Current Events (Sep 4 - Sep 10)

U.S. Navy to transport damaged destroyer from Singapore to Japan. Japan Times. Sep 8, 2017.

The U.S. Navy planned to transport the USS John S. McCain to Japan for a full damage assessment after a collision last month in which 10 sailors died between Malaysia and Singapore. The missile destroyer was moored at Singapore's Changi Naval Base and would be transported to Yosuka, where the navy had repair and maintenance facilities, would allow the crew to be close to their families, the Naval Systems Command Office said in a news release on Thursday.

ASDF fighters conduct drills with U.S. aircraft over East China Sea. Japan Times. Sep 9, 2017.

Japanese F-15 fighter jets on Saturday conducted an air exercise with U.S. B1-B bombers in the skies above the East China Sea, Japan's Air Self Defense Force (ASDF) said. The joint drill comes as South Korea braces for a possible further missile test by North Korea as it marked its founding anniversary. The exercise involved two U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer bombers flying from Andersen Air Force Base on the U.S. Pacific island territory of Guam, which were joined by two Japanese F-15 jet fighters.

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