KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Members of the 33rd and 31st Rescue Squadrons from Kadena Air Base worked seamlessly with the Japan Air Self -Defense Force and Japan Coast Guard as well as U.S. Marine assets to successfully rescue five MV-22 Osprey crewmembers with Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing following a landing in shallow water off the Okinawa coastline near Camp Schwab at approximately 10:00 p.m., Dec. 13.
Rescue teams loaded the crew into an HH-60G and transported them safely to the United States Naval Hospital Okinawa at Camp Foster, where they are being treated for injuries.
The incident is under investigation.
No further details will be available until the investigation is complete.
Media can contact the III Marine Expeditionary Force public affairs office at PAOMedia.MCBB.FCT@usmc.mil.
For more information about the rescue effort contact 18wg.pamedia@us.af.mil