After more than 30 hours, the massive air and sea search continues for five missing soldiers who were on board an Army chopper that crashed late Tuesday off Oahu. Rescuers are focusing their efforts on a debris field that's three to five miles offshore.
"This is still a search and rescue mission. We are here to bring our soldiers home," said Lt Col. Curtis Kellogg, public affairs officer with the 25th Infantry Division, in a news conference on Wednesday afternoon. "As we do this work, the soldiers and their families are on the forefront of our minds."
The military has confirmed that the five who were on board the helicopter when it went down about two miles west of Kaena Point are active duty soldiers — two pilots and three crewmembers — out of Wheeler Army Airfield's 25th Combat Aviation Brigade. Their identities have not yet been released.