Det 1, Company C, 2/249 General Support Aviation Battalion
Det 1, Company C, 2/249 General Support Aviation Battalion (GSAB), performed rescue hoist training at Lake Thunderbird, Norman, Okla.
USCGC Anacapa (WPB 1335) crew members conduct hoist
USCGC Anacapa (WPB 1335) crew members conduct hoist training with an Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew March 18, 2018, in the Chatham Strait, Alaska. The crew members are required to maintain oper... More
Feco, a Hungarian Vizsla single purpose bomb dog and
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Counterdrug Task Force members obtaining hoist training
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A medic from the 1-228th Aviation Regiment climbs in
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A coalition forces flight medic shows an Afghan National
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Hoist Training Air Station Atlantic City
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Soldiers assigned to 307th Brigade Support Battalion,
Soldiers assigned to 307th Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team load a simulated casualty onto an HH-60 Black Hawk helicopter assigned to “All-American DUSTOFF,” 3rd General Support Aviation Batta... More
U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to Dustoff 1st Battalion,
U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to Dustoff 1st Battalion, 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Task Force No Mercy, conduct hoist training from an HH-60 Blackhawk Medevac Helicopter... More
A Soldier with Det 1, Company C, 2/249 General Support
A Soldier with Det 1, Company C, 2/249 General Support Aviation Battalion (GSAB), is lowered into Lake Thunderbird to rescue a simulated casualty during hoist training at Lake Thunderbird, Norman, Okla.
Feco, a Hungarian Vizsla single purpose bomb dog, U.S.
Feco, a Hungarian Vizsla single purpose bomb dog, U.S. Coast Guard District 11 Maritime Safety and Security Team, is outfitted in his vertical delivery gear consisting of a hoisting vest, eye protection and hea... More
Petty Officer Ronald Snead, an aviation maintenance
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Idaho Army National Guard pilots and crew members from
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An Afghan National Army commando with 2nd Company,
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A HH-60 Black Hawk assigned to 82nd Combat Aviation
A HH-60 Black Hawk assigned to 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division lands at All-American Drop Zone during a hoist transport training event with soldiers assigned to 2nd Battalion, 501st Parachu... More
A Soldier with Det 1, Company C, 2/249 General Support
A Soldier with Det 1, Company C, 2/249 General Support Aviation Battalion (GSAB), is lowered into Lake Thunderbird to rescue a simulated casualty during hoist training at Lake Thunderbird, Norman, Okla.
A Soldier with Det 1, Company C, 2/249 General Support
A Soldier with Det 1, Company C, 2/249 General Support Aviation Battalion (GSAB), is lowered into Lake Thunderbird to rescue a simulated casualty during hoist training at Lake Thunderbird, Norman, Okla.
US COAST GUARD Cutter Dorado. U.S. COAST GUARD, CALIFORNIA
CRESCENT CITY, Calif. - The crew from Coast Guard Cutter Dorado, an 87-foot patrol boat homeported in Crescent City, conducts hoist training with an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew from Air Station Humboldt Ba... More
An MH-65 helicopter sits in the hangar prior to take
An MH-65 helicopter sits in the hangar prior to take off at Coast Guard Air Station Houston, Sept. 29, 2015. Night operations training prepares air crews for the daunting task of performing a rescue with very l... More
Two UH-60A medevac Black Hawk helicopters lift off
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The 6-101st Aviation Regiment from Fort Campell, Kentucky
The 6-101st Aviation Regiment from Fort Campell, Kentucky hold their first ever medical evacuation water extraction with Survive, Evade, Resist and Escape instructors from Scott Air Force Base at Lake Carlyle, ... More
The basket used to hoist distressed people from danger
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Coast Guard Station San Diego crewmen aboard a 45-foot
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A UH-72 Lakota with members of the S.C. Helicopter
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U.S. Marines with VMM-262 and U.S. Army Soldiers with
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US COAST GUARD HOIST TRAINING. U.S. COAST GUARD, CALIFORNIA
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Pilots assigned to 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, 82nd
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Feco, a Hungarian Vizsla single purpose bomb dog and
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U.S. Army Sgt. Jared Belisle, a crew chief assigned
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Soldiers from West Virginia Army National Guard's 1st
Soldiers from West Virginia Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 150th Aviation Regiment and 2nd Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne) conducted hoist training in support of Operation Vigilant Guard a... More
