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III MARINE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE
Okinawa, Japan

Dec 5, 2018

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP BUTLER, Okinawa, Japan - Search and rescue operations continue for U.S. Marine Corps aircraft that were involved in a mishap off of the coast of Japan around 2:00 a.m. Dec. 6. The aircraft involved in the mishap, a KC-130 and an F/A-18, had launched from Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni and were conducting regularly scheduled training when the mishap occurred. Japanese search and rescue aircraft immediately responded to aid in recovery. The circumstances of the mishap are currently under investigation. There is no additional information available at this time. Media can contact the III Marine Expeditionary Force media desk at IIIMEFMEDIA@usmc.mil.

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