
Military History Made: U.S. Forces Use Autonomous Surface Vessel to Rescue Downed Pilots for the First Time
A Saronic Corsair autonomous surface vessel assigned to Task Force 59 successfully located and recovered two pilots after a U.S. Army AH-64 Apache helicopter crashed near the Strait of Hormuz. The operation marks the first publicly confirmed instance of the U.S. military using an unmanned surface vessel to rescue downed aircrew in a real-world combat environment.
Source: Small Wars Journal










