Overview

• The Ministry of Defense’s Chugoku–Shikoku Defense Bureau formally notified Yamaguchi Prefecture and Iwakuni City that Field Carrier Landing Practice will take place at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni.
• Training is slated for weekdays only and includes night landings from 6:45 p.m. to 9:45 p.m.
• F-35C and F/A-18E aircraft are expected to participate, according to the notification.
• Iwakuni Mayor Yoshihiko Fukuda opposes the plan and will travel to Tokyo on Sept. 16 to request cancellation.
• Should the drills proceed, they would be the first FCLP at Iwakuni since September 2000, with both city and prefectural officials lodging objections.