{"id":68925,"date":"2017-11-20T16:35:38","date_gmt":"2017-11-20T16:35:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2017\/11\/20\/us-air-force-navy-join-search-for-lost-argentine-submarine\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T12:40:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T12:40:30","slug":"us-air-force-navy-join-search-for-lost-argentine-submarine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2017\/11\/20\/us-air-force-navy-join-search-for-lost-argentine-submarine\/","title":{"rendered":"US Air Force, Navy join search for lost Argentine submarine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Two C-17 Globemaster IIIs and a C-5M Super Galaxy were dispatched to Argentina on Saturday, bringing with them two underwater rescue systems to aid in the search for A.R.A. San Juan, an Argentine navy submarine that went missing in the South Atlantic Ocean on Nov. 15.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The three aircraft were scheduled to arrive Sunday in Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina, according to Air Mobility Command.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The aircraft first stopped at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California, to pick up a Submarine Rescue Chamber (SRC) and an underwater Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV), according to the statement from AMC. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019re trying to get very specialized equipment down to our partners in Argentina to assist with the search efforts,\u201d said Tech. Sgt. Ryan Kelly, a C-5M Super Galaxy flight engineer with the 22nd Airlift Squadron. \u201cThese are the most motivating missions. There\u2019s people possibly [in distress], and we\u2019re trying to get this equipment on the other side of the world as fast as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t