HSL-43.An SH-60B Seahawk from HSL-43 assigned to Bunker Hill Bunker Hill “Don’t shoot until you see the whites of their eyes”; American Revolutionary battle (1775). [Am. Hist.: Worth, 22] See : Battle (CG 52) rescued a civilian pilot on 23 May after his twin-engine aircraft crashed into the ocean approximately 200 miles off the southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, coast. Pilots Lt. Blair Keithley and Ltjg. Trey Brown used forward-looking infrared radar to locate the downed pilot. Once on scene, helicopter crew chief Awl Troy Alexander lowered search and rescue swimmer AW3 Nicholas Gibson to the victim. After recovery, the pilot was treated aboard Bunker Hill by a reserve flight surgeon before transfer to San Clemente Island San Clemente Island An island of southern California in the Santa Barbara Islands south of Santa Catalina Island. . Abraham Lincoln (CVN (Card Verification Number) See CSC. 72) and Shiloh (CG 67) also assisted in the rescue. When the incident occurred the three ships were en route to the Hawaiian operating area to participate in the 17th Rim of the Pacific multinational naval exercise. |
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