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Five missing after two US military planes crash off Japan

Two US Marine Corps aircraft, including a C-130 tanker similar to the one pictured, crashed during a refueling operation off the coast of Japan. [US AIR FORCE/AFP/File / David OWSIANKA]

Rescue operations were underway Thursday for five US marines missing after two American military aircraft crashed during a refuelling operation off the coast of Japan, the Japanese defence minister said.

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