PORTSMOUTH, Va. - In this photo illustration, an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter is shown during maintenance at Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City in Elizabeth City, N.C., Feb. 29, 2012. The air station was commis More
Petty Officer 1st Class Bret Fogle, a rescue swimmer from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C, gets hoisted into an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter from the air station, Friday, Aug. 3, 2012. The crews conduct More
Petty Officer 1st Class Bret Fogle, a rescue swimmer from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., stabilizes the rescue basket as a cadet prepares to be hoisted from the Pasquotank River near the air sta More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Jonathan Avery, a flight mechanic from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., connects a rescue basket to the hoist cable of the helicopter over the Pasquotank River near the air More
Petty Officer 1st Class Bret Fogle, a rescue swimmer from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C, dons his swimmer equipment as he prepares to go into the Pasquotank River for training out of an MH-60 Jayh More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Jonathan Avery, a flight mechanic from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., lowers Petty Officer 1st Class Bret Fogle, a rescue swimmer from Air Station Elizabeth City, into the More
Petty Officer 1st Class Bret Fogle, a rescue swimmer from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C, helps guide a rescue basket containing an Academy cadet up to a MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter from the air stati More
An aviation survival technician's fins, mask and snorkel lay on the deck inside a Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter cabin prior to launch from Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., Monday, June 29, 2015. The Coa More
Petty Officer 3rd Class Evan Thigpen, an aviation survival technician at Air Station Elizabeth City (ASEC), N.C., works the night shift in the rescue swimmer shop Tuesday, June 30, 2015. Evan was recently nomin More
U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Kyle Zenner, a pilot from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, listens to a brief from an Air Force Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape specialist on the deck of the Coast Guard Cutter Ro More
Petty Officer 1st Class Bret Fogle, a rescue swimmer from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C, grabs hold of the back of a cadet's lifejacket, Friday, Aug. 3, 2012. The crews conducted hoist training wi More
Petty Officer 3rd Class Evan Thigpen, an aviation survival technician at Air Station Elizabeth City (ASEC), N.C., prepares for a search-and-rescue demonstration Monday, June 29, 2015, near Manteo. Evan was nomi More
Survival rafts used by U.S. Air Force pilots sit loaded with survival gear on the deck of the Coast Guard Cutter Rollin Fritch prior to the joint-service search and rescue exercise, October 22, 2020 near Virgin More
U.S. Navy Lt. Sarah Huston, a pilot from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 2, activates her emergency locating beacon on the deck of the Coast Guard Cutter Rollin Fritch at the beginning of a joint-service search More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Jonathan Avery, a flight mechanic from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C, guides the hoist cable up to a MH-60 Jayhawk from the air station, Friday, Aug. 3, 2012. The crews con More
U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Aaron Johnson, a pilot from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, completes final checks on his gear on the deck of the Coast Guard Cutter Rollin Fritch during the joint-service search and resc More
U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Aaron Johnson, a pilot from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, jumps into the water at the start of the joint-service search and rescue exercise, October 22, 2020, near Virginia Beach, Virgi More
U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Kyle Zenner, a pilot from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, jumps from the small boat of the Coast Guard Cutter Rollin Fritch as a Coast Guard MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter from Air Station Eli More
An MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City hovers overhead as a pilot from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base activates his MK-124 smoke and illumination signal during a joint-service More
U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Brian Johnson, an aviation survival technician from Air Station Elizabeth City, prepares to enter the water to retrieve Air Force 1st Lt.s Aaron Johnson and Kyle Zenner, More
Crew members from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Rollin Fritch and partners from the Department of Defense look on from the cutter’s small boat as Petty Officer 1st Class Brian Johnson, an aviation survival techni More
A Coast Guard MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter hovers overhead as Petty Officer 1st Class Brian Johnson, an aviation survival technician from Air Station Elizabeth City, retrieves Air Force 1st Lt.s Aaron Johnson and More
Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Brian Johnson, an aviation survival technician from Air Station Elizabeth City, reaches the Coast Guard MH-60T helicopter from Air Station Elizabeth City with Air Force 1st L More
A U.S. Air Force Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape specialist looks up at a Coast Guard MH-60T helicopter from Air Station Elizabeth City as it departs the joint-service search and rescue exercise, Octob More
Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class George Blackmon, an electrician’s mate from the Coast Guard Cutter Rollin Fritch, retrieves a pilot’s raft from the ocean as an ocean sunfish swims by, October 22, 2020, near More