Article Photos: Ospreys fly to US base on Okinawa despite protests



  An Osprey aircraft departs from Iwakuni Air Base in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi prefecture, southern Japan, bound for Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Okinawa, Monday, Oct. 1, 2012. Okinawans stage a rally because the Ospreys will be deployed to Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, which the U.S. and Japan decided to close more than a decade ago. The base has remained in operation because a replacement site hasn't been readied. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, FRANCE, HONG KONG, JAPAN AND SOUTH KOREA

An Osprey aircraft departs from Iwakuni Air Base in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi prefecture, southern Japan, bound for Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Okinawa, Monday, Oct. 1, 2012. Okinawans stage a rally because the Ospreys will be deployed to Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, which the U.S. and Japan decided to close more than a decade ago. The base has remained in operation because a replacement site hasn't been readied. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, FRANCE, HONG KONG, JAPAN AND SOUTH KOREA