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Air Force Reserve flight surgeons line up in rows in a suspended-harness trainer area during pararescue training

Air Force Reserve flight surgeons line up in rows in a suspended-harne...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Benning State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Rodney Prouty Release Status: Released to P... More

An Air Force Reserve flight surgeon descends after jumping from a C-141 Starlifter aircraft over the Ladson Army Airfield during pararescue training

An Air Force Reserve flight surgeon descends after jumping from a C-14...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Benning State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Rodney Prouty Release Status: Release... More

Divers from the 1730th Pararescue Squadron watches events above the surface while another just beneath the surface monitors the progress of an Air Force HH-3E Jolly Green Giant helicopter that is being raised from 1,800 feet of water. The helicopter, which crashed into the ocean 5.6 miles off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, is being recovered by a joint U.S./Japanese salvage team

Divers from the 1730th Pararescue Squadron watches events above the su...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Donald S. Mcmichael Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photog... More

Pararescue trainees lock and load, then blast away during 9mm pistol training at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico. By the end of the weapons course, students can squeeze off two headshots within seconds. This image was used in the February 2000 AIRMAN Magazine article "Superman School"

Pararescue trainees lock and load, then blast away during 9mm pistol t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kirtland Air Force Base State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Dave Nolan, USAF Release Stat... More

A "victim" of a mock disaster in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile is next to be treated by US Air Force Pararescue and Chilean Commandos during the mass casualty exercise CHILE TCA 2000, involving the California Air National Guard and medical personnel from Wilford Hall Medical Center, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, working with the Fuerza Aerea de Chile. The disaster response exercise was part of an exchange begun in 1995 between the California Air National Guard and the Fuerza Aerea de Chile

A "victim" of a mock disaster in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: CHILE TCA 2000 Base: Atacama Desert Country: Chile (CHL) Scene Camera Operator: SMSGT Dennis W. Goff , USAF Release Status: ... More

Pararescueman, US Air Force SENIOR MASTER Sergeant Louis Haack, Pararescue Supervisor of the 129th Rescue Wing, California Air National Guard, Moffett Federal Airfield, Mountain View, California stands in the read troop door a MC-130 Combat Shadow aircraft. SMSGT Haack is wearing a full HALO (High Altitude Low Opening) parachute load, demonstrating the amount of equipment that the Pararescueman need to carry and be expert in. The HALO jump system is used when troops are needed to parachute into remote or hostile areas where flying an aircraft is too dangerous or vulnerable to being shot down. The 129th Rescue Wing is one of only three Rescue Wings in the Air National Guard, their mission...

Pararescueman, US Air Force SENIOR MASTER Sergeant Louis Haack, Parare...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: Pararescueman, US Air Force Senior Master Sergeant Louis Haack, Pararescue Supervisor of the 129th Rescue Wing, California Air ... More

The Navy's Military Sealift Command, Motor Vessel (MV) A1C WILLIAM H. PITSENBARGER (T-AK 4638) Container Ship receives her finishing touches as a Detyens shipyard employee paints its name on the bow. The PITSENBARGER is 621 feet long and 105 feet wide and carries a crew of 23 civilian mariners.   Its mission to preposition Air Force ammunition at sea near potential war or contingency sites.  The ship is named for AIRMAN First Class William H. Pitsenbarger a pararescue crew member posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions on 11 April 1966 while serving in Vietnam

The Navy's Military Sealift Command, Motor Vessel (MV) A1C WILLIAM H. ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Charleston State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Michael Buytas, USAF Release Status: R... More

US Air Force (USAF) Pararescue Airmen from the 33rd Rescue Squadron (RQS), Kadena Air Base (AB), Japan, deployed to Osan Air Base, Korea, in support of Exercise FOAL EAGLE, check their gear as they prepare for a mission. The AIRMAN on the left is armed with a 9 mm M9 Pistol and the AIRMAN on the right is armed with an M-4 Carbine with an M203 40 mm grenade launcher attached. In the background is their HH-60G Pave Hawk

US Air Force (USAF) Pararescue Airmen from the 33rd Rescue Squadron (R...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Major Command Shown: PACAF Scene Camera Operator: S... More

