Marine Corps identifies captain killed in midair collision over Japan

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A 28-year-old Marine officer from Florida was among those killed when a military tanker and a fighter jet collided during midair refueling over Japan.

Capt. Jahmar F. Resilard was an F/A-18 Hornet pilot based out of a Marine Corps air station in western Japan and was recovered from the ocean following the training mishap.

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