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.
Several military and civilian search-and-rescue units are scouring the water and coastline around the island of Yakushima, Japan.
The cause of the crash and the conditions of seven other troops who were aboard the tiltrotor aircraft remain unknown.
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