After a series of embarrassing incidents involving failures of U.S. military aircraft in Japan, a USAF F-16 was forced to jettison two fuel pods into a lake in northern Japan on Tuesday after an engine fire placed the crew at risk. There were as many as 10 fishermen in the vicinity of where the fuel pods splashed down.
Former U.S. Ambassador to Japan William Hagerty is set to attend the funeral as the Biden administration seeks to offer condolences through a bipartisan representative.
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