Japan recovers second body from crashed F-15
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[TOKYO] The Japanese military said on Monday it has recovered the body of the second crew member of a fighter jet that crashed two weeks ago.
The two-seater F-15 from the Japan Air Self-Defense Force crashed in waters off the central Ishikawa region during a training mission on January 31.
The body of the other pilot was recovered by the Japanese navy on Friday.
A naval search team recovered the second pilot's body on Sunday. The air force confirmed his identity, which was not released to the public.
The F-15 disappeared from radar soon after taking off from Komatsu air base for training.
The cause of the crash has not yet been established.
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The defence ministry has not sought to ground Japan's F-15s in the wake of the incident.
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