A US Air Force (USAF) Pararescue team armed with Colt 5.56mm M4A1 Carbine Rifles from Baghdad International Airport (BIAP), performs a team movement exercise through urban streets in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A US Air Force (USAF) Pararescue team armed with Colt 5.56mm M4A1 Carb...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT James M. Bowman, USAF Release Status: Released t... More

A US Air Force (USAF) Pararescue team from Baghdad International Airport (BIAP) performs a team movement exercise through urban streets in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A US Air Force (USAF) Pararescue team from Baghdad International Airpo...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad International Airport Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT James M. Bowman, USAF Rele... More

US Air Force (USAF) Pararescueman from the 38th Rescue Squadron (RS), Moody Air Force Base (AFB) Georgia (GA), prepares his gear as the Pararescue Team is 350 miles north east of St. Maarten to provide medical support to a injured Chinese fisherman aboard his boat the Yuh Pao

US Air Force (USAF) Pararescueman from the 38th Rescue Squadron (RS), ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Moody Air Force Base State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AFSOC Scene Camera Operator: A1C Jos... More

Special Tactics Memorial Ruck March honors the following

Special Tactics Memorial Ruck March honors the following

Special Tactics Memorial Ruck March honors the following Airmen killed in action: Senior Airman Daniel Sanchez of El Paso, Texas, Special Tactics Combat Controller, Sep. 16, 2010. Senior Airman Mark Forester of... More

A formation of Americans, Estonians Swiss and Ukrainian

A formation of Americans, Estonians Swiss and Ukrainian

A formation of Americans, Estonians Swiss and Ukrainian military at the opening ceremony of Exercise Clear Sky. A multinational flight centered exercise held at Vinnytsia Air base, Ukraine.

Staff Sgt. Zach Webster, 459th Airlift Squadron flight

Staff Sgt. Zach Webster, 459th Airlift Squadron flight

Staff Sgt. Zach Webster, 459th Airlift Squadron flight engineer, assesses an internal rescue hoist for simulation aboard UH-1N Iroquois helicopter over Sagami Depot, Sagamihara Japan, November 2, 2020. The fore... More

A U.S. Marine with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground

A U.S. Marine with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground

A U.S. Marine with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa 19.1 hold security around a U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey during a Full-Mission Profile Rehearsal at Naval Air Station Sig... More

A 50-pound rucksack is staged in preparation of the

A 50-pound rucksack is staged in preparation of the

A 50-pound rucksack is staged in preparation of the Special Tactics Memorial March Feb. 22, 2019, at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. Twenty Special Tactics Airmen with the 24th Special Operations Wing are rucki... More

A U.S. Air Force pararescueman, assigned to the 83rd

A U.S. Air Force pararescueman, assigned to the 83rd

A U.S. Air Force pararescueman, assigned to the 83rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, fires his rifle during weapons training training March 21, 2018. Pararescuemen conduct training ... More

The Bury St. Edmunds Saints celebrate their first-ever

The Bury St. Edmunds Saints celebrate their first-ever

The Bury St. Edmunds Saints celebrate their first-ever 19-13 victory over the Essex Spartans at Thurston Rugby Club in Thurston, England, April 13, 2014. The Saints are an integrated American-style football tea... More

The 920th Rescue Wing hosted 38 members of the University

The 920th Rescue Wing hosted 38 members of the University

The 920th Rescue Wing hosted 38 members of the University of Florida's swim team at Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., Jan. 4, 2013. The 920th RQW Guardian Angels perform combat search and rescue as its primary miss... More

A U.S. Air Force pararescueman, assigned to the 83rd

A U.S. Air Force pararescueman, assigned to the 83rd

A U.S. Air Force pararescueman, assigned to the 83rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, administer intravenous fluids to a simulated casualty aboard a U.S. Army CH-47F Chinook during a personnel recovery exercise a... More

U.S. Air Force pararescuemen with the 82nd Expeditionary

U.S. Air Force pararescuemen with the 82nd Expeditionary

U.S. Air Force pararescuemen with the 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, deployed in support of Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), preform a night free fall jump from a C-130J Hercules near... More

