NHK reported online this morning that pre-flight inspections will be conducted for U.S. military Ospreys at the SDF’s Camp Kisarazu in Chiba Prefecture sometime after Sept. 5, saying that the Kisarazu city projects that the first test flight may be carried out as early as the end of this month. The network, noting the recent spate of incidents involving the Osprey at home and abroad, said Kisarazu is hoping that the U.S. military will conduct the test flights safely in order to ease the concerns of its citizens.