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The Osprey is a "very complicated machine in which a lot of things can go wrong," Frederik Mertens of the Hague Centre for Strategic Studies told Newsweek.

The Air Force has officially declared all eight airmen who were aboard the CV-22 Osprey that crashed last week off the coast of Yakushima Island, Japan, deceased, as they transition from search and rescue operations to search and recovery.

An Andover man was killed in Japan on Nov. 29 during an Air Force training mission when a CV-22B Osprey aircraft crashed.

The Air Force on Tuesday identified the eight airmen who were killed in the crash of a CV-22B Osprey off the coast of Japan a week ago.

The Air Force released the names of seven more crew members who perished last week during training when their CV-22 Osprey crashed into the ocean off the coast of southern Japan.

Air Force Special Operations Command said Tuesday it has identified the eight service members lost when their Osprey crashed off the coast of Japan last week and was now focused on recovering all of their bodies and the aircraft debris.

The service members ranged in ages from 24 to 36 years old and came from eight states, including California, Florida, Georgia, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York, Ohio and Utah.

One of the eight U.S. Air Force airmen killed when an Osprey crashed off the coast of Japan last week was from the Rochester area.Captain Terrell Brayman, 32, o

Air Force Maj. Eric V. Spendlove, 36, of St. George, was identified as one of the eight crew members killed in an Osprey crash off the coast of Japan last week.

A 25-year-old Kennesaw man was one of eight U.S. airmen killed in a training exercise last week off the coast of Japan, the U.S. Air Force announced Tuesday.