U.S. Air Force Joint Terminal Attack Controller with

U.S. Air Force Joint Terminal Attack Controller with

U.S. Air Force Joint Terminal Attack Controller with the 82nd ERQS, Detachment 1, deployed in support of Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), takes notes inside a Polaris RZR aboard a C-130J H... More

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Miles Roberts observes

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Miles Roberts observes

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Miles Roberts observes Senior Airman Austin Sanders ascend a cliffside during Angel Thunder 2015 high angle rescue training at Mount Lemmon, Ariz., June 1. During the training, U.S.... More

Evacuees sit on the floor of a HC-130 as it takes off

Evacuees sit on the floor of a HC-130 as it takes off

Evacuees sit on the floor of a HC-130 as it takes off from St. Maarten to San Juan, Puerto Rico. The New York Air National Guard's 106th Rescue Wing, staging out of San Juan, Puerto Rico with the 156th Air Lift... More

U.S. Marines Corps Cpls. Dave and Dan Peete, reconnaissance

U.S. Marines Corps Cpls. Dave and Dan Peete, reconnaissance

U.S. Marines Corps Cpls. Dave and Dan Peete, reconnaissance Marines, work together to tie a football knot during Angel Thunder 2015 high angle rescue training at Mount Lemmon, Ariz., June 1. During the training... More

MSgt James Brucculeri, Loadmaster with the 103rd Rescue

MSgt James Brucculeri, Loadmaster with the 103rd Rescue

MSgt James Brucculeri, Loadmaster with the 103rd Rescue Squadron ushers evacuees onto a HC-130 on St. Maarten headed to San Juan, Puerto Rico. The New York Air National Guard's 106th Rescue Wing, staging out of... More

U.S. Air Force pararescuemen, assigned to the 83rd

U.S. Air Force pararescuemen, assigned to the 83rd

U.S. Air Force pararescuemen, assigned to the 83rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, move a simulated casualty onto a sked for transport during a personnel recovery exercise at an undisclosed location in Afghanist... More

Air Force Reserve flight surgeons are briefed on jumping from a 250-foot tower during pararescue training. A student is hooked to an open parachute which is to be pulled to the top of the tower and released

Air Force Reserve flight surgeons are briefed on jumping from a 250-fo...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Benning State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Rodney Prouty Release Status: Released to P... More

An Air Force combat control team works at the end of the runway as a C-130 Hercules aircraft comes in for a landing during a joint Army Reserve/Air Force Reserve medical exercise. The team is made up of students from the Combat Control Pararescue Indoctrination School at Lackland Air Force Base (AFB), Texas, and members of the 1722nd Combat Control Squadron from Dyess AFB, Texas

An Air Force combat control team works at the end of the runway as a C...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: National Guard Camp Bullis State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Scott P. Stewart Release Status... More

AIRMAN (AMN) David R. Farmer, a student from the Combat Control Pararescue Indoctrination School, Lackland Air Force Base, uses a wind meter to determine conditions for an inbound aircraft during a joint Army/US Air Force Reserve combat control team medic

AIRMAN (AMN) David R. Farmer, a student from the Combat Control Parare...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Camp Bullis Army Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Scott P. Stewart Release Status: Rel... More

USAF Airmen do sit ups in the mud as they participate in one of the toughest courses in the military - pararescue and combat control training at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, where students' willpower is pushed to the limit. This image is seen in the August 1998 edition of AIRMAN Magazine

USAF Airmen do sit ups in the mud as they participate in one of the to...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Lackland Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Release... More

US Air Force (USAF) MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Kevin Raville left and MSGT Jon Grant, Pararescue Jumpers (PJ) from the 407th Expeditionary Operations Pararescue Squadron (PS), Tallil Air Base (AB), Iraq, go on a night training mission in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Kevin Raville left and MSGT...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Tallil Air Base State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT John Barton, USAF Releas... More

A US Air Force (USAF) HH-60G Pave Hawk from the 64th Expiditionary Rescue Squadron (EQRS), at Balad Air base, Iraq (IRQ), deploys pararescue men

A US Air Force (USAF) HH-60G Pave Hawk from the 64th Expiditionary Res...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Balad Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Aaron D. Allmon II, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Serv... More

