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Sunday, June 09, 2013

Amid safety fears, U.S. Navy jets train on Iwo Jima


Iwo Jima
Iwo Jima is a training site like no other.

The rugged volcanic crag was one of the most iconic battlegrounds of World War II, and is so isolated and barren it has almost never been inhabited by anyone other than military troops.

But from the perspective of U.S. Navy fighter pilots who regularly train on the island's one functioning airstrip, it is unique in another way.

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