Japanese F-35 Pilot Found As Search Is Called Off For His Crashed Aircraft

F-35 arriving at Misawa Air Base. JASDF

Warzone/The Drive: Remains Of Japanese F-35 Pilot Found As Search Is Called Off For Crashed Aircraft

The majority of the doomed F-35 is still unrecovered and foreign adversaries would love to get their hands on any of it.

In a follow-up to our ongoing coverage on the deadly crash of an F-35A belonging to the Japan Air Self Defense Force that occurred on April 9th, 2019, the body of Major Akinori Hosomi has been found after two months of searching the waters off northeastern Japan. The condition of the pilot's remains and other details regarding where the discovery occurred was not disclosed out of consideration for the experienced military aviator's family. It has also been announced that Japan has officially called off the search and recovery operation for what's left of the doomed F-35A. The U.S. Navy called off its participation in the search effort a month ago.

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WNU Editor: They may not have found the plane, but the Japanese are going to be watching the crash site for a long time .... Japan to Keep Monitoring F-35 Crash Site to ‘Protect Classified Info’ (Sputnik).