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Air Force Reserve flight surgeons hooked to open parachutes are pulled to the top of a 250-foot tower during pararescue training

Air Force Reserve flight surgeons hooked to open parachutes are pulled...

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

Divers from the 1730th Pararescue Squadron watch as a crane aboard the Japanese salvage ship SHIN TATSU MARU raises an Air Force HH-3E Jolly Green Giant helicopter from 1,800 feet beneath the surface. 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 Japanese Maritime Safety Agency Shiretoko class large patrol vessel, upper left, keeps the area clear as the operation progresses

Divers from the 1730th Pararescue Squadron watch as a crane aboard the...

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

Straight on medium close-up of a USAF AIRMAN laying on his stomach in mud as he participates 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

Straight on medium close-up of a USAF AIRMAN laying on his stomach in ...

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

During EXERCISE DESERT RESCUE IX, Elite U.S. Air Force Pararescue personnel prepare to conduct static and high altitude low opening (HALO) jumps 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, Elite U.S. Air Force Pararescue pers...

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) Command CHIEF MASTER Sergeant (CCMST) Audrey Thompson (left), 377th Air Base Wing (ABW), USAF CCMST Robert S. Benbrooks (center), 58th Special Operation Wing, and USAF CHIEF MASTER Sergeant (CMSGT) Bruce H. Hickson, Commandant, USAF Pararescue School, prepare to raise the American Flag, during a Memorial Day Ceremony at the Veterans Memorial at Kirtland Air Force Base (AFB), New Mexico (NM)

US Air Force (USAF) Command CHIEF MASTER Sergeant (CCMST) Audrey Thomp...

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: Dennis Carlson, CIV Release Status... More

A US Air Force (USAF) Pararescue medical team assigned to Baghdad International Airport (BIAP), carry MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Bryan Kasemenn, a Survival Evasion Resistance Escape (SERE) Instructor from wreckage during an urban movement exercise in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A US Air Force (USAF) Pararescue medical team assigned to Baghdad Inte...

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) 38th Rescue Squadron (RQS), 347th Rescue Wing (RW), Pararescueman, from Moody Air Force Base (AFB), Georgia (GA), prepares his gear while his Pararescue Team flies onboard a USAF C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft to provide medical support to a Chinese fisherman, aboard the fishing vessel the YUH PAO, who is suffering from a serious chest injury. Other team members are working in the background preparing the Rigging Alternate Method Zodiac (RAMZ) boat that will be dropped to deliver the pararescuemen to the YUH PAO

A US Air Force (USAF) 38th Rescue Squadron (RQS), 347th Rescue Wing (R...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: SSGT D Myles Cullen, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Coast Guard and Air Force personnel remove supplies

Coast Guard and Air Force personnel remove supplies

Coast Guard and Air Force personnel remove supplies and gear from an Air Force HC-130 aircraft at Coast Guard Air Station Miami in Opalocka, Fla., Sept. 9, 2017. Air Force Pararescuemen from the 212th Rescue Sq... More

Air Force Reserve Staff Sergeant Raphael Tavernier,

Air Force Reserve Staff Sergeant Raphael Tavernier,

Air Force Reserve Staff Sergeant Raphael Tavernier, a loadmaster with the 39th Rescue Squadron prepares an HC-130- P/N “King” to start its engines on May 25th, 2018 in preparation for the 2nd annual Salute to ... 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), meet before a night free fall jump from a C-130J Hercules ... More

A U.S. Air Force Pararescue Jumper attached to Special

A U.S. Air Force Pararescue Jumper attached to Special

A U.S. Air Force Pararescue Jumper attached to Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa 19.1 prepares for a flight on an MV-22 Osprey at Naval Air Station Sigonella, Italy, Dec. 20, 2... 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 on board a CH-47F Chinook flown by members of the U.S. Army's Task Force Brawler, before takeoff to conduct a site surve... 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

Pararescuemen assigned to the 57th Rescue Squadron

Pararescuemen assigned to the 57th Rescue Squadron

Pararescuemen assigned to the 57th Rescue Squadron begin to secure a mock crash scene victim onto a cargo hook before hoisting them up into an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter during a combat search and rescue demon... More

U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Eric Fiel, commander of the

U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Eric Fiel, commander of the

U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Eric Fiel, commander of the Air Force Special Operations Command, passes the first guidon from Col. Robert Armfield, commander of 24th Special Operations Wing, at the Freedom Hangar on H... 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

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, perform buddy checks on their gear before a a high altitude, low openin... More

Staff Sgt. Bill Cenna, 212th Rescue Squadron pararescueman,

Staff Sgt. Bill Cenna, 212th Rescue Squadron pararescueman,

Staff Sgt. Bill Cenna, 212th Rescue Squadron pararescueman, looks for more information on the patient he's working on during a training scenario at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson on Sept. 21, 2011. The traini... More

