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Friday, August 27, 2004

General defends helicopter flight resumption in Okinawa
The commander of U.S. forces in Japan on Thursday defended the military�s handling of the Aug. 13 crash of a Marine helicopter in a university campus in Okinawa. Air Force Lt. Gen. Thomas Waskow told the Japan National Press Club the United States resumed flights of the CH-53D Sea Stallion helicopters Sunday because they had completed safety checks.

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