US navy P3 to assist in search
http://www.armytimes.com/news/2009/06/navy_p3_airfrance_060208w/"The Navy has sent a P-3 Orion to Brazil to help search for survivors and debris from Air France Flight 447, which went missing Sunday, the Navy said.
The U.S. Southern Command on Tuesday sent the maritime patrol aircraft and 21 crew members from its forward operating base in El Salvador, where it was doing counter-drug missions, according to a statement from the command."