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Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Fire Scout sets sail for Africa

MQ-8B Fire ScoutThe MQ-8B Fire Scout, the Navy’s only unmanned aircraft to operate on land and at sea, departed Jan. 17 from Mayport, Fla., aboard USS Simpson (FFG 56) for a six-month deployment to western Africa.

Personnel from Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light (HSL) 60 Detachment 4 and Northrop Grumman took Fire Scout on its third at-sea deployment aboard a guided missile frigate.

Typically deployed as a complement to the manned H-60 helicopter, this is the Fire Scout’s first solo mission.

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