A U.S. service member deployed in support of Combined

A U.S. service member deployed in support of Combined

A U.S. service member deployed in support of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), performs a High Altitude Low Open (HALO) jump from a C-130J Hercules assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn ... More

U.S. Air Force members from the 31st and 33rd Rescue

U.S. Air Force members from the 31st and 33rd Rescue

U.S. Air Force members from the 31st and 33rd Rescue Squadrons work to medically evacuate victims of a simulated aircraft crash during a war week exercise at Marine Corps Camp Hansen’s Combat Town, Japan, Feb. ... More

U.S. service members deployed in support of Combined

U.S. service members deployed in support of Combined

U.S. service members deployed in support of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), complete a High Altitude Low Open (HALO) jump from a C-130J Hercules assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn o... More

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

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

A U.S. Air Force HH-60G Pavehawk helicopter assigned to the 303rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, deployed in support of Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), takes off for range training conduc... 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

Two helmets belonging to U.S. Air Force pararescueman

Two helmets belonging to U.S. Air Force pararescueman

Two helmets belonging to U.S. Air Force pararescueman with the 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, deployed in support of Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), lay on seat of a C-130J Hercules... More

Evacuees sit on the floor of a New York Air National

Evacuees sit on the floor of a New York Air National

Evacuees sit on the floor of a New York Air National Guard HC-130 as it takes off from St. Maarten to San Juan, Puerto Rico on Sept. 10, 2017. The New York Air National Guard's 106th Rescue Wing, staging out o... 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, conduct weapons training and instruction for members of the 455th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacua... More

U.S. service members participate in a High Altitude

U.S. service members participate in a High Altitude

U.S. service members 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)

U.S. Air Force pararescuemen assigned to the 82nd

U.S. Air Force pararescuemen assigned to the 82nd

U.S. Air Force pararescuemen assigned to the 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, deployed in support of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, participate in a High Altitude Low Open (HALO) parachute jump in... 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

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, Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, conduct a high altitude, high opening military free fall jump working w... More

U.S. Air Force Maj. Derek Andeweg, a pilot assigned

U.S. Air Force Maj. Derek Andeweg, a pilot assigned

U.S. Air Force Maj. Derek Andeweg, a pilot assigned to the 75th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, deployed in support of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), flies a C-130J Hercules near Camp Lemo... 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

Army Master Sgt. Brian Breaker (right) and Sgt. Duncan

Army Master Sgt. Brian Breaker (right) and Sgt. Duncan

Army Master Sgt. Brian Breaker (right) and Sgt. Duncan Wooster (back) prepare a simulated patient, Chief Master Sgt. Matthew Grengs, for entry into the trauma bay at the Craig Joint Theater Hospital at Bagram A... More

Evacuees board a HC-130 on St. Maarten. 
The New York

Evacuees board a HC-130 on St. Maarten. The New York

Evacuees board a HC-130 on St. Maarten. The New York Air National Guard's 106th Rescue Wing, staging out of San Juan, Puerto Rico with the 156th Air Lift Wing provide rescue support to those in need on St. Maa... More

Capt. William Hall, HC-130 Pilot with the 102nd Rescue

Capt. William Hall, HC-130 Pilot with the 102nd Rescue

Capt. William Hall, HC-130 Pilot with the 102nd Rescue Squadron helps bring an evacuee's service dog on board an HC-130 headed to San Juan, Puerto Rico. The New York Air National Guard's 106th Rescue Wing, sta... 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, operates the canopy of his parachute while conducting a high altitude, high opening military free... More

U.S. Air Force survival, evasion, resistance and escape

U.S. Air Force survival, evasion, resistance and escape

U.S. Air Force survival, evasion, resistance and escape specialists, assigned to the 83rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, discuss the parameters of a personnel recovery exercise for the combat rescue officers an... 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. 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, work with members of U.S. Army Task Force Brawler, flying the CH-47F Chinook, during a scramble exercise at Bagram Airfield, Afg... More

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

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Joseph Brady (left), Staff

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Joseph Brady (left), Staff

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Joseph Brady (left), Staff Sgt. Jason Lee (center), and Senior Airman Thomas Schalin breach a door and prepare to clear a room during a mission rehearsal in an excess structure here... 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

Air Force Pararescue Jumper trainees participate in

Air Force Pararescue Jumper trainees participate in

Air Force Pararescue Jumper trainees participate in the water confidence introductory course Aug. 16, at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. During the course, trainees learn mask and snorkel recovery, buddy breath... 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

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), works with a simulated casualty aboard a C-130J Hercules... 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