US Air Force (USAF) Pararescue Men and Officers from the 48th Rescue Squadron (RQS), Davis-Monthan (D-M) Air Force Base (AFB), Arizona (AZ), performed a task training sortie, by repelling from a USAF HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter at D-M

US Air Force (USAF) Pararescue Men and Officers from the 48th Rescue S...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Davis-Monthan Air Force Base State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: AMN Veronica Pierce, USAF Releas... More

U.S. Air Force members discuss various weapons with

U.S. Air Force members discuss various weapons with

U.S. Air Force members discuss various weapons with a combat controller at the Freedom Hangar on Hurlburt Field, Fla., June 12, 2012. The Air Force Special Operations Command hosted the 720th Special Tactics Gr... More

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Bobby Colliton, Survival,

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Bobby Colliton, Survival,

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Bobby Colliton, Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape specialist from the 18th Operation Support Squadron on Kadena Air Base, Japan, looks out of an HH-60 Pave Hawk after performing... More

83rd ERQS Guardian Angels conduct Tactical Critical Casualty Care Working with U.S. Army CH-47's

83rd ERQS Guardian Angels conduct Tactical Critical Casualty Care Work...

U.S. Air Force pararescuemen, assigned to the 83rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, work with members of U.S. Army Task Force Brawler, flying the CH-47F Chinook, to conduct casualty evacuation during a personnel ... More

A U.S. Air Force pararescueman with the 82nd Expeditionary

A U.S. Air Force pararescueman with the 82nd Expeditionary

A U.S. Air Force pararescueman with the 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, deployed in support of Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), tightens the straps on his parachute before a night stat... More

U.S. Air Force pararescuemen with the 82nd Expeditionary

U.S. Air Force pararescuemen with the 82nd Expeditionary

U.S. Air Force pararescuemen with the 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, deployed in support of Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), prepare to participate in joint personnel recovery trainin... More

U.S. Air Force pararescuemen, assigned to the 83rd

U.S. Air Force pararescuemen, assigned to the 83rd

U.S. Air Force pararescuemen, assigned to the 83rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, perform buddy checks on their gear before a a high altitude, low opening military free fall jump w... More

Staff Sgt. Cody Cerny (left), 56th Rescue Squadron

Staff Sgt. Cody Cerny (left), 56th Rescue Squadron

Staff Sgt. Cody Cerny (left), 56th Rescue Squadron pararescueman, relays the conditions of casualties to Senior Airman Jason Fischman, 38th Rescue Squadron pararescueman from Moody Air Force Base, Ga., during a... More

U.S. Air Force pararescuemen with the 82nd Expeditionary

U.S. Air Force pararescuemen with the 82nd Expeditionary

U.S. Air Force pararescuemen with the 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, deployed in support of Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), check their gear before they participate in joint personne... More

Air Commandos assigned to the 24th Special Operations

Air Commandos assigned to the 24th Special Operations

Air Commandos assigned to the 24th Special Operations Wing load coolers of water and supplies onto trucks for the Special Tactics Memorial March Feb. 24, 2014, near Houston, Texas. The memorial ruck march honor... More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Brandon Taylor, a 33rd Rescue

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Brandon Taylor, a 33rd Rescue

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Brandon Taylor, a 33rd Rescue Squadron flight engineer, hoists simulated survivors into a 33rd RQS HH-60 Pave Hawk as part of a combat search and rescue scenario for Exercise Pacific T... More

Two attendees watch Air Force Reserve Citizen Airmen

Two attendees watch Air Force Reserve Citizen Airmen

Two attendees watch Air Force Reserve Citizen Airmen from the 301st Rescue Squadron out of Patrick Air Force Base in Cocoa Beach, Florida, fly aboard an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter on May 26th, 2018 during the ... More

A Special Tactics Airman with the 24th Special Operations

A Special Tactics Airman with the 24th Special Operations

A Special Tactics Airman with the 24th Special Operations Wing straps a baton carrying the name of a fallen brethren to his rucksack in preparation for the Special Tactics Memorial March Feb. 24, 2019, near Hou... More

U.S. Air Force pararescuemen and combat rescue officers,

U.S. Air Force pararescuemen and combat rescue officers,

U.S. Air Force pararescuemen and combat rescue officers, assigned to the 83rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, prepare to conduct a high altitude, high opening military free fall jum... More

