Air Force says no survivors of B-52 crash off Guam
Air Force says no survivors of B-52 crash off Guam Save Email Print
Posted: 3:38 PM Jul 23, 2008
Last Updated: 3:38 PM Jul 23, 2008

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HONOLULU (AP) -- The Air Force says all six crew members aboard a B-52 bomber that crashed Monday off Guam were killed.

An announcement from Andersen Air Force Base on Guam says a wide search effort has shifted focus from rescue to recovery of the aircrew. Two bodies have been found.

The Air Force has released the name of only one crew member so far: 33-year-old Maj. Christopher Cooper of Austin, Texas.

The crew was based at Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana. Flags are being flown at half-staff at the Louisiana state Capitol to honor them.

The unarmed bomber was making a swing around the island as part of Guam Liberation Day celebrations marking liberation of the island from Japan in World War II.

(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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