article_snippet: (CNN)The U.S. Navy rescued two Saudi Arabia air force pilots from the Gulf of Aden, a U.S. military official said Friday.
article_snippet: The USS Sterett, a guided-missile destroyer, coordinated the search, while the USS New York looked for the men.
article_snippet: A rescue helicopter flew from Djibouti to retrieve the men on Thursday.
article_snippet: Three U.S. Navy ships are standing by in the Gulf of Aden for future recovery operations.
highlights_snippet: U.S. Navy ship searches for them, and a helicopter picks them up .