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Loved ones gathered for a final salute to an Air Force major killed in an Osprey crash in Japan. The Nov. 29 airplane crash killed eight service members in Yakushima Island, including U.S. Air Force Maj. Luke A. Unrath, 34, a Southern California native. A procession to honor Unrath took place Wednesday from the Los […]

The chief of public affairs for the 439th Airlift Wing, based at Westover Air Reserve Base in Chicopee, said Galliher is due to arrive at about 12:45 p.m. Friday.

Berkshire officials are planning a hero’s procession for Friday, when U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jacob "Jake" Galliher is returned home. Heres how you can pay your respects.

This airlift hub in western Tokyo paused Wednesday morning to pay its respects as the remains of two members of a fallen Osprey crew began their journey home to the United States.

The Pentagon announced that Mara Karlin, performing the duties of deputy undersecretary of defense for policy, is departing her job next week for a return to academia.

The military announced late Wednesday it was grounding all of its Osprey V-22 helicopters, one week after Pittsfield native Jacob Galliher and seven other Air Force Special Operations Command service members died in a crash off the coast of Japan.

"What this does today ... is that it provides the ability to bring a number of different information feeds, a number of different data sources together in one picture," Kevin Laughlin, deputy director for the program executive office for spectrum, told reporters.

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.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Air Force Special Operations Command said Tuesday it has recovered the remains of six of the eight service members who were lost when the

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