HMS Queen Elizabeth was supposed to lead a large NATO exercise.
Machine gunners and snipers can "walk" rounds on target at long ranges with the optic.
A handheld flashlight was sucked into the F-35's inlet engine during a maintenance ground run.
The launch was the North's first this year.
Maj. Eric "Doc" Spendlove's body remains missing.
With the Osprey out of commission, officials say carriers have other options for ferrying people and supplies on and off the ships.
More than 50 troops have died in Osprey accidents since the early 1990s.
By Tara Copp, AP
The search continues for the remains of two more missing airmen.
By Tara Copp, AP
The Air Force has recovered three bodies, is in the process of recovering another three troops and is still searching for two more.
American and Japanese crews continue to search for two people who are still missing.
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