China News Service, August 6th. According to a report from Japan’s Okinawa Times on the 6th, on the 4th, an F15 fighter jet belonging to the U.S. Army in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan dropped a metal part weighing 3.6 kilograms from the air. The Okinawa prefectural government was notified 10 hours after the incident, and a series of actions triggered strong protests from the latter.
Data map: US military fighters.
According to reports, the F15 fighter aircraft that dropped the parts belonged to the Kadena base of the US military in Japan. The time of the drop was 10:30 am local time on the 4th, but the US military did not pass the Okinawa Defense Bureau until 8:45 that night. Report this to the Okinawa Prefecture Government.
After the accident, the US military in Japan continued to use relevant aircraft for training without detailed explanation of the cause of the accident.
Regarding this series of actions by the US troops stationed in Japan, Okinawa Prefecture Governor Tamaki Danny expressed a protest on the 5th. He first stated to the accident itself that the lives of the residents of the county are facing a very serious crisis. Then, he informed the county government 10 hours after the US military stationed in Japan, he called, "Hope (the US military) can quickly To inform the latest situation”.
Regarding the continued training of the US military on related aircraft types, Yucheng emphasized that “the US military should stop all training, investigate the cause of the accident, and make the results public.”
Data map: The people of Okinawa County in Japan request the withdrawal of US troops.
According to reports, although the location of the incident has not been made public, the report analysis said that it may be located in the sea area 97 kilometers southeast of the Kadena base, or the area along the National Highway 58 adjacent to the base airport. The dropped items were A device used by a fighter plane to fix ammunition.
For a long time, U.S. troops stationed in Okinawa have frequent crimes, crashes of military planes, falling objects and noise harassment, and the people of Okinawa have been unbearable. The Japanese and American governments reached an agreement on the relocation of the Futenma base of the US military in Japan, but the people of Okinawa opposed it and demanded that the base be completely closed or moved outside the prefecture.