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\nArticle by By: Geoff Ziezulewicz , Shawn Snow , and Tara Copp <\/p>\n
\nArticle by By: Geoff Ziezulewicz , Shawn Snow , and Tara Copp <\/p>\n
ChipNASA brought us the sad news yesterday evening. Two Marines have been recovered, and sadly one perished. The five remaining Marines are still missing, and the search continues.<\/p>\n
Search and rescue operations were underway off the Japanese coast early Thursday local time after a Marine Corps KC-130 with five crew members and an F\/A-18 fighter jet with two crew members collided midair at about 1:42 a.m., roughly 55 nautical miles south-southeast of Cape Muroto, Kochi Prefecture.<\/p>\n
Earlier today, military officials announced that one Marine had been rescued and was being evaluated by medical personnel at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, where the service members are based. Japanese officials later said the Marine was one of the F\/A-18 crew members.<\/p>\n
Later, Lt. Gen. Jerry Martinez, commander of U.S. Forces Japan, told Military Times that a second person had been recovered from the crash and was transported by helicopter back to Japan and was under evaluation.<\/p>\n
In a statement late Thursday local time, Okinawa-based III MEF said the second recovered Marine had ” been declared deceased by competent medical personnel.\u201d<\/p>\n
Neither Martinez nor III MEF would say which aircraft the deceased Marine was supporting at the time of the crash.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The entire article may be found at The Marine Times.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"