The U.S. military has ended its search for five crew members of a Marine Corps KC-130 refueling aircraft that went down in the ocean 200 miles off the coats of Japan last week, after it collided mid-air with an F/A-18 fighter jet.
“The Marine Corps has pronounced the five remaining Marines involved in the F/A-18 and KC-130 aviation mishap deceased,” said statement released Okinawa, Japan. “The change in status comes at the conclusion of search and rescue operations.”
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