"Neil Gould" wrote in message
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The recent decision to use F-16s to search for clues in the missing person
case in Aruba has me puzzled. What will one see from an F-16 that would
elude a slower aircraft?

I don't know. Probably nothing? I simply assumed that the F-16s were sent
as a political "goodwill" gesture, and not necessarily with the expectation
that they would be terribly helpful.