Sea drone rescues US army helicopter crew near Strait of Hormuz

Two U.S. Army soldiers were successfully extracted from waters near Oman after their Apache helicopter went down while conducting patrol operations in the vicinity of the Strait of Hormuz on Monday. The rescue marked a historic first as the military utilized an autonomous surface vessel—a Navy Corsair drone operated by Task Force 59—to locate and retrieve the crew members after approximately two hours in the water. President Trump has attributed the helicopter's downing to Iranian aggression and authorized retaliatory military action against Iran in response.