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A US Air Force HH-53 Jolly Green Giant helicopter from the 55th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron stands by to assist in the removal of the remains of the victims of the Jonestown tragedy

A US Air Force HH-53 Jolly Green Giant helicopter from the 55th Aerosp...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Jonestown Country: Guyana (GUY) Scene Camera Operator: Ssgt Jose L. Sanchez Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital ... More

The trailer carrying the deep submergence rescue vehicle AVALON (DSRV-2) goes up the ramp of an Air Force C-5A Galaxy aircraft from the 60th Military Airlift Wing (MAW-60). The AVALON is en route to Hawaii as part of a DSRV fly-away exercise to train personnel in the handling and operation of the vehicle

The trailer carrying the deep submergence rescue vehicle AVALON (DSRV-...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, North Island State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Terry C. Mitchell Rele... More

A right front air-to-air view of an HH-53 Super Jolly helicopter flown by the 67th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron, 3rd Air Force, RAF Woodbridge

A right front air-to-air view of an HH-53 Super Jolly helicopter flown...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Jose Lopez Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photo... More

Artwork: Portrait of MASTER Sergeant John Connell, Jr., 55th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, selected as one of 1984's Outstanding Airmen. Artist: MASTER Sergeant Larrie Jenkins, US Air Force

Artwork: Portrait of MASTER Sergeant John Connell, Jr., 55th Aerospace...

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

Rescue personnel wearing fire suits evacuate "casualties" from the flight line during a joint US Air Force/Panama Canal Commission disaster preparedness exercise

Rescue personnel wearing fire suits evacuate "casualties" from the fli...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Howard Air Force Base Country: Panama (PAN) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Kenrick R. Thomas Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Se... More

Air Force Audiovisual Service technicians film rescue workers searching through rubble during an international disaster relief effort following a major earthquake

Air Force Audiovisual Service technicians film rescue workers searchin...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mexico City State: Distrito Federal Country: Mexico (MEX) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Rob Marshall Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

A 304th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron pararescueman assist a simulated victim in the frigid water of the Oregon River during a training exercise. The Air Force Reserve squadron is based at Portland International Airport

A 304th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron pararescueman assist a ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Portland State: Oregon (OR) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Dan Doherty Release Status: Released to Public Combin... More

Members of the 304th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron search for a 9-year old child lost while skiing on Mount Hood. The Air Force Reserve squadron is based at Portland International Airport

Members of the 304th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron search for...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: Oregon (OR) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Dan Doherty Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Serv... More

Members of a joint US/Japanese salvage team guide a box being lowered onto the deck of the Japanese salvage ship SHIN TATSU MARU. The box contains support equipment for the Navy submersible search and rescue vehicle Deep Drone, which will be used in the recovery of an Air Force HH-3E Jolly Green Giant helicopter that crashed 5.6 miles off the Okinawa coast

Members of a joint US/Japanese salvage team guide a box being lowered ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naha State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Donald S. Mcmichael Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Se... More

SGT Craig B. Boyd, assistant crew chief with the 616th Consolidated Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, performs a preflight check on a 71st Air Rescue Squadron (71st ARS) HH-3E Jolly Green Giant helicopter prior to its departure for Aircraft Maintenance and Regeneration Center at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona. Helicopters from the 71st ARS are being relocated in preparation for the squadron's deactivation on June 1, 1991. The 210th Rescue Squadron, Air National Guard, will take over Alaskan rescue missions

SGT Craig B. Boyd, assistant crew chief with the 616th Consolidated Ai...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Whitehorse Country: Canada(CAN) Scene Camera Operator: Russ Pollanen Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photogr... More

A Canadian Air Force CF-18 Hornet aircraft approaches for a landing during Cope Thunder North, an exercise that tests aircrews' skills in strike, support, air defense and combat rescue roles. Units from the Canadian Forces, the U.S. Marine Corps, Alaska Air National Guard, Strategic Air Command and other Pacific Air Forces units are participating in the exercise.

