{"id":83376,"date":"2025-12-10T20:39:29","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T20:39:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2025\/12\/10\/us-navy-recovers-helicopter-jet-that-crashed-in-south-china-sea\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:55:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:55:01","slug":"us-navy-recovers-helicopter-jet-that-crashed-in-south-china-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2025\/12\/10\/us-navy-recovers-helicopter-jet-that-crashed-in-south-china-sea\/","title":{"rendered":"US Navy recovers helicopter, jet that crashed in South China Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. Navy on Friday salvaged an F\/A-18F Super Hornet and MH-60R Seahawk helicopter that went down in the South China Sea<b> <\/b>on<b> <\/b>Oct. 26, the U.S. 7th Fleet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c7f.navy.mil\/Media\/News\/Display\/Article\/4354728\/us-navy-recovers-fa-18f-mh-60r-aircraft-lost-from-uss-nimitz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.c7f.navy.mil\/Media\/News\/Display\/Article\/4354728\/us-navy-recovers-fa-18f-mh-60r-aircraft-lost-from-uss-nimitz\/\">said<\/a> this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Task Force 73 \u2014 along with Task Force 75, Naval Sea Systems Command\u2019s supervisor of salvage and diving and CTG 73.6\u2019s Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit \u2014 recovered both aircraft from a depth of around 400 feet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cEveryone involved brought critical expertise ensuring we could safely and successfully bring these aircraft back under U.S. custody,\u201d said Lt. 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Christopher Andersen, the CTF 73 officer in charge of the recovery effort. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis operation highlights the importance of naval integration, readiness, and the unmatched capability of our salvage and diving teams,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The retrieved aircraft are being sent to an unnamed U.S. Indo-Pacific military installation for further analysis.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2025\/11\/26\/navy-tries-to-recover-helicopter-jet-that-crashed-in-south-china-sea\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/8629789.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image 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