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Posted: 12/5/2018 6:42:40 PM EDT
7 crewmembers are believed to have been aboard the two aircraft at the time of the mishap.  The aircraft had launched from MCAS Iwakuni, with the mishap occurring at approximately 2 am local time, 6 December.  The aircraft were conducting routine training.  Search and rescue operations are underway.

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Mike
Link Posted: 12/5/2018 6:49:43 PM EDT
[#1]
Dammit.

Hope they are all found alive.
Night operations are the most dangerous.
Link Posted: 12/5/2018 6:53:01 PM EDT
[#2]
Came to post this, spotted your thread;

Seven Marines missing after planes crash off Japan during mid-air refueling

FOX

The aircraft -- a KC-130 and an F/A-18 Hornet -- had launched from Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni in southern Japan. The accident occurred at around 2 a.m. Thursday, local time (12 p.m. Wednesday ET).

A U.S. official told Fox News that seven Marines were on board the two aircraft. Two aviators were on the F/A-18 Hornet, while five Marines were on the KC-130.
Link Posted: 12/5/2018 6:57:16 PM EDT
[#3]

Praying they are found
Link Posted: 12/5/2018 7:12:38 PM EDT
[#4]
prayers for a safe recovery
Link Posted: 12/5/2018 10:35:27 PM EDT
[#5]
Elsewhere I saw that 1 person was found alive
Link Posted: 12/11/2018 1:43:13 AM EDT
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