US Navy conducts flight operations with MQ-8C unmanned helicopter from Littoral Combat Ship

According to pictures released on the official website of the U.S. Navy on January 6, 2022, the U.S. Navy has conducted flight operations with the MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopter from the Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Milwaukee LCS 5 to support Joint Interagency Task Force South’s mission, which includes counter-illicit drug trafficking missions in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific. Read full Naval News at this link ...

An MQ-8C Fire Scout attached to the “Sea Knights” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 22, Detachment 5, takes off from the flight deck of the Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Milwaukee (LCS 5), January 6, 2022. (Picture source U.S. Navy)

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