Is the relocation of Futenma outside Okinawa out of the question?
CG Reich: Japan and the United States studied whether all the functions of Futenma can be moved outside Okinawa, and they realized that it is impossible. In particular, they concluded that the helicopter units need to be stationed in Okinawa. Courtesy of FBIS, a portal of the Open Source Center, which is the primary provider of open source information to the U.S. Government.