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Futenma US Marine Corps base where a large number of Osprey transport aircraft operate in a highly residential area. The noise of these Ospreys is three times bigger than the normal aircraft. This is the main air base where around 30,000 US troops use for their air travel. Henoko base is being built as a relocating plan of Futenma base due to the opposition of the residents. In fact, the people oppose both the camps. It is not simply getting their lands back, but it is an opposition to making Okinawa the operational location for a war in Asia. The new site Henoko is less residential, but people in Okinawa oppose that too