米軍機墜落を想定　日米が合同訓練―沖縄

　米軍機の墜落事故を想定した日米合同訓練が２１日、米軍施設「嘉手納マリーナ」（沖縄県嘉手納町）で行われた。米空軍と地元の消防や警察など約９０人が参加し、消火やけが人救助などの手順を確認した。
　訓練は、米軍ヘリが２００４年、沖縄国際大学に墜落した事故を契機に０７年から年１回実施。今回は、嘉手納飛行場を離陸した航空機が付近の公園に墜落し、民間人らが重軽傷を負ったという想定で行った。（2024/03/21-14:51）

Japan and the United States held a joint drill at a U.S. military facility in southwestern Japan on Thursday to practice responding to a U.S. military aircraft crash.
   The drill at the Kadena Marina facility in the town of Kadena, Okinawa Prefecture, was attended by 90 people mainly from the U.S. Air Force and local police and fire departments.
   Such a drill has been held once a year since 2007, after a U.S. military helicopter crashed into Okinawa International University in 2004.
   Thursday's drill was held under a scenario that civilians suffered serious or minor injuries after an aircraft that left the U.S. military's Kadena Air Base crashed into a nearby park. Participants checked procedures step by step, including extinguishing fires and rescuing injured people.
   Col. Justin Morrison of the 18th Civil Engineer Group at the base said that the U.S. military considers the safety of its members and local residents as its first priority.