WASHINGTON: The United States said Friday it would delay flights of its Osprey aircraft in Japan until it wins the confidence of its close ally in the wake of protests by residents concerned over crashes. Hoping to keep a new rift with Japan from intensifying, the US military tried to win over Defense Minister Satoshi Morimoto by flying him on one of the hybrid aircraft when he visited the Pentagon. US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta vouched for the Osprey MV-22 and said he had flown in the aircraft repeatedly. But he said the United States would keep the aircraft grounded in Japan until completing a report on...
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