A U.S. Air Force pararescueman, assigned to the 83rd

A U.S. Air Force pararescueman, assigned to the 83rd

A U.S. Air Force pararescueman, assigned to the 83rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, fires his rifle during weapons training training March 21, 2018. Pararescuemen conduct training ... More

SrA Seneca Williams, Loadmaster for the 105th Airlift

SrA Seneca Williams, Loadmaster for the 105th Airlift

SrA Seneca Williams, Loadmaster for the 105th Airlift Wing works to help return members from the 106th Rescue Wing back to New York. The New York Air National Guard's 106th Rescue Wing returns home on a C-17 ... More

In response to a simulated emergency at Kennedy Space

In response to a simulated emergency at Kennedy Space

In response to a simulated emergency at Kennedy Space Center, Reserve Citizen Airmen from the 920th Rescue Wing revalidate their response time In the event of a catastrophic, life-threatening occurrence within ... More

U.S. service members prepare to participate in a High

U.S. service members prepare to participate in a High

U.S. service members prepare to participate in a High Altitude Low Open (HALO) parachute jump from a C-130 Hercules near Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, April 20, 2019. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Tech Sgt. Chris Hibben)

Combat Rescue Officers and Pararescumen from the 106th

Combat Rescue Officers and Pararescumen from the 106th

Combat Rescue Officers and Pararescumen from the 106th Rescue Wing prepare to gather up evacuess from the Princess Juliana International Airport on St. Maarten. The New York Air National Guard's 106th Rescue W... More

Members from the 102nd Rescue Squadron get ready as

Members from the 102nd Rescue Squadron get ready as

Members from the 102nd Rescue Squadron get ready as they prepare to load 100 stranded evacuees from Princess Juliana International Airport on St. Maarten. The New York Air National Guard's 106th Rescue Wing, st... More

TSgt Rocco Piccolo and MSgt James Brucculeri, Loadmasters

TSgt Rocco Piccolo and MSgt James Brucculeri, Loadmasters

TSgt Rocco Piccolo and MSgt James Brucculeri, Loadmasters from the 102nd Rescue Squadron get ready as they prepare to load 100 stranded evacuees from Princess Juliana International Airport on St. Maarten. The N... More

U.S. Air Force pararescuemen and combat rescue officers,

U.S. Air Force pararescuemen and combat rescue officers,

U.S. Air Force pararescuemen and combat rescue officers, assigned to the 83rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, conduct a high altitude, high opening military free fall jump working w... More

A C-130J Super Hercules loadmaster, assigned to the

A C-130J Super Hercules loadmaster, assigned to the

A C-130J Super Hercules loadmaster, assigned to the 774th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, looks out of the rear paratroop door window monitoring for ground threats during a flight ... More

The New York Air National Guard's 106th Rescue Wing

The New York Air National Guard's 106th Rescue Wing

The New York Air National Guard's 106th Rescue Wing returns home from a deployment to San Juan, Puerto Rico on 12 September, 2017. They were performing airlift and rescue missions in the Caribbean in response ... More

Air Force Reserve flight surgeons land after jumping from a C-141 Starlifter aircraft over the Ladson Army Airfield during pararescue training

Air Force Reserve flight surgeons land after jumping from a C-141 Star...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Benning State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Rodney Prouty Release Status: Release... More

A view of a 34-foot tower as Air Force Reserve flight surgeons practice jumping with full field gear during pararescue training

A view of a 34-foot tower as Air Force Reserve flight surgeons practic...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Benning State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Rodney Prouty Release Status: Released to P... More

A US Air Force (USAF) Pararescue man exits an HH-60 Black hawk helicopter during a Stokes Litter practice extraction of a survivor during an Urban Operations Training Exercise (UOTE) at the Maltz training site, Baghdad International Airport (BIAP), Iraq, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A US Air Force (USAF) Pararescue man exits an HH-60 Black hawk helicop...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad International Airport Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT James M. Bowman, USAF Rele... More

