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       5 Bodies Found After Days of Searching for U.S. Military Aircraft in Japan

       The remains of a 24-year-old airman were found last week after the CV-22 Osprey went down during a training exercise. Two other crew members remain unaccounted for.

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       Japan Coast Guard rescue operations off the coast of Yakushima Island last week. Credit...Kyodo News, via Associated Press

       By Hikari Hida and John Yoon

       Hikari Hida reported from Tokyo, and John Yoon from Seoul.

       Dec. 4, 2023

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       The U.S. Air Force said on Monday that the bodies of five crew members had been found alongside the wreckage of a CV-22 Osprey that went down during a routine training exercise last week in southern Japan.

       Two crew members remain unaccounted for, and the remains of one had been discovered on Wednesday, the day of the crash. Over the weekend, the Air Force identified that airman as Staff Sgt. Jacob M. Galliher, 24. The body of Sergeant Galliher, a young father who went by the first name Jake, had been found by the Japan Coast Guard.

       Pieces of the fallen aircraft had been located on the ocean floor on Wednesday less than a mile from the Japanese island of Yakushima, according to the Japan Coast Guard. The U.S. Air Force said that a breakthrough in the five-day search came on Monday, when a combined Japanese and American team found the Osprey’s fuselage.

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       Hikari Hida reports from the Tokyo bureau, where she covers news and features in Japan. She joined The Times in 2020. More about Hikari Hida

       John Yoon reports from the Seoul newsroom of The Times. He previously reported for the coronavirus tracking team, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service in 2021. He joined The Times in 2020. More about John Yoon

       A version of this article appears in print on Dec. 5, 2023, Section A , Page 11 of the New York edition with the headline: Five More Crew Members Found Dead After Crash Of U.S. Osprey Off Japan . Order Reprints | Today’s Paper | Subscribe

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