The HC-130P/N is the only dedicated fixed-wing combat search and rescue platform in the Air Force inventory. The 71st and 79th Rescue Squadrons in Air Combat Command, the 550th Special Operations ...

Combat Rescue Officers (CRO’s), and Tactical Air Control Party Officers (TACPO’s) lead the Special Reconnaissance, Combat ...

whose crews are regarded as the pioneers of aerial combat search and rescue, the Air Force said in 2020. The upgrades reflect a focus on protecting crews and evacuees in hostile environments ...

In late March (at the earliest), SpaceX's Crew-9 mission will return to Earth from the International Space Station with four ...

The Personnel Recovery (PR) and Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) missions are core mission functions of the U.S. Air Force (USAF). PR refers to the broad range of operations and forces that provide ...

However, the "H" designation is a rescue and ... In February 1996, Air Force Special Operations Command's tanker fleet was redesignated MC-130P aircraft, aligning the Combat Shadow with other ...

I wasn’t a CCT during my own Air Force career, but not for lack of trying; as I noted in an article on Combat Search-and-Rescue for Simple Flying, during my first weekend at BMT, I did the PJ ...

Beyond his training in combat search and rescue and personnel recovery operations, Kraines was also a military static-line jumper, a free fall jumper, an Air Force combat scuba diver and certified ...

On this day in 1943, the skies over the Santa Clarita Valley became the scene of a dramatic and tragic mid-air accident when ...

The Air Force's newest combat search and rescue helicopter, the HH-60W Jolly Green II, lead the way down the Duke Field runway. It was followed by the Army's multi-role combat helicopter ...

The US Air Force (USAF) has logged its final active service flight with the venerable Sikorsky HH-60G Pave Hawk combat search and rescue (CSAR) helicopter. The service’s 56th Rescue Squadron ...

Valérie André, a French military officer, brain surgeon, and licensed pilot who was believed to be the first woman to fly helicopter rescue missions in combat zones — during the French-Indochina war ...