Since the early part of 1971, the Armed Forces of Malta (AFM) in the Mediterranean have used two former US Swift Boats to
successfully accomplish the exact same tasks as those which were performed by their US counterparts in South East Asia.
These Maltese Swifts are still on active duty today, performing routine patrols in cooperation with Italian and
north African authorities to search for and interdict contraband and illegal aliens moving from the northern coast
of Africa through Malta to the coasts of southern Europe.
In addition, they are used extensively for harbor security tasks in the many water ways of this tri-island nation, being
the critical "first-on-the-scene" vessels during rescue at sea operations near the coastline, dangerous colateral functions
such as disposal of un-exploded ordinance and explosives, and even at ceremonial events such as "standing in" to represent
Royal Navy destroyer escorts in the historical re-enactment convoy of "Operation Pedestal" commemorating the relief of Malta from the
Nazi blockade sixty plus years ago during World War II.