A U.S. military member looks down the ramp of a C-130J

A U.S. military member looks down the ramp of a C-130J

A U.S. military member looks down the ramp of a C-130J Hercules before participating in a High Altitude Low Open (HALO) parachute jump near Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, April 20, 2019. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Tec... 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

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, prepares to move a simulated casualty during a personnel recovery exercise at an undisclosed location in Afghanistan, March 6,... More

AIRMAN Jeffrey M. Hernandez, a student from the Combat Control Pararescue Indoctrination School, Lackland Air Force Base, uses an anemometer to measure wind speed in preparation for an airdrop duirng a joint Army/US Air Force Reserve combat control team m

AIRMAN Jeffrey M. Hernandez, a student from the Combat Control Parares...

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: STAFF Sergeant Scott P. Stewart Release S... More

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Eric Barry, a Pararescue crewman with the 4412th Rescue Squadron (RS)(Provisional) wears night vision goggles while flying as an observer aboard an USAF MH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter, in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH 1998. Night scope used

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Eric Barry, a Pararescue crewm...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH 1998 Base: Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base State: Al Ahmadi Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC Sce... More

Participating in EXERCISE DESERT RESCUE IX, Technical Sergeant Brian Oswald (Hometown: San Anselimo, California), a pararescueman assigned to the 66th Rescue Squadron, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, gives the "thumbs up" call to other pararescue personnel just prior to conducting a high altitude low opening (HALO) jump on board a HC-130 Hercules transport aircraft from the 71st Rescue Squadron, Moody Air Force, Georgia. 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

Participating in EXERCISE DESERT RESCUE IX, Technical Sergeant Brian O...

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 Camera Ope... More

1ST Combat Camera videographer STAFF Sergeant H. Chris Scrivener (Hometown: San Antonio, Texas) documents elite U.S. Air Force Pararescue personnel conducting final checks prior to conducting high altitude low opening (HALO) jump from a 71st Rescue Squadron, Moody Air Force Base, Georgia based HC-130 Hercules transport aircraft during EXERCISE DESERT RESCUE IX. 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

1ST Combat Camera videographer STAFF Sergeant H. Chris Scrivener (Home...

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

On a tour of Lackland Air Force Base (AFB), Texas, United States Air Force (USAF), CHIEF of STAFF (CS), General (GEN) John P. Jumper, second from left, watches a water survival demonstration by a 342nd Training Squadron (TS) pararescue trainee. With the CS are left to right, MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Bryan Winder, a Combat Training Flight Superintendent, Major (MAJ) Michael P. Buonaugurio, the 342nd TS Commander, GEN Donald G. Cook, the Air Education and Training Command (AETC) Commander, Major General (MGEN) John F. Regni, the 2nd Air Force Commander and Brigadier General (BGEN) Fred D. Van Valkenburg, Commander, 37th Training Wing (TW). Accompanying the tour are Mrs. Ellen Jumper, Mrs....

On a tour of Lackland Air Force Base (AFB), Texas, United States Air F...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: On a tour of Lackland Air Force Base (AFB), Texas, United States Air Force (USAF), CHIEF of STAFF (CS), General (GEN) John P. Ju... More

Air Force Reserve Lieutenant Colonel Matt Winkler,

Air Force Reserve Lieutenant Colonel Matt Winkler,

Air Force Reserve Lieutenant Colonel Matt Winkler, aircraft commander, sits on an HC-130- P/N “King” from the 920th Rescue Wing at Patrick Air Force Base in Cocoa Beach, Florida as it flies over Miami Beach, Fl... More

Air Force Reserve Citizen Airmen from the 920th Rescue

Air Force Reserve Citizen Airmen from the 920th Rescue

Air Force Reserve Citizen Airmen from the 920th Rescue Wing out of Patrick Air Force Base in Cocoa Beach, Florida fly past Miami Beach aboard an HC-130P/N King airplane and two HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters on M... More

Maj. Patrick Gruber, 56th Rescue Squadron director

Maj. Patrick Gruber, 56th Rescue Squadron director

Maj. Patrick Gruber, 56th Rescue Squadron director of operations, sets up a perimeter defense at the Stanford Training Area, England, Feb. 6, 2014. Airmen participated in four days of training exercises in supp... 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, puts on his parachute before a high altitude, high opening military free fall jump working with ... More

U.S. Airmen assigned to the 303rd Expeditionary Rescue

U.S. Airmen assigned to the 303rd Expeditionary Rescue

U.S. Airmen assigned to the 303rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, deployed in support of Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa, preform maintenance operations on a HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter under the star... More