A Canadian Air Force CF-18 Hornet aircraft approaches for a landing du...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COPE THUNDER NORTH Base: Elmendorf Air Force Base State: Alaska(AK) Country: United States Of America(USA) Scene Camera Oper... More

US Air Force Captains T. O. Hanford (left), Scott F. O'Grady (center), and Bob Wright (right) speak at a press conference. CAPT. O'Grady's F-16 Fighting Falcon was shot down over Bosnia on June 2, 1995, while he was flying in support of Operation Deny Flight. After 6 days of evasion, he was rescued by US Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, deployed from the USS KEARSAGE (LHD-3). CAPT. Hanford made the initial radio contact with CAPT. O'Grady before his rescue and CAPT. Wright was CAPT. O'Grady's lead man the day he was shot down

US Air Force Captains T. O. Hanford (left), Scott F. O'Grady (center),...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Tana R. Hamilton Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... More

Alan Thompson of the Southern Kern County search and rescue team lowers an injured victim down a cliff in a Stokes Litter in preparation for air lift during the 76th Rescue Flight 1995 Rescue Symposium

Alan Thompson of the Southern Kern County search and rescue team lower...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Jeremy Moore Release Status:... More

Shot of US Air Force Technical Sergeant Steve Lupenski, a pararescueman with the 210th Rescue Squadron, Alaska Air National Guard, as he prepares to splint US Air Force Technical Sergeant Brent Widenhouse's leg as a 210th Rescue Squadron HH-60L Pavehawk helicopter hovers nearby. This image was used in the April 1996 issue of AIRMAN Magazine

Shot of US Air Force Technical Sergeant Steve Lupenski, a pararescuema...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT John K. Mcdowell Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digita... More

A HH-60G Pavehawk Helicopter and personnel assigned to the 48th Rescue Squadron, Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, are off-loaded from a C-5 Galaxy, assigned to the 436th Airlift Wing, Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, at the Kuwait International Airport, Kuwait, in support of Operation DESERT FOCUS. The members of the 48th Rescue Squadron are deployed to Kuwait to respond in the event any US airmen are downed in the region

A HH-60G Pavehawk Helicopter and personnel assigned to the 48th Rescue...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT FOCUS Base: Kuwait City Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Richard Kaminsky, USAF Release Status: Relea... More

Close-up view of a soldier's hand holding a simulated detached arm. The soldiers are from the German Air Force Rescue Center #1 and were demonstrating rescue techniques to other participants in the world's largest joint service, multi-nation tactical air operations exercise

Close-up view of a soldier's hand holding a simulated detached arm. Th...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ROVING SANDS 97 Base: El Paso State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT James D.... More

Interior shot inside the cargo bay of a USAF C-17A Globemaster III, looking from the back towards the front of the cargo section. Personnel from the 721st Air Mobility Squadron at McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey, maintainers from Dover Air Force Base, Delaware and cargo loading equipment are bound for Operation Atlas Response. This is a mission to assist in search and rescue and also with the distribution of relief supplies to the area of Mozambique in southeastern Africa

Interior shot inside the cargo bay of a USAF C-17A Globemaster III, lo...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ATLAS RESPONSE Base: Mcguire Air Force Base State: New Jersey (NJ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Oper... More

Straight on medium shot as personnel from the 721st Air Mobility Squadron at McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey, and maintainers from Dover Air Force Base, wait outside the mobility operations center at Hoedspruit AFB, South Africa, after arriving from the United States to take part in "Operation Atlas Response." They are the first of several flights that will arrive throughout the following weeks bringing helicopters and military personnel (equipment and personnel not shown) to assist with search and rescue and with the distribution of relief supplies in Mozambique

Straight on medium shot as personnel from the 721st Air Mobility Squad...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ATLAS RESPONSE Base: Hoedspruit Air Force Base Country: South Africa (ZAF) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Cary Humphries Releas... More

United States Air Force Major General Joseph H. Wehrle Jr., Commander 3rd Air Force and Commander of Joint Task Force Operation Atlas Response, surveys flood damage in the Machanga district south of Beira, Mozambique. Wehrle flew aboard an HH-60G "Pave Hawk" from the 41st Rescue Squadron, Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, on a mission to Machanga where citizens continue to deal with problems caused by recent flooding. To date, Task Force aircraft participating in Operation Atlas Response have delivered more than 71 tons of humanitarian relief supplies on 102 flights to more than 20 locations 16 March 2000

United States Air Force Major General Joseph H. Wehrle Jr., Commander ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ATLAS RESPONSE Base: Machanga State: Sofala Country: Mozambique (MOZ) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Cary Humphries, USAF Rele... More

United States Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Mark Molney, a pararescueman from the 41st Rescue Squadron, Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, clears the area around the HH-60G "Pave Hawk" helicopter to drop-off tents to people in the town of Machanga, south of Beira, Mozambique. To date, Joint Task Force aircraft participating in Operation Atlas Response have delivered more than 71 tons of humanitarian relief supplies on 102 flights to more than 20 locations, 16 March 2000

