The body of the third airman swept to sea off the coast of Okinawa over the weekend was recovered Wednesday, Robins Air Force Base officials said in a release.
The Air Force did not identify the airman pending notification of the family, but Robins previously released the names of all three and the two whose bodies were already recovered.
The body of 51-year-old Senior Master Sgt. James Swartz, an aerospace propulsion superintendent with the Georgia Air National Guard’s 116th Air Control Wing, was found late Sunday. The body of 27-year-old Staff Sgt. Joshua Schoenhoff, an instrument and flight control systems specialist with the 461st Air Control Wing, was recovered Monday, the release said.
The final missing airman was Master Sgt. Daniel Paschal, an aerospace propulsion craftsman with the 116th ACW.
The airmen were on the island’s northern coast around 3:45 p.m. on Sunday when they were overcome by waves from Typhoon Phanfone.
The airmen were on temporary duty assignment at Kadena Air Base and were not performing any duties at the time of the accident, Pentagon spokesman Army Col. Steven Warren said in an email Monday to Air Force Times.
