Eight Apache helicopter pilots who wowed a crowd of beachgoers during a Fourth of July airshow were suspended by the South Carolina National Guard — a decision that sparked outrage among lawmakers who argued the airmen should be applauded rather than punished.

The two crew members were rescued by a sea drone in the first such operation ever carried out by the U.S. military, officials told CBS News.

President Donald Trump said the US must respond after Iran brought down an Army Apache helicopter, whose crew members were safely rescued.

A US Army helicopter gunship was apparently struck by an Iranian Shahed drone before going down near the Strait of Hormuz—but it’s unclear whether the one-way attack drone was deliberately aimed or achieved more of a lucky accidental strike.

In a first, a Navy surface drone found and rescued two crew ​members from an Army Apache attack helicopter that went down in ‌waters near Oman's coast, the U.S. military told Reuters, and President Donald Trump said the pilots were "fine.