US Military Helicopter Crashes on Japan Campus
Reuters - Aug 13 -- A U.S. military helicopter crashed and burst into flames on the grounds of a university on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa on Friday, injuring three military personnel, but there were no civilian injuries.
The incident, which took place during the summer school vacation, is likely to fan simmering resentment of the U.S. military on Okinawa ...
Navy Officials Find Jet Wreckage
SanDiego Channel.com, Aug 13
Navy officials said Friday that Air Force personnel found the wreckage of a San Diego-based Navy jet that crashed into a volcanic island in the Pacific...
Their plane, a S3B Viking twin-engine jet, was on a practice mission when it apparently struck a slope on Kita Iwo Jima-- an island about 625 miles southeast of Japan.