A Coordinated Theater Search Operation

  • Fixed-Wing Surveillance: Navy P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft deployed high-resolution synthetic aperture radar and forward-looking infrared (FLIR) sensors to conduct sweeping oceanic search patterns.
  • Surface Combatants: Guided-missile destroyers established rolling visual and thermal perimeters, dispatching small rigid-hull inflatable boats to comb regional surface currents.
  • Rotary and Joint Sorties: Search-and-rescue Sea Hawks from sister squadrons maintained continuous low-altitude flights, supported by long-range maritime patrols flown by the U.S. Air Force.

Safety Board Convenes, Hostile Fire Ruled Out

Mourning an Accomplished Strike Wing Commander

A Coordinated Theater Search Operation

  • Fixed-Wing Surveillance: Navy P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft deployed high-resolution synthetic aperture radar and forward-looking infrared (FLIR) sensors to conduct sweeping oceanic search patterns.
  • Surface Combatants: Guided-missile destroyers established rolling visual and thermal perimeters, dispatching small rigid-hull inflatable boats to comb regional surface currents.
  • Rotary and Joint Sorties: Search-and-rescue Sea Hawks from sister squadrons maintained continuous low-altitude flights, supported by long-range maritime patrols flown by the U.S. Air Force.

Safety Board Convenes, Hostile Fire Ruled Out

Mourning an Accomplished Strike Wing Commander

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