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Search and rescue operations continue for B-52 crew members
Extensive search and rescue operations continue today approximately 25-30 miles Northwest of Guam for crew members of a B-52H Stratofortress that went down for unknown reasons on Monday. According to the Andersen Air Force Base Public Affairs Office, the bodies of two B-52 crew members were recovered during rescue operations on Monday.
Officials are withholding the identities of the crew members but confirm that the identity of one of the recovered crew members has been determined but efforts are still underway to notify family members.
The bomber, deployed from Barksdale Air Force Base to the Yigo base, was involved in a training mission on Liberation Day and was scheduled to perform a flyover during the island's annual Liberation Day Parade when for unknown reasons, the aircraft and its 6 crew members aboard crashed off the coast of Guam about 9:45 Monday morning.
The Air Force confirms there were no weapons or munitions aboard the aircraft that was deployed to AAFB as part of the Department of Defense's continuous bomber presence mission in the Pacific region.
Search and rescue officials from the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard, the Drug Enforcement Agency, the Guam Fire and Rescue and Police Departments have joined together to continue rescue operations for the remaining four crew members who have yet to be located.
Meanwhile, a board of officers is investigating the crash of the military aircraft.
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