A US Air Force (USAF) Pararescue man dangles from an HH-60 Black hawk helicopter during a Stokes Litter practice extraction of a survivor at the Maltz training site, Baghdad International Airport (BIAP), Iraq, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A US Air Force (USAF) Pararescue man dangles from an HH-60 Black hawk ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad International Airport Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT James M. Bowman, USAF Rele... More

Chief Master Sgt. Davide Keaton, 26th Special Tactics

Chief Master Sgt. Davide Keaton, 26th Special Tactics

Chief Master Sgt. Davide Keaton, 26th Special Tactics Squadron superintendent, completes his final jump at Eglin Range, Fla., Jan. 10, 2017. Over the course of Keaton's 30-year career, he was decorated nine tim... More

A U.S. Air Force pararescueman, assigned to the 83rd

A U.S. Air Force pararescueman, assigned to the 83rd

A U.S. Air Force pararescueman, assigned to the 83rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, waits to conduct integration and medical training with members of the U.S. Army Aviation Reaction Force, Task Force Brawler on... More

Air Force Reserve Citizen Airmen from the 39th Rescue

Air Force Reserve Citizen Airmen from the 39th Rescue

Air Force Reserve Citizen Airmen from the 39th Rescue Squadron out of Patrick Air Force Base in Cocoa Beach, Florida fly past show center at Miami Beach aboard an HC-130- P/N “King” aircraft on May 26th, 2018 d... More

Air Force Special Tactics, Hurlburt Field, Florida

Air Force Special Tactics, Hurlburt Field, Florida

Special Tactics Airmen are the Air Force’s ground special operations component. With more than 650 combat mission support Airmen and 1,000 Special Tactics operators in 29 locations, our operators are experts in... More

A U.S. Air Force HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter assigned

A U.S. Air Force HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter assigned

A U.S. Air Force HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter assigned to the 303rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, deployed in support of Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa, stages in East Africa, May 5, 2019. (U.S. Air... More

U.S. Air Force pararescuemen assigned to the 131st

U.S. Air Force pararescuemen assigned to the 131st

U.S. Air Force pararescuemen assigned to the 131st Rescue Squadron, Moffett Federal Airfield, Calif., conduct Search and Rescue training in the Pacific Ocean near Northern Calif., Aug. 15, 2013. The unit routi... More

Members of the U.S. Army Band performs at the White

Members of the U.S. Army Band performs at the White

Members of the U.S. Army Band performs at the White House prior to the arrival of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau March 3, 2016. In addition to the Army Band, the event included Honor Guard members from ... More

The New York Air National Guard's 106th Rescue Wing

The New York Air National Guard's 106th Rescue Wing

The New York Air National Guard's 106th Rescue Wing returns home from a deployment to San Juan, Puerto Rico on 12 September, 2017. They were performing airlift and rescue missions in the Caribbean in response ... More

U.S. Air Force pararescuemen and combat rescue officers,

U.S. Air Force pararescuemen and combat rescue officers,

U.S. Air Force pararescuemen and combat rescue officers, assigned to the 83rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, use flares to communicate with a CH-47F Chinook flown by members of the U.S. Army Task Force Brawler,... More

The 920th Rescue Wing hosted 38 members of the University

The 920th Rescue Wing hosted 38 members of the University

The 920th Rescue Wing hosted 38 members of the University of Florida's swim team at Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., Jan. 4, 2013. The 920th RQW Guardian Angels perform combat search and rescue as its primary miss... More

A U.S. Air Force pararescueman assigned to the 82nd

A U.S. Air Force pararescueman assigned to the 82nd

A U.S. Air Force pararescueman assigned to the 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, deployed in support of Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), performs a helocast from an MH-60 Black Hawk heli... More

A U.S. Air Force pararescueman assigned to the 82nd

A U.S. Air Force pararescueman assigned to the 82nd

A U.S. Air Force pararescueman assigned to the 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, deployed in support of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), performs a High Altitude Low Open (HALO) jump from ... More

HH-60G Pave Hawks from the 920th Rescue Wing at Patrick

HH-60G Pave Hawks from the 920th Rescue Wing at Patrick

HH-60G Pave Hawks from the 920th Rescue Wing at Patrick Air Force Base in Cocoa Beach, Florida fly in formation with an HC-130- P/N “King” over Miami Beach, Florida on May 25th, 2018 in preparation for the 2nd ... More