United States Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Mark Molney, a pararescueman fro...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ATLAS RESPONSE Base: Machanga State: Sofala Country: Mozambique (MOZ) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Cary Humphries, USAF Rele... More

Medium shot. SENIOR AIRMAN Michael Maroney, a pararescueman assigned to the 41st Rescue Squadron at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, gives candy to children in the town of Machanga while distributing humanitarian relief supplies to people in towns along the coast of central Mozambique that have been devastated by recent floods. To date, Joint Special Operations, Task Force aircraft participating in Operation Atlas Response have delivered more than 71 tons of humanitarian relief supplies on 102 flights to more than 20 locations

Medium shot. SENIOR AIRMAN Michael Maroney, a pararescueman assigned t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ATLAS RESPONSE Base: Mechanga State: Sofala Country: Mozambique (MOZ) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Cary Humphries Release St... More

A local man waits for the signal from United Statres Air Force STAFF Sergeant Greg Sanford, an Aerial GUNNER assigned to the 56th Rescue Squadron, Keflavik, Iceland, to help unload tents from an HH-60G "Pave Hawk" helicopter for the people in the town of Machanga, south of Beira, Mozambique. To date, Joint Task Force aircraft participating in Operation Atlas Response have delivered more than 71 tons of humanitarian relief supplies on 102 flights to more than 20 locations, 16 March 2000

A local man waits for the signal from United Statres Air Force STAFF S...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ATLAS RESPONSE Base: Machanga State: Sofala Country: Mozambique (MOZ) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Cary Humphries, USAF Rele... More

US Air Force Special Operations helicopter pilot, Captain Bill Denehen lectures to JROTC at Brentwood High School, NY on 11 May 00. On 2 May 99, while assigned with the 55th Special Operations Squadron, CPT Denehen and his crew courageously penetrated one of the most sophisticated air defense networks in the world to rescue an F-16C pilot (Not shown) trapped deep inside of Serbia. This was the first mission in history where a special operations rescue force penetrated and successfully defeated an active integrated air defense system of a determined military. During Operation Allied Force, Denehen's special Ops helicopter was pre-positioned deep inside Bosnia-Herzegovina. The rescue force ...

US Air Force Special Operations helicopter pilot, Captain Bill Denehen...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: US Air Force Special Operations helicopter pilot, Captain Bill Denehen lectures to JROTC at Brentwood High School, NY on 11 May... More

Italian Air Force Lieutenant Nanni Adrea (Pointing at map), briefs the two crews of the Italian CSAR( Combat Search And Rescue) crews that are simulating extraction of NEO (Non-combatant Evacuation Operation) evacuees during Exercise VENETO RESCUE on June 6th, 2000

Italian Air Force Lieutenant Nanni Adrea (Pointing at map), briefs the...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: VENETO RESCUE Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Mitch Fuqua, USAF Rel... More

At twilight, a Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicle Mystic (DSRV 1) inches aboard a United States Air Force Reserve (USAFR) C-5A "Galaxy" cargo aircraft, for transport to SORBET ROYAL 2000, a NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION (NATO) submarine rescue exercise off the Mediterranean coast of Turkey

At twilight, a Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicle Mystic (DSRV 1) inches ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SORBET ROYAL 2000 Base: Naval Air Station, North Island State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene... More

US Air Force Major Jeff Waldman, Pilot, and US Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Larry Rohekohr, co-pilot, from the 129th Rescue Wing, California Air National Guard, Moffett Federal Field, fly an MC-130P Combat Shadow aircraft above the Pacific Ocean during a training rescue operation. The 129th is one of only three Rescue units in the ANG, and the only one on the west coast

US Air Force Major Jeff Waldman, Pilot, and US Air Force Lieutenant Co...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Andrew Hughan, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photog... More

US Air Force STAFF Sergeant Rick Sapone, 31st Fighter Wing survival instructor from Aviano Air Base, Italy, takes a final inventory of his pack prior to the start of a joint NATO search and rescue exercise in Rimini, Italy. SSGT Sapone, the noncomissioned officer in charge of survival, evasion, resistance & escape (S.E.R.E.) training, instructs pilots proper survival techniques

US Air Force STAFF Sergeant Rick Sapone, 31st Fighter Wing survival in...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Jennifer C. Wallis, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Co... More

