MQ-8B Fire Scout Flight Operations USS Fort Worth (LCS-3)

MQ-8B Fire Scout Flight Operations USS Fort Worth (LCS-3)

Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Antonio Turretto Ramos USS Fort Worth (LCS 3)
MQ-8B Fire Scout flight operations aboard USS Fort Worth (LCS 3) (Dec. 17, 2014) An MQ-8B Fire Scout unmanned aircraft system from the “Magicians” of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 35, the Navy’s first composite expeditionary helicopter squadron, conducts flight operations aboard the littoral combat ship USS Fort Worth (LCS 3). Currently on a 16-month rotational deployment in support of the Asia-Pacific Rebalance, Fort Worth is a fast and agile warship tailor-made to patrol the region’s littorals and work hull-to-hull with partner navies, providing 7th Fleet with the flexible capabilities it needs now and in the future. (U.S. Navy video by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Antonio P. Turretto Ramos/Released)