A U.S. Air Force Pararescueman, assigned to the 83rd

A U.S. Air Force Pararescueman, assigned to the 83rd

A U.S. Air Force Pararescueman, assigned to the 83rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, performs rifle training March 28, 2018. Weapons familiarity and competence is vital to a parares... More

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. James D. Craig, left, commanding

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. James D. Craig, left, commanding

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. James D. Craig, left, commanding general, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), greets service members assigned to the East Africa Response Force (EARF), upon their return fro... More

Pararescuemen from the 212th Rescue Squadron and members

Pararescuemen from the 212th Rescue Squadron and members

Pararescuemen from the 212th Rescue Squadron and members of Baker Company, 3rd Platoon, 509th Infantry Regiment (Airborne), load a casualty into an HH-60G Pavehawk helicopter during training on Joint Base Elmen... More

In response to a simulated emergency at Kennedy Space

In response to a simulated emergency at Kennedy Space

In response to a simulated emergency at Kennedy Space Center, Reserve Citizen Airmen from the 920th Rescue Wing revalidate their response time In the event of a catastrophic, life-threatening occurrence within ... More

Air Force Reserve Staff Sergeant Raphael Tavernier

Air Force Reserve Staff Sergeant Raphael Tavernier

Air Force Reserve Staff Sergeant Raphael Tavernier with the 39th Rescue Squadron out of Patrick Air Force Base in Cocoa Beach, Florida, walks away from an HC-130- P/N “King” on May 25th, 2018, at Miami, after a... More

TSgt Rocco Piccolo and MSgt James Brucculeri, Loadmasters

TSgt Rocco Piccolo and MSgt James Brucculeri, Loadmasters

TSgt Rocco Piccolo and MSgt James Brucculeri, Loadmasters from the 102nd Rescue Squadron get ready as they prepare to load 100 stranded evacuees from Princess Juliana International Airport on St. Maarten. The N... More

A U.S. Army Task Force Brawler CH-47F Chinook prepares

A U.S. Army Task Force Brawler CH-47F Chinook prepares

A U.S. Army Task Force Brawler CH-47F Chinook prepares to land during a training exercise with a Guardian Angel team assigned to the 83rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, March 14,... More

U.S. Air Force pararescuemen, assigned to the 83rd

U.S. Air Force pararescuemen, assigned to the 83rd

U.S. Air Force pararescuemen, assigned to the 83rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, conduct high angle rescue training utilizing a climbing wall at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Feb. 23, 2018. The pararescuemen c... More

A U.S. Air Force combat rescue officer, assigned to

A U.S. Air Force combat rescue officer, assigned to

A U.S. Air Force combat rescue officer, assigned to the 83rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, provides overwatch during a personnel recovery exercise at an undisclosed location in Afghanistan, March 6, 2018. The ... More

An Air Force pararescue specialist in protective clothing administers first aid to a "downed pilot" during a chemical warfare training exercise

An Air Force pararescue specialist in protective clothing administers ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kirtland Air Force Base State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT John M. Collins Release Statu... More

Air Force Reserve flight surgeons practice in a swing-line trainer area during pararescue training

Air Force Reserve flight surgeons practice in a swing-line trainer are...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Benning State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Rodney Prouty Release Status: Released to P... More

An Air Force Reserve flight surgeon descends after jumping from a C-141 Starlifter aircraft over the Ladson Army Airfield during pararescue training

An Air Force Reserve flight surgeon descends after jumping from a C-14...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Benning State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Rodney Prouty Release Status: Release... More

Divers from the 1730th Pararescue Squadron monitor the progress of an Air Force HH-3E Jolly Green Giant helicopter that is being raised by a crane aboard the Japanese salvage ship SHIN TATSU MARU. The helicopter, which crashed into the ocean 5.6 miles off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, is being recovered by a joint U.S./Japanese salvage team. A nearby Japanese Maritime Safety Agency Shiretoko class large patrol vessel keeps the area clear as the operation progresses

Divers from the 1730th Pararescue Squadron monitor the progress of an ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Donald S. Mcmichael Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photog... More

