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An Air Force officer from the Twin Cities was among the eight airmen killed in a crash in Japan last week. 

 Tuesday that the CV-22 Osprey aircraft went down in the ocean near Yakushima Island in southern Japan on Nov. 29. There were no survivors. 

Among those aboard was Maj. Jeffrey T. Hoernemann of Andover, Minn. He served as an instructor pilot and training officer. Hoernemann, 32, was stationed at Yokota Air Base near Tokyo. 

The Air Force said the crew was “performing a routine training mission” when the crash occurred. 

The Osprey can take off vertically and hover like a helicopter. While airborne, its rotors can tilt 90 degrees to enable it to fly as a fixed-wing airplane. 

Divers found wreckage from the aircraft over the weekend. As of Tuesday morning, search and recovery crews from the U.S. and Japan had yet to find the remains of two of the airmen.

the eight US crew lost in Osprey crash in Japan

Staff Sgt. Jake Galliher, 24, of Pittsfield, Mass. 

Maj. Eric V. Spendlove, 36, of St. George, Utah

Maj. Luke A. Unrath, 34, of Riverside, Calif.

Capt. Terrell K. Brayman, 32, of Pittsford, N.Y.

Tech. Sgt. Zachary E. Lavoy, 33, of Oviedo, Fla. 

Staff Sgt. Jake M. Turnage, 25, of Kennesaw, Ga.

Senior Airman Brian K. Johnson, 32, of Reynoldsburg, Ohio 

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An Air Force officer from the Twin Cities was among the eight airmen killed in a crash in Japan last week. Maj. Jeffrey Hoernemann, of Andover, Minn., served as an instructor pilot and training officer.

Twin Cities airman among 8 killed in Air Force Osprey crash

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