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Search for missing sailor suspended
he U.S. Navy has suspended its search for Cmdr. Gabriel Edwards, the commanding officer of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron, who went missing, when an MH-60S Seahawk helicopter made an emergency water landing in the Arabian Sea on July 1, bringing to an end more than four days of SAR operations. The sailor was assigned to the Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 5 aboard the USS 'George H.W. Bush (CVN 77)'. He went missing, after the helicopter went down in the Arabian Sea. The U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/U.S. 5th Fleet officially suspended the SAR operation on July 5 at 3:00 p.m. Arabian Standard Time (AST).
Search for missing crew member of downed helicopter
On July 1, 2026,the US Navy was searching for a missing crew member from the USS 'George H.W. Bush', after an MH- 60S Seahawk helicopter from the ship crashed in the Arabian Sea on July 1. Missing was Cmdr. Gabriel Edwards, the commanding officer of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron. The helicopter from the aircraft carrier had conducted an emergency water landing. Three other crew members from the aircraft have been recovered and were in stable condition. There was no indication that the emergency was caused by hostile action. The incident was under investigation. The Navy did not specify what unit the MH-60S belonged. The 'George H.W. Bush' was sailing with the Carrier Air Wing 7, which included the Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 5, and MH-60S unit known as the Night Dippers. Carrier Air Wing 7 includes two squadrons that fly variants of H-60 helicopters, the MH-60S and MH-60R, which crews universally refer to as Sierras and Romeos. The mishap marked the latest in a string of recent U.S. military aircraft crashes. Eight crew members were killed in June when a B-52 Stratofortress crashed shortly after takeoff from Edwards Air Force Base, California. Earlier that month, the pilot of a Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornet safely ejected before the plane crashed near Mount Rainier, Washington. Four crew members also survived ejecting in May, after two Navy E/A-18G Growlers collided over an Idaho airshow.
Aircraft carrier participated in Sinkex which ended the career of USS Juneau
The 'George Washington' with the embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5, cruiser USS 'Robert Smalls (CG-62)' and the destroyers USS 'Benfold (DDG-65)' and USS 'Shoup (DDG-86)' along with a Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force submarine participated in a Sinkex as part of Valiant Shield 2026 over the Philippine Sea on June 27, 2026. Among the participants was also a B-2 Spirit stealth bomber, which fired an AGM-158C Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) during the live-fire sinking exercise (Sinkex) more than 200 nautical miles north of the Mariana Islands, which sank the USS 'Juneau', a decommissioned Austin-class amphibious transport dock ship, thus marking the first publicly acknowledged use of the LRASM from a stealth bomber. A JMSDF SH-60 helicopter fired a AGM-114 Hellfire missile at the 'Juneau' and a JMSDF destroyer launched a Type 90 anti-ship missile. A Japanese torpedo was the final salvo used to sink the 'Juneau', after a Navy P-8A Poseidon fired an AGM-84D Harpoon missile and the B-2 Spirit bomber launched the Long Range Anti-Ship Missile. U.S. Navy, Air Force, Army, and special operations forces heavily damaged the ship before it was torpedoed. The Exercise Valiant Shield 2026 was a large-scale U.S.-led military exercise in the Indo-Pacific that brings together U.S. forces and partner nations to rehearse complex, multi-domain combat operations. The exercise involved more than 200 aircraft and 20 surface ships conducting training across the region, from Guam to Japan. The 'Juneau' was commissioned in 1969 and saw service during the Vietnam War. The vessel also took part in the preparations for an underground nuclear test in 1971; it was part of the response to the 'Exxon Valdez' oil spill in 1989; and it transported Marines during the Gulf War in 1991. After nearly 40 years of service, the ship was decommissioned in 2008. Reports with photos and video: https://news.usni.org/2026/06/29/former-u-s-amphib-sunk-in-pacific-maritime-strike-drills https://taskandpurpose.com/news/navy-juneau-sunk-2026/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEUQIaPglqY https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Juneau_(LPD-10)
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