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Florida fishing charter accidentally reels in a US military LUCAS drone near Eglin AFB

A Pensacola charter boat hauled in a downed Air Force test drone modeled on Iran's Shahed-136, which the military later retrieved.

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What to know

  • A Pensacola fishing charter recovered a US military test drone floating near Eglin Air Force Base.
  • The drone resembles the LUCAS (Low-cost Unmanned Combat Attack System), a US-built clone of Iran's Shahed-136 previously used by US Central Command.
  • The Air Force confirmed a test article went down but has not confirmed the exact drone type; the drone was later retrieved by military personnel.

Daniel Arsenault Hot Spots Charters captainHot Spots Charters Pensacola fishing charter companyUS Air Force / Eglin AFB Operator of the test droneUS Central Command Military command using LUCAS drones

Florida fishing charter accidentally reels in a US military LUCAS drone near Eglin AFB
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Sep 22yesterdaynow · 7:45 AM ET
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    CBS News picks up the story with charter's photo

    CBS News republished the Hot Spots Charters Facebook photo showing the drone next to a table of fish, extending coverage of the incident.

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    National coverage identifies the drone as a Shahed-136 clone

    CNN's broadcast and article coverage identified the recovered drone as likely an FLM 136, a US-built clone of Iran's Shahed-136 known as LUCAS (Low-cost Unmanned Combat Attack System), made by Arizona's Spektreworks and previously used by US Central Command against Iran-linked targets.

    “Great 6 hour today with this crew! If anyone is looking for their drone please call Hot Spots!”
    — Daniel Arsenault, charter boat captain · source
  3. background

    Military personnel retrieve the drone from the charter — Hot Spots Charters said on Facebook that the drone was collected shortly after the find.

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    Eglin AFB confirms a test drone went down — An Eglin Air Force Base spokesperson told defense outlet The War Zone that a test article had gone down during a test, without specifying the drone type; the base is home to the 96th Test Wing.

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    Charter captain Daniel Arsenault jokes about the find on Facebook — Hot Spots Charters posted photos of the drone taking up the boat's bow and captain Daniel Arsenault posted about the discovery, drawing comments from followers.

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    Charter boat finds a drone floating off the Florida panhandle — A group aboard Hot Spots Charters, fishing near Eglin Air Force Base, hauled a large gray drone out of the water instead of the usual catch of trout, redfish or mackerel.

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  1. 3 outlets What a catch! Florida fishing boat reels in UAS resembling LUCAS drone

    first by Yahoo, 2d ago · also CNN, CBS News

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