Since 1989, U.S. naval aviators have used the airstrip at Iwo Jima — known in Japan since 2007 as Iwo To — to simulate carrier landings. Conditions there are less than ideal, however. And Japan's plan for an alternate location recently hit a snag: https://www.stripes.com/japan-stalled-in-hunt-to-replace-iwo-jima-as-site-for-us-carrier-landing-practice-1.582709