Commander of US Air Force in Okinawa reveals that parachute practice drops will be carried out “once a month”. (28ap24)
Splendor of Okinawa: Queen’s Wreath, roadside Uruma, 26ap24 Regional municipalities and the Prefecture have requested that no further parachute jump practices be carried out at the US Military Kadena Air Force Base. In response, on 26 April, Brig. Gen. Nicholas Evans, Commander, 18th Wing, Kadena Air Base, Japan. Revealed that the exercises would continue, but noted, “For the present, we’ll only carry out the exercises once a month. The next one is scheduled for the end of May.” The same day, Governor Denny Tamaki and the Kadena Town Assembly expressed absolute concern and protest over the normalization of the parachute drops. During an interview within Kadena Base with media companies, Commander Evans responded with the explanation that the exercises would continue within his base, until repairs at the Iejima Auxiliary Airfield were completed. However, the commander avoided statements about the state of the Iejima Base repairs. Infantry at Kadena Air Base have already received tr...