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Navy suspends active search for sailor in Arabian seas
Published 5 July 2026 · general
U.S. Naval Forces Central Command posted on For more than 102 hours, an extensive and coordinated search and rescue effort spanning over 14,000 square miles
U.S. Naval Forces Central Command posted on For more than 102 hours, an extensive and coordinated search and rescue effort spanning over 14,000 square miles was conducted. The efforts brought together the USS George H.W. Bush carrier’s HSC 5 and Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 46, the fixed wing aircraft of Carrier Air Wings (CVW) 7 and 9, aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln’s (CVN 72) helicopter squadrons HSC 14 and HSM 71, Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers USS Ross (DDG 71), USS Donald Cook (DDG 75), USS Higgins (DDG 76), USS Mason (DDG 87), and USS John Finn (DDG 113) with HSM 51, two P-8 Poseidon squadrons, and multiple U.S. Air Force aircraft."
Published: July 5, 2026 • 8:27 PM IST · Updated: July 5, 2026 • 9:11 PM ISTBy TheBriefWire Editorial Team
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U.S. Naval Forces Central Command posted on For more than 102 hours, an extensive and coordinated search and rescue effort spanning over 14,000 square miles was conducted.
The efforts brought together the USS George H.W.
Bush carrier’s HSC 5 and Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 46, the fixed wing aircraft of Carrier Air Wings (CVW) 7 and 9, aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln’s (CVN 72) helicopter squadrons HSC 14 and HSM 71, Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers USS Ross (DDG 71), USS Donald Cook (DDG 75), USS Higgins (DDG 76), USS Mason (DDG 87), and USS John Finn (DDG 113) with HSM 51, two P-8 Poseidon squadrons, and multiple U.S. Air Force aircraft."
Quick context: Naval Forces Central Command posted on For more than 102 hours, an extensive and coordinated search and rescue effort spanning over 14,000 square miles was conducted.
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