U.S. identifies airmen killed in Osprey crash as rescue mission becomes recovery operation

Dec. 5 (UPI) -- The U.S. military on Tuesday identified the eight U.S. airmen who died in last week's Osprey aircraft crash off the coast of Japan, as officials announced the search-and-rescue mission was transitioning to a recovery operation.

On Wednesday, a CV-22 Osprey crashed just off the shore of Yakushima, an island about 45 miles south of Kagoshima region.

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