Search for crew continues after ASDF chopper crashes off central Japan

Japan's Air and Maritime Self-Defense Forces continued Wednesday the search for four crew members who went missing in an ASDF chopper crash off Hamamatsu, central Japan, the previous day, and found three helmets.The UH-60J chopper, carrying the four, disappeared around 10 minutes after it took off to conduct a nighttime search-and-rescue drill from the ASDF's Hamamatsu base. Those missing include Maj. Akihiro Hanafusa, the 42-year-old pilot.On Tuesday, debris from the chopper, such as a door bearing the letters ASDF, tires and a tail rotor were recovered in the ocean where the helicopter is…READ FULL ARTICLE