U.S. Air Force Pararescue Airmen assigned to the 83rd

U.S. Air Force Pararescue Airmen assigned to the 83rd

U.S. Air Force Pararescue Airmen assigned to the 83rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron conduct jump training at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Dec. 1, 2018. These PJs conducted this training in order to continue to... More

U.S. Airmen assigned to the 303rd Expeditionary Rescue

U.S. Airmen assigned to the 303rd Expeditionary Rescue

U.S. Airmen assigned to the 303rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, deployed in support of Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa, preform maintenance operations on a HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter under the star... More

Staff Sgt. Anthony Deroest, 56th Rescue Squadron pararescue

Staff Sgt. Anthony Deroest, 56th Rescue Squadron pararescue

Staff Sgt. Anthony Deroest, 56th Rescue Squadron pararescue specialist, cuts into a simulated downed aircraft at the Stanford Training Area, England, Feb. 6, 2014. Airmen participated in four days of 56th Rescu... More

Pararescuemen assigned to the 57th Rescue Squadron

Pararescuemen assigned to the 57th Rescue Squadron

Pararescuemen assigned to the 57th Rescue Squadron secure a mock patient onto a litter during a combat search and rescue demonstration at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, April 21, 2016. The demonstration s... More

U.S. Air Force Pararescue Airmen assigned to the 83rd

U.S. Air Force Pararescue Airmen assigned to the 83rd

U.S. Air Force Pararescue Airmen assigned to the 83rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron conduct jump training at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Dec. 1, 2018. These PJs conducted this training in order to continue to... More

A young child with his mother watch out the window

A young child with his mother watch out the window

A young child with his mother watch out the window of a New York Air National Guard HC-130 as it takes off from St. Maarten to San Juan, Puerto Rico on Sept. 10, 2017.The New York Air National Guard's 106th Res... More

U.S. service members deployed in support of Combined

U.S. service members deployed in support of Combined

U.S. service members deployed in support of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), patrol a landing zone in preparation for a High Altitude Low Open (HALO) jump from a C-130J Hercules assigned to ... More

Air Force Reserve Citizen Airmen from the 301st Rescue

Air Force Reserve Citizen Airmen from the 301st Rescue

Air Force Reserve Citizen Airmen from the 301st Rescue Squadron out of Patrick Air Force Base in Cocoa Beach, Florida, fly past Miami Beach aboard an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter on May 25th, 2018, during a prac... More

U.S. Air Force pararescuemen, 83rd Expeditionary Rescue

U.S. Air Force pararescuemen, 83rd Expeditionary Rescue

U.S. Air Force pararescuemen, 83rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, communicate during a mission Nov. 7, 2012, in Afghanistan. Pararescue teams assault, secure, and dominate the rescue objective area using any av... More

Pararescue Airmen from the 82nd Expeditionary Rescue

Pararescue Airmen from the 82nd Expeditionary Rescue

Pararescue Airmen from the 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron conduct a static-line jump from an HC-130P King near Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, May 4, 2017. The 82nd ERQS conduct full spectrum personnel recovery, ... More

A U.S. Air Force Guardian Angel team assigned to the

A U.S. Air Force Guardian Angel team assigned to the

A U.S. Air Force Guardian Angel team assigned to the 308th ERQS, Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, conducts a training mission with a U.S. Air Force HH-60G Pave Hawk aircrew, assigned to the 33rd Expeditionary Re... More

A U.S. Air Force Guardian Angel team, consisting of

A U.S. Air Force Guardian Angel team, consisting of

A U.S. Air Force Guardian Angel team, consisting of pararescuemen, combat rescue officers and survival, evasion, resistance, and escape specialists assigned to the 83rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, Bagram Air... 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), examines a simulated casualty aboard a C-130J Hercules i... 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, 455th Air Expeditionary Wing, prepare to administer intravenous fluids to a simulated casualty aboard a U.S. Army Ch-47 Chinook ... More

A C-130J Super Hercules assigned to the 774th Expeditionary

A C-130J Super Hercules assigned to the 774th Expeditionary

A C-130J Super Hercules assigned to the 774th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron on the flight line at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, March 4, 2018. The C-130J is capable of rapid strategic delivery of troops and all t... 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, pose for a team photo after the completion of a training exercise March 14, 2018. The Army crews a... More

Army Master Sgt. Brian Breaker (right) checks a simulated

Army Master Sgt. Brian Breaker (right) checks a simulated

Army Master Sgt. Brian Breaker (right) checks a simulated patient for contraband prior to wheeling him into the trauma bay at Craig Joint Theater Hospital at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan Jan. 23, 2016. Parares... 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, 455th Air Expeditionary Wing, prepares to administer intravenous medicine to a simulated casualty aboard a U.S. Army Ch-47 Chi... More

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