CV-22 Wreckage, Crew Remains Located in Search Off Coast of Japan

U.S. and Japanese dive teams located the sunken fuselage of the Air Force Osprey that crashed Wednesday.

Monday, December 04, 2023 at 11:31 AM ET

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A CV-22 Osprey assigned to Air Force Special Operations Command prepares to land during an aerial demonstration at Wittman Regional Airport, Wisconsin in July, 2021. [Courtesy: U.S. Air Force]

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U.S. and Japanese search teams have located the sunken fuselage and remains of five additional crew members from an Air Force CV-22B Osprey that crashed off Japan last week.
This discovery brings the total confirmed recovered crew members to six, including Staff Sgt. Jacob “Jake” Galliher, with two of the eight crew members still unaccounted for.
The crash occurred on November 29 during a routine training mission, leading Japan to suspend its Osprey fleet operations, though U.S. military Osprey operations are ongoing pending investigation.

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U.S. and Japanese military search teams have located the sunken fuselage and remains of five additional crewmembers who were on board an Air Force CV-22B Osprey that crashed off the coast of Japan last week, Air Force Special Operations Command said Monday.

The CV-22B assigned to the Air Force’s 353rd Special Operations Wing at Yokota Air Base, Japan went down offshore of Yakushima Island Wednesday afternoon with eight crew members on board during a routine training mission. Shortly after the mishap, the remains of one crew member were recovered.