WASHINGTON – After briefing Japanese officials on how probes into two crashes involving Osprey planes are progressing, the U.S. Defense Department emphasized the safety and capability of the controversial aircraft amid concerns about their planned deployment to Okinawa.
After a meeting Friday in the suburbs of Washington, Pentagon press secretary George Little backed the tilt-rotor transport planes.
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