The U.S. Navy identifies Cmdr. Gabriel Edwards as the aviator missing after an MH-60S Seahawk helicopter incident in the Arabian Sea earlier this month. The Navy says Edwards was serving as commanding officer of Helicopter Sea Combat (HSC) Squadron 5 when the helicopter went missing on July 1 following an emergency water landing during what multiple reports describe as a routine patrol. Other accounts add that Edwards was aboard the MH-60S Sea Hawk with three other sailors at the time of the emergency landing. The Navy announces the identification in connection with the case, and reports state Edwards is later declared dead. Across the coverage, the incident is described as an emergency landing in the Arabian Sea and not as a combat operation. The locations of Edwards’s origin are also reported, including that he is originally from Oakland, Oregon. The reporting is consistent in naming Edwards, placing him as the HSC-5 commanding officer, and describing the July 1 emergency water landing that leads to the subsequent determination of his status.