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CHUUK ATOLL, Federated States of Micronesia (Feb. 20, 2018) Mariners maneuver a UNI-PAC II Search and Rescue (SAR) kit closer to their vessel. The SAR kit was deployed from a P8-A Poseidon aircraft assigned to the "Fighting Tigers" of VP-8, and its use during the rescue of three fishermen in the South Pacific marked the first time it had successfully been deployed in a real world SAR operation.

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