Search continues for missing Japan SDF chopper

Search continues for missing Japan SDF chopper

A Japan Air Self-Defense Force helicopter searches off Miyako Island in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on April 9, 2023, for a Ground Self-Defense Force UH-60JA helicopter that went missing with 10 members aboard on April 6, after taking off from the island.

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