Feco, a Hungarian Vizsla single purpose bomb dog and
Feco, a Hungarian Vizsla single purpose bomb dog and his handler, Petty Officer 1st Class Cory Sumner, U.S. Coast Guard District 11 Maritime Safety and Security Team, are hoisted onto a HH-60G Pave Hawk rescue ... More
U.S. Army Sgt. Andy Monnin, a flight medic with Company
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Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Joshua Clabby (left)
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U.S. Army Sgt. Patrick Rogers, of Galveston, Texas,
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The 6-101st Aviation Regiment from Fort Campell, Kentucky
The 6-101st Aviation Regiment from Fort Campell, Kentucky hold their first ever medical evacuation water extraction with Survive, Evade, Resist and Escape instructors from Scott Air Force Base at Lake Carlyle, ... More
(U.S.Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Daniel Garcia)
(U.S.Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Daniel Garcia)
Idaho Army National Guard pilots and crew members from
Idaho Army National Guard pilots and crew members from the 112th Service and Support Battalion conducted night hoist rescue training with the UH-72 Lakota helicopters using night vision goggle equipment on July... More
Idaho Army National Guard pilots and crew members from
Idaho Army National Guard pilots and crew members from the 112th Service and Support Battalion conducted night hoist rescue training with the UH-72 Lakota helicopters using night vision goggle equipment on July... More
The view from the inside of a UH-1N Iroquois as it
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Alaska Air National Guardsman Staff Sgt. Jheren Svoboda,
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Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Reklis
Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Reklis and his canine partner Ali, from the Canine Explosive Detection Team at Maritime Safety and Security Team Kings Bay, rest before conducting hoist training Mar.... More
New York Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Stephen Tschiderer,
New York Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Stephen Tschiderer, a fllight medic assigned to Company F, 1st Battalion, 169th General Support Aviation Battalion, prepares to be hoisted up to a UH-60 Black Hawk helico... More
Emerson Kovalanchik, S.C. Helicopter Aquatic Rescue
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US COAST GUARD HOIST TRAINING, Alaska
JUNEAU, Alaska (Sept. 8, 2004)--A member of Coast Guard Station Ketchikan attempts to retrieve a hoist cable during recent hoist training at sea in Southeast Alaska. USCG photo by Petty Officer Chris Leibrant,... More
Rescue basket hoist training. U.S. COAST GUARD, CALIFORNIA
CRESCENT CITY, Calif. - Senior Chief Petty Officer Thomas Brunney, an aviation maintenance technician at Air Station Humboldt Bay, rigs a trail line to a rescue basket to participate in hoist training with the ... More
Hungarian soldiers from the 5th Bocskai Istvan, serving
Hungarian soldiers from the 5th Bocskai Istvan, serving with NATO’s peace support mission in Kosovo as members of Multinational Battle Group-East’s Forward Command Post, load a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter in fu... More
The 6-101st Aviation Regiment from Fort Campbell, Ky.
The 6-101st Aviation Regiment from Fort Campbell, Ky. hold their first-ever medical evacuation water extraction with Survive, Evade, Resist, and Escape instructors from Scott Air Force Base at Lake Carlyle, Ill... More
A crew member aboard an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter observes
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Hungarian soldiers from the 5th Bocskai Istvan, serving
Hungarian soldiers from the 5th Bocskai Istvan, serving with NATO’s peace support mission in Kosovo as members of Multinational Battle Group-East’s Forward Command Post, load a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter in fu... More
Idaho Army National Guard pilots and crew members from
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U.S. Army Spc. Christian Ward, assigned to 2nd General
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U.S. Marines with VMM-262 and U.S. Army Soldiers with
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Feco, a Hungarian Vizsla single purpose bomb dog and
Feco, a Hungarian Vizsla single purpose bomb dog and his handler, Petty Officer 1st Class Cory Sumner, U.S. Coast Guard District 11 Maritime Safety and Security Team, are hoisted onto a HH-60G Pave Hawk rescue ... More
Feco, a Hungarian Vizsla single purpose bomb dog and
Feco, a Hungarian Vizsla single purpose bomb dog and his handler, Petty Officer 1st Class Cory Sumner, U.S. Coast Guard District 11 Maritime Safety and Security Team, are hoisted onto a HH-60G Pave Hawk rescue ... More
A crewmember hooks up one of the MNTF-E K-9 handlers
A crewmember hooks up one of the MNTF-E K-9 handlers during MEDEVAC hoist training at Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo.
