The citizens’ group tested people ages 21 and 91, mostly living in Kokubunji city, according to a report. Kokubunji is downstream and about 6 miles east of Yokota Air Base.
Andrew Hakun, 52, a Navy veteran and father of two boys, died in February 2021 after a long, agonizing wait for surgery following a heart attack at this base in western Tokyo, according to his widow and medical records.
The U.S. Air Force leads the way on Operation Christmas Drop and was joined this year by air force crews and aircraft from Japan, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand and India. Ten other nations, including the United Kingdom, Germany, Indonesia and Malaysia, sent observers to see the missions in action.
The Air Force has expressed sympathy for a Japanese high school girl struck by a U.S. airman’s car days before his newly formed drone squadron began operating from her city on Kyushu island.