About landing training of aircraft carrier George Washington carrier-based aircraft (request)

On September 14, the Ministry of Defense issued a notification regarding landing training for the aircraft carrier George Washington aircraft.

Following the four notifications since October 2007, this notification also states that NLP will not be implemented at Atsugi Base unless there are weather or other circumstances, and consideration was given to reducing noise at Atsugi base. I think.

However, if necessary training is not carried out at Iwo Jima, training for all models, including jet aircraft, may be conducted at Atsugi base. This is contrary to the wishes of residents around the Atsugi base, which has strongly requested that NLP be fully relocated from Atsugi base.

In your job, we strongly urge you to take care of the residents around the base who are suffering from noise damage on a daily basis, make every effort to improve the training environment, etc., and ensure that all training is conducted at Iwo Jima. .

September 15, 2009

Mr. Yasuichi Hamada, Minister of Defense