Sea drone rescues US army helicopter crew near Strait of Hormuz

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: BBC

2 hours ago


Two crew members of a US army helicopter that crashed near the Strait of Hormuz on Monday were rescued by an American sea drone, US officials have told CBS News, the BBC's media partner. It was the first such operation carried out by US forces, the officials added.

US Central Command (Centcom) earlier said the two "soldiers were safely rescued within approximately two hours and are in stable condition" after their AH-64 Apache helicopter went down "near the coast of Oman while patrolling regional waters". It was not immediately clear whether the aircraft had developed a mechanical or any other technical problem, or had been downed by Iranian fire. The incident is being investigated.

In its statement on Tuesday, Centcom said the two crew members had been rescued at 19:33 EDT (23:33 GMT) on Monday. "Rescue efforts were led by US Naval Forces Central Command and the 82nd Airborne Division, with support from US Air Force and Navy units including US 5th Fleet's Task Force 59," the statement added.

The military officials who spoke to CBS News said the pair had been rescued by an uncrewed surface drone that was operated by Task Force 59.

Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwy0l44ex5wo

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[republianmushroom]

1. Does this mean we lost another helicopter that the Pentagon

won't admit to losing ?

[Walleye]

3. They think all the money in the treasury belongs to them and they can spend it on whatever toys they wanna break

[EX500rider]

5. Since Central Command issued the statement that it was lost I'd say no

[underpants]

7. Trump says it was shot down. I know, Trump says...

Link to tweet

?s=46

[EX500rider]

8. That would still count as airframe lost though

[Walleye]

2. So do we know how badly they were injured?

I know we don’t expect the president or the SecDef to visit them in the hospital

[Bmoboy]

6. They were healthy enough to get themselves onto the drone

Since the drone was a drone - no humans on board to reach out and lift them aboard.

[Walleye]

11. Oh good thank you I didn't think of that, sounds promising

[underpants]

4. Good.

[tonekat]

9. Could be just another lie. N/T

[Martin68]

12. Interesting. I wondered how a drone could rescue the pilots, and the article explains that the sea drone can carry up to

1,000 pounds. So it would seem the pilots actually rode the drone back to safety.

[BumRushDaShow]

13. I believe this was actually a boat

So they could crawl on board and take cover while it navigates to a friendly shore point or to a U.S. ship.

[Martin68]

14. Yes it was a boat drone.

[BumRushDaShow]

15. I saw some articles with pics of different types of them like this