During EXERCISE DESERT RESCUE IX, two U.S. Air Force Pararescue personnel perform a static jump from a 71st Rescue Squadron, Moody Air Force Base, Georgia based HC-130 Hercules transport aircraft. Desert Rescue IX is the premiere search and rescue (SAR) training exercise involving Navy, Army, Air Force and Marine personnel. It is conducted at the ranges of Fallon Naval Air Station, Nevada

During EXERCISE DESERT RESCUE IX, two U.S. Air Force Pararescue person...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT RESCUE IX Base: Naval Air Station, Fallon State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Comm... More

US Air Force (USAF) Pararescue personnel assigned to Baghdad International Airport (BIAP), perform a hoist extraction of a survivor during an Urban Operations Training Exercise (UOTE) at the Maltz training site, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) Pararescue personnel assigned to Baghdad Internati...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad International Airport Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT James M. Bowman, USAF Rele... More

Aiming for a small island off the coast of Djibouti, US Air Force (USAF) Pararescue Jumpers (PJ), 304th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron (ERQS), drop two all-terrain vehicles (ATV) from a USAF cargo aircraft and followed them out during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. (SUBSTANDARD)

Aiming for a small island off the coast of Djibouti, US Air Force (USA...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Djibouti (DJI) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Roger S. Duncan, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

PJ sheds light on multifaceted pararescue mission in Afghanistan

PJ sheds light on multifaceted pararescue mission in Afghanistan

Staff Sgt. Matthew Zimmer, a pararescueman with the 103rd Rescue Squadron and Matawan, N.J., native, details the myriad duties he and his fellow pararescuemen, or “PJ’s,” undertake on any given day aboard Camp ... More

An HH-60 Pave Hawk from the 33rd Rescue Squadron at

An HH-60 Pave Hawk from the 33rd Rescue Squadron at

An HH-60 Pave Hawk from the 33rd Rescue Squadron at Kadena Air Base, Japan, prepares to be re-fueled while traveling from Kadena to Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Oct. 10, 2012. The 33rd and 31st RQS travele... More

A member of the 83rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron

A member of the 83rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron

A member of the 83rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron observes a U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook at an undisclosed location in Afghanistan. The 83rd ERQS is Air Force Central Command’s first dedicated joint personnel reco... More

A U.S. Air Force Pararescueman, assigned to the 83rd

A U.S. Air Force Pararescueman, assigned to the 83rd

A U.S. Air Force Pararescueman, assigned to the 83rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, waits outside a CH-47 Chinook to begin integration and medical training with members of the U.S. Army Aviation Reaction Force,... More

U.S. Air Force pararescuemen deployed in support of

U.S. Air Force pararescuemen deployed in support of

U.S. Air Force pararescuemen deployed in support of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), gather thier parachutes after a High Altitude Low Open (HALO) jump from a C-130J Hercules from Camp Lemon... More

Service members from the U.S. Air Force, Army, Marines,

Service members from the U.S. Air Force, Army, Marines,

Service members from the U.S. Air Force, Army, Marines, Navy and Coast Guard take part in the welcome ceremony for the arrival of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to the White House on March 3, 2016. Tru... More

U.S. service members supporting the East Africa Response

U.S. service members supporting the East Africa Response

U.S. service members supporting the East Africa Response Force (EARF), deployed in support of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, unload a C-130J Hercules after their return from Libreville, Gabon at Camp... More

A formation of Americans from mostly California Air

A formation of Americans from mostly California Air

A formation of Americans from mostly California Air National Guard Units stand at parade rest at the opening ceremony of Exercise Clear Sky. A multinational flight centered exercise held at Vinnytsia Air base, Ukraine.

U.S. Airman 1st Class Nicholas Hooker, 75th Expeditionary

U.S. Airman 1st Class Nicholas Hooker, 75th Expeditionary

U.S. Airman 1st Class Nicholas Hooker, 75th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron (EAS) loadmaster, deployed in support of Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), opens the cargo door of a C-130J Super ... More

A U.S. Air Force pararescueman with the 82nd Expeditionary

A U.S. Air Force pararescueman with the 82nd Expeditionary

A U.S. Air Force pararescueman with the 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, deployed in support of Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), checks his electronic maps before a night static line ju... More

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