WASHINGTON — The U.S. Air Force has shelved a proposal to build two rocket landing pads on Johnston Atoll, a remote island in the central Pacific Ocean, following environmental concerns over potential harm to local wildlife, the U.S. military newspaper Stars and Stripes reported July 5.
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