Latest "Marine Corps air station Futenma" stories

Best pics of the week: April 18, 2021

A day battle drill at the Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range, refueling a Raptor over Alaska, an aircraft fire drill on the USS John S. McCain (DDG 56), and more in this week's Frontline Photos.

2 years ago

U.S. Air Force and New Jersey state fire protection specialists from the New Jersey Air National Guard's 177th Fighter Wing battle a simulated aircraft fire with Aqueous Film Forming Foam at Military Sealift Command Training Center East in Freehold, N.J., on June 12, 2015.

Are military efforts to clean up and replace toxic ‘forever chemicals’ cutting it?

PFAS contamination has become a military-wide problem, with more than 700 military installations having either confirmed or suspected cases of contamination.

By Philip Athey

3 years ago

Japan: US military coronavirus policy has multiple problems

“We have discovered a number of problems,” Defense Minister Taro Kono said

3 years ago

2 Marine installations in Japan lock down as COVID-19 returns to Okinawa

A day after Futenma issued its shelter-in-place order a Japanese man who lives near the airfield tested positive for the potentially deadly virus.

By Philip Athey

3 years ago

Best pics of the week: March 1, 2020

Drinking snake blood at Exercise Cobra Gold, freestyle drill routines, the agreement that may result in all foreign troops leaving Afghanistan, and more of this week's best military photos.

3 years ago

US military IDs sailor who allegedly killed Japanese woman; Marine commander asks for quiet mourning

A Marine commander in Japan has asked troops in Okinawa to keep a low profile to show respect after a sailor allegedly stabbed a Japanese woman and then killed himself.

4 years ago