STAFF Sergeant (SSgt) Larra Erwin, SSgt Phil Wunkleman, SENIOR AIRMAN Joe Poplar, AIRMAN (AMN) Erik Waldrod, AMN Kyle Dos, of the 92nd Civil Engineering Squadron, prepare to clear out a smoke filled cockpit during Operational Readiness Inspection (ORI) EXERCISE CRISIS REACH 01-49, Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington. Members are wearing aluminized turnout gear or Crash/Fire/Rescue Suit (CFR) and Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA). Gear is used by fire fighters in high heat applications

STAFF Sergeant (SSgt) Larra Erwin, SSgt Phil Wunkleman, SENIOR AIRMAN ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: CRISIS REACH 01-49 Base: Airway Heights State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command S... More

The pararescuemen (a.k.a. Parajumper (PJ)) of the 41st Rescue Squadron prepare for the biggest PJ jump ever from a C-130. The jump included 61 of the PJ's stationed at Moody Air Force Base. The jump pre-empted the reactivation of the 38th Rescue Squadron at Moody Air Force Base

The pararescuemen (a.k.a. Parajumper (PJ)) of the 41st Rescue Squadron...

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: ACC Scene Camera Operator: SRA Felic... More

Members of the Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Fire and Rescue battle a live fire at the "Burn Building" training facility Dover, DE. The fire fighters at Dover AFB train hard to uphold the title "Best in AMC."

Members of the Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Fire and Rescue battle ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Dover Air Force Base State: Delaware (DE) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: William M. Plate Jr., USAF CIV. Release... More

Participating in EXERCISE DESERT RESCUE IX, STAFF Sergeant Mike Smith, a videographer for the 1ST Combat Camera Squadron Charleston AFB, South Carolina, reaches in the cockpit of an A-10 Warthog to adjust and focus an ELMO camera system being used as coverage for a close air support mission during the exercise. Sergeant Smith is originally from Indianapolis, Indiana. 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, STAFF Sergeant Mike Smith,...

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

Participating in EXERCISE DESERT RESCUE IX, Technical Sergeant Brian Kelly a crew chief for the 75th Fighter Squadron at Pope AFB, North Carolina, checks the fuel in an A-10 Warthog for contaminates. Sergeant Kelly is originally from Miramar, Florida. 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 K...

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

Participating in EXERCISE DESERT RESCUE IX, several U.S. Air Force Pararescue personnel perform a high altitude low opening (HALO) 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

Participating in EXERCISE DESERT RESCUE IX, several U.S. Air Force Par...

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

AWI Kevin Sammons (originally from San Diego, California) a close air support instructor for the exercise transfers information to aircraft personnel using an authenication table for the DR IX phone system. This was before a simulated Hellfire missle launch on targets from F-18D Hornets and HH-60 helicopters at range B-17 during DESERT RESCUE IX. Desert Rescue 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

AWI Kevin Sammons (originally from San Diego, California) a close air ...

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

Lieutenant Commander Gary Herbert (Hometown: Centreville, Virginia), an E-2C Hawkeye Aircraft commander assigned to VAW-125 (Airborne Early Warning) Squadron, Norfolk Virginia, confirms navigational waypoints near Fallon Naval Air Station (NAS) during DESERT RESCUE IX. Desert Rescue 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 NAS, Nevada

Lieutenant Commander Gary Herbert (Hometown: Centreville, Virginia), a...

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

Air Controller 1ST Class PETTY Officer, Scott Phelan, Air Traffic Control, Fallon Naval Air Station, Nevada, coordinates movement of messages and is an extra set of eyes in the control tower in participation of DESERT RESCUE IX. Desert Rescue 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 AirStation, Nevada

Air Controller 1ST Class PETTY Officer, Scott Phelan, Air Traffic Cont...

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

Navy HH-60H Seahawk helicopters prepare to land and pick up their survivor during a survivor extraction exercise in participation with DESERT RESCUE IX. Desert Rescue 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

Navy HH-60H Seahawk helicopters prepare to land and pick up their surv...

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

A simulated hostile national kicks dirt at Navy friendly forces personnel during a Non-Combatant Evacuation scenario during DESERT RESCUE IX exercise. Desert Rescue 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

A simulated hostile national kicks dirt at Navy friendly forces 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 Camera Ope... More

Simulated detainees at an embassy in Combat Town are held during the opening moments of the Non-Combatant