F-15 Eagles and F-35 Lightning II fighters may take on future combat search and rescue missions, as the Air Force aims to ...

The U.S. Air Force’s elite pararescue community again reinforced its hard-earned reputation for courage and skill when its personnel braved enemy fire to rescue a downed U.S. aircrew inside Iran on ...

When a US aircraft goes down in combat, rarely used but highly trained airborne search-and-rescue crews spring into action. Multiple American media outlets, citing anonymous US officials, reported the ...

The callsign "Sandy," used by U.S. Air Force aircraft and pilots conducting combat search-and-rescue operations, traces to late 1965. Capt. J.W. "Doc" George, a U.S. Air Force A-1 Skyraider pilot, ...

Have no fear: Jolly Green II is here. The U.S. Air Force’s new HH-60W Jolly Green II combat search-and-rescue helicopter has officially reached initial operational capability (IOC) and gone out on its ...

The 66th the 58th Rescue Squadrons were awarded the Presidential Unit Citation, the top unit award for combat against an ...

US Air Force pararescue units train extensively to recover downed aircrew behind enemy lines Early reports indicate that the pilot of a US F-15 fighter aircraft downed over Iran was rescued - which, ...

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An Air Force pararescue jumper yells to pass on vital information to MV-22 Osprey aircrew during a combat rescue scenario as part of Red Flag-Rescue 18-2 near Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., in ...

The U.S. Air Force Reserve 920th Rescue Wing scrambled to the scene and plucked 11 survivors from a raft after an aircraft ...

The Department of Defense released the identities of the seven service members killed in western Iraq when their HH-60 Pave Hawk crashed. When seven airmen died in a fiery helicopter crash in Iraq on ...