U.S. Army Spc. Christian Ward, assigned to 2nd General
U.S. Army Spc. Christian Ward, assigned to 2nd General Support Aviation Battalion, 4th Combat Aviation Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, hoists Staff Sgt. Kristopher Hookland from a Sikorsky UH-60 Blackhawk helic... More
Afghan National Army commandos with 2nd Company, 1st
Afghan National Army commandos with 2nd Company, 1st Special Operations Kandak, unload a simulated casualty from a UH-60 Black Hawk during helicopter extraction training in Behsud district, Nangarhar province, ... More
The 1st Battalion 228th Aviation Regiment performs
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Lt. Col. Brandon Dow, 54th Airlift Squadron, runs through
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U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Kristopher Hookland, assigned
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Kristopher Hookland, assigned to 2nd General Support Aviation Battalion, 4th Combat Aviation Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, is hoisted into a Sikorsky UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter during MED... More
Capt. Johnathan Bonilla, 459th Airlift Squadron standards
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U.S. Army Capt. Ryan Stanfield, a flight nurse, and
U.S. Army Capt. Ryan Stanfield, a flight nurse, and Sgt. Jared Belisle, a crew chief, both assigned to Company C, 1st General Support Aviation Battalion, 111th Aviation Regiment, Task Force Dragon, pull German ... More
A Soldier with Det 1, Company C, 2/249 General Support
A Soldier with Det 1, Company C, 2/249 General Support Aviation Battalion (GSAB), hangs from the rescue hoist of a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during training at Lake Thunderbird, Norman, Okla.
Tech. Sgt. Michael Wright, 459th Airlift Squadron special
Tech. Sgt. Michael Wright, 459th Airlift Squadron special mission aviator evaluator, left, and Lt. Col. Valerie Johnson, 374th Medical Group aerospace medicine chief, sit in a UH-1N Iroquois during a training m... More
Spend a day with Idaho farmer and Guardsman Chief Warrant
Spend a day with Idaho farmer and Guardsman Chief Warrant Officer 4 Chad Queen, one of the Idaho Army National Guard’s rescue helicopter pilots, and feel firsthand what it is like to fly the UH-72 Lakota helico... More
A member of U.S. Army Special Operations Forces communicates
A member of U.S. Army Special Operations Forces communicates with the pilots of a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter assigned to the 1-228th Aviation Regiment during hoist training at Lake Yojoa, Honduras, Jan. 22, 20... More
A U.S. Soldier with 1st Special Forces Group Airborne,
A U.S. Soldier with 1st Special Forces Group Airborne, drives the safety boat at Kin Blue Training Area, Okinawa, Japan. Nov. 05, 2019. The purpose of this training is to enhance evacuation capabilities of pers... More
Lt. Col. Valerie Johnson, 374th Medical Group aerospace
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Afghan National Army commandos with 2nd Company, 1st
Afghan National Army commandos with 2nd Company, 1st Special Operations Kandak, face away from a UH-60 Black Hawk as it lifts off during helicopter extraction training in Behsud district, Nangarhar province, Af... More
A crew chief assigned to 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade,
A crew chief assigned to 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division lowers a simulated casualty onto the drop zone during a hoist transport training event through medevac of a HH-60 Black Hawk helicop... More
Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Reklis
Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Reklis and his canine partner Ali, from the Canine Explosive Detection Team at Maritime Safety and Security Team Kings Bay, conduct hoist training with an Air Station... More
A coalition forces flight medic secures an Afghan National
A coalition forces flight medic secures an Afghan National Army Commando with 2nd Company, 1st Special Operations Kandak, to a hoist during helicopter extraction training in Behsud district, Nangarhar province,... More
A Soldier with Det 1, Company C, 2/249 General Support
A Soldier with Det 1, Company C, 2/249 General Support Aviation Battalion (GSAB), hangs from the rescue hoist of a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during training at Lake Thunderbird, Norman, Okla.
The 1st Battalion 228th Aviation Regiment performs
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U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Bret Fogle,
U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Bret Fogle, a rescue swimmer, gets hoisted into an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter at Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., Aug. 3, 2012. Crews conducted hoist training... More
The boat performing rescue training with the MH-65
The boat performing rescue training with the MH-65 helicopter crew cruises below the air crew in Galveston Bay, Texas, Sept. 29, 2015. Night operations training prepares air crews for the daunting task of perfo... More
An HH-60 aircrew member from U.S. Army Garrison Humphreys
An HH-60 aircrew member from U.S. Army Garrison Humphreys 3-2 General Support Aviation Battalion secures an Osan Air Base pilot during hoist training, at Osan AB, Republic of Korea, Nov. 12, 2020. Osan’s 51st F... More
Petty Officer 3rd Class Daniel Grow, an aviation
Petty Officer 3rd Class Daniel Grow, an aviation electrician, waits in the cabin of an MH-65 helicopter to lower the rescue basket during training in Galveston Bay, Texas, Sept. 29, 2015. Night operations train... More
A crew chief with 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, 82nd
A crew chief with 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division secures a model figure of a service member into rescue litter during a hoist transport training event through medevac of a HH-60 Black Hawk... More
Feco, a Hungarian Vizsla single purpose bomb dog, U.S.
Feco, a Hungarian Vizsla single purpose bomb dog, U.S. Coast Guard District 11 Maritime Safety and Security Team, is outfitted in his vertical delivery gear consisting of a hoisting vest, eye protection and hea... More
An Afghan National Army commando with 2nd Company,
An Afghan National Army commando with 2nd Company, 1st Special Operations Kandak, holds a lead rope to guide a litter into a UH-60 Black Hawk during helicopter extraction training in Behsud district, Nangarhar ... More
Aids to Navigation Team Kodiak conducts helicopter training
KODIAK, Alaska - Petty Officer 2nd Class Richard Moore, a machinery technician with Aids to Navigation Team Kodiak, ensures a rescue basket is safely hoisted from a 38-foot Special Purpose Craft-Training Boat d... More
Aids to Navigation Team Kodiak conducts helicopter training
KODIAK, Alaska - Petty Officer 2nd Class Richard Moore, with Aids to Navigation Team Kodiak, connects the bear hook from an Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter hoist cable to a rescue basket during hois... More
Hungarian soldiers from the 5th Bocskai Istvan, serving
Hungarian soldiers from the 5th Bocskai Istvan, serving with NATO’s peace support mission in Kosovo as members of Multinational Battle Group-East’s Forward Command Post, load a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter in fu... More
Feco, a Hungarian Vizsla single purpose bomb dog and
Feco, a Hungarian Vizsla single purpose bomb dog and his handler, Petty Officer 1st Class Cory Sumner, U.S. Coast Guard District 11 Maritime Safety and Security Team, prepare for a helicopter hoist training ope... More
Alaska Air Guardsman Capt. John Romspert, a 212th Rescue
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The 1st Battalion 228th Aviation Regiment performs
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A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter assigned to the 1-228th
A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter assigned to the 1-228th Aviation Regiment hovers over U.S. Army Special Operations members during overwater hoist training at Lake Yojoa, Honduras, Jan. 22, 2015. The 1-228th Aviat... More
Petty Officer 3rd Class Daniel Grow, an aviation
Petty Officer 3rd Class Daniel Grow, an aviation electrician, waits in the cabin of an MH-65 helicopter to lower the rescue basket during training in Galveston Bay, Texas, Sept. 29, 2015. Night operations train... More
Emerson Kovalanchik, S.C. Helicopter Aquatic Rescue
Emerson Kovalanchik, S.C. Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team, hoists a simulated casualty into a UH-60 Black Hawk during joint helicopter rescue hoist training with Alpha Company, 1-111th Aviation Battalion, S.C. N... More
A Soldier with Det 1, Company C, 2/249 General Support
A Soldier with Det 1, Company C, 2/249 General Support Aviation Battalion (GSAB), hangs from the rescue hoist of a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during training at Lake Thunderbird, Norman, Okla.
Lt. Col. Brooke Matson, 375th Operations Support Squadron
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An Iron Eagle with Task Force Desert Knights helps
An Iron Eagle with Task Force Desert Knights helps load a UH-60 for hoist-training operations here in Afghanistan.
Alaska Air National Guardsman Staff Sgt. Jheren Svoboda,
Alaska Air National Guardsman Staff Sgt. Jheren Svoboda, a flight engineer with the 210th Rescue Squadron, prepares to hoist a combat rescue officer out of an HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter during a training missio... More
Petty Officer 3rd Class Timothy Klein, a machinery
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Petty Officer 3rd Class Steve Scheren, a rescue swimmer
Petty Officer 3rd Class Steve Scheren, a rescue swimmer from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., is lowered from an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter during hoist training in the Pasquotank River near Elizabet... More
Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Reklis
Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Reklis receives licks from his canine partner Ali, from the Canine Explosive Detection Team at Maritime Safety and Security Team Kings Bay, while waiting to conduct h... More
U.S. Army Sgt. Jared Belisle, a crew chief assigned
U.S. Army Sgt. Jared Belisle, a crew chief assigned to Company C, 1st General Support Aviation Battalion, 111th Aviation Regiment, Task Force Dragon, secures a rescue seat in preparation to lower it during a co... More
Tech. Sgt. Michael Wright, 459th Airlift Squadron special
Tech. Sgt. Michael Wright, 459th Airlift Squadron special mission aviator evaluator, holds onto the cable as Master Sgt. Antonio Gueits, 374th Operation Group resource advisor, is hoisted into a UH-1N Iroquois ... More
Soldiers from Charlie Company, "All-American DUSTOFF,"
Soldiers from Charlie Company, "All-American DUSTOFF," 3rd General Support Aviation Battalion, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, partnered with troopers assigned to 307th Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Brigade Comb... More