TOKYO (AP) – The US Marines have identified a dead fighter pilot after his fighter plane collided with a refueling plane during a training off the coast of Japan, leaving five others Marines gone missing and one saved.
Two pilots were flying an F / A-18 Hornet that collided with a KC-130 Hercules at about 2 am Thursday. The other pilot was saved and the crew of the refueling plane is missing.
The Marine Corps identified the deceased crew member as Captain Jahmar Resilard, 28, of Miramar, Florida. He served with the Marine All Weather Fighter 242 Attack Squadron, stationed at Iwakuni Marine Corps Air Base in Yamaguchi, Japan.
"Bats are deeply saddened by the loss of Captain Jahmar Resilard, who was an efficient and dedicated leader who is busy with it, and his Marines and other passionate fighter pilots," he said. in a statement Lt. Col. James Compton, Squadron Commander.
"His warm and charismatic character has brought us closer and he will be sorely missed," he added. .
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The Marine Corps Band called "The Presidents Own" was created in 1798. Here they are in 1893.
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Marines pose for a photo in Egypt in 1907.
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Marines pose with a German trench mortar in 1918.
Photo Credit : US Marine Corps [19659016] The Navies of the First World War circa 1918.
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The Marines exercise a combat training exercise in Germany in 1918.
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Grumman FF-2, circa 1930
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Pearl Harbor survivor Technical Sergeant Anglin December 8, 1941.
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The Marines admire a photo of a pin-up girl in 1943 in Japan.
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James Wrobel, designer of the VMF-312 badge, circa 1943
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Marines land on the Japanese island from Saipan. 1944
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The Marines stationed at Bougainville
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The Marines are waiting for the distribution of letters from their country of origin.
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Pictured in the photo: "Code Talkers" (Code Talkers) in 1943: A group of people that Native American Marines used their native language to relay coded messages.
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Marines fire 155-millimeter Iwo Jima howitzer
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A naval officer administers blood plasma to a navy. 1944
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Marines are surrounded by bullet shells at the base of Mount Suribachi
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Marines raise the American flag at Iwo jima. 1945
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The Marines celebrate the end of the Second World War. 1945
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1950 Korean War.
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A Navy woman begins training at Parris Island, South Carolina, 1949
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Marines queuing to receive items from home. Soda, candies and cigarettes
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A welcome banner can be seen here in Vietnam welcoming the Marines at Danang in 1965.
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A sailor rests as long as he can in Vietnam. 1968.
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Moment of Peace: Corporal Larry G. Nabb (Brush, Colorado) finds a moment of peace in front of a beautifully decorated Christmas tree at the Quang Tri Battle Base. Nabb is a truck driver in the battalion headquarters of the 3rd Marine Division and is one of thousands of Marines celebrating their Christmas in Vietnam.
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First-class soldier Ronald Duplantis prepares an enemy 122mm expedition field gun.
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Marines carry supplies from a cargo plane to a nearby base. 1969.
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Marines register to vote in the 1969 presidential election.
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David Gurfein seated next of a Christmas tree in Saudi Arabia while serving during Operation Desert Shield / Storm.
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US Kirk Dalrymple, the assault on the Marine Corp, looks at the statue of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein falling in the center of Baghdad in this archival photo of 9 April 2003. US troops shot down a statue of President Saddam Hussein, in central Baghdad, from a height of six meters, and the Iraqis danced on it to despise the man who had ruled them for 24 years. In scenes reminiscent of the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, Iraqis had previously taken a hammer to climb on the marble base under the statue of Saddam. REUTERS / Goran Tomasevic / Files (IRAK – Tags: TPX DAYS CONFLICT IMAGES) ATTENTION – THIS PICTURE IS PART OF THE PACKAGE & # 39; 30 YEARS OF REUTERS & # 39; TO FIND THE 56 SEARCH IMAGES & # 39; 30 YEARS & # 39;
Marines can be seen fighting in Fallujah in 2004.
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The Marines & # 39; Darkhorse & # 39; have lost the largest number of men in Afghanistan compared to any other Marine unit. They can be seen here in 2010.
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Cpl. Chris Lawler observes an F / A-18C Hornet approach with the Hunters Attack Squadron (VMFA) 122 during the 2016 Pitch Black exercise on August 9, 2016.
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Approximately 20,000 recruits are trained Parris Island each year.
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Sgt. Justin Glenn Burnside motivates a recruit with the company Echo, 2nd Recruits Training Battalion
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The Marines take an oath at the US Naval Academy graduation in 2012. [19659011] Photo Credit: US Marine Corps
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The Marines reported that both aircraft were engaged in routine training, including in-flight refueling, but that they were still investigating the causes of the accident.
President Donald Trump tweeted this information. Thoughts and prayers accompanied the Marine Corps crew members involved in the collision. He thanked US forces in Japan for their "immediate response and rescue efforts" and said, "Whatever your needs, we are here for you."
This accident is the latest in a recent series of accidents involving the US military deployed in and near. Japan.
Last month, a US Navy F / A-18 Hornet from the USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier crashed into the sea southwest of the South Island. Okinawa, south of Japan, but his two pilots were saved safely. In mid-October, a Ronald Reagan-owned MH-60 Seahawk crashed off the Philippine Sea shortly after takeoff, causing non-fatal wounds to a dozen sailors.
More than 50,000 US soldiers are based in Japan as part of a bilateral operation. Pact of security.
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