from the 353rd Special Operations Group from Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, and Philippine joint terminal attack controllers from 710th Special Operations Wing, Kunze said.
The 1st Marine Aircraft Wing removed a tweet Monday of an Okinawa sunset photographed from a helicopter in flight after it provoked a sizeable negative response.
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