Back before Twitter went all Nazi, there was a lot of advocacy, led by Jack McCain, for the acquisition of seaplanes to be used for C/SAR in the Pacific. I thought that they were too vulnerable. A couple of years on, I think unmanned is the way to go.
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A U.S. Navy drone task force picked up two downed pilots using a Saronic Corsair unmanned surface vessel (USV) yesterday in Middle Eastern waters during a first of its kind rescue mission 🇺🇸
By @aaronmatthewil.bsky.social
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A U.S. Navy drone task force picked up two downed pilots using a Saronic Corsair unmanned surface vessel (USV) yesterday in Middle Eastern waters during a first of its kind rescue mission.