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| Date: | Thursday 6 December 2018 |
| Time: | 02:00 |
| Type: |  Lockheed Martin KC-130J |
| Owner/operator: | United States Marine Corps |
| Registration: | 167981 |
| MSN: | 5617 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 100 km SSE off Muroto Cape, Japan -
 Pacific Ocean
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Iwakuni MCAS (IWK/RJOI) |
| Iwakuni MCAS (IWK/RJOI) |
A USMC F/A-18 fighter aircraft with two crew onboard experienced a midair collision with a USMC KC-130J tanker aircraft with 5 crew onboard during refueling operations over the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Japan.
Both F/A-18 crewmen were rescued by Japanese Maritime Self Defense Forces. One later died.
The search for the crew of the KC-130, attached to the Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 152 (VMGR-152), was abandoned on December 11, 2018.
Sources:
III MEF Marines press release
U.S. Marines abandon search for five missing aircrew after crash near Japan (washingtonpost.com, 11 Dec. 2018)
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