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Navy Petty Officer Josef Edmunds waves to the crowd welcoming him and his fellow crew members to Hickam Air Force Base.
Navy Petty Officer Josef Edmunds waves to the crowd welcoming him and his fellow crew members of the detained EP-3 to Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, on April 12, 2001. The crew will stay in Hawaii for military debriefings before a final reunion with families and friends on the mainland. The crew was detained for 11 days after their EP-3 Aries II reconnaissance aircraft made forced landing on Hainan Island as a result of a collision with a Chinese F-8 fighter aircraft. Edmunds, a Navy Cryptological Technician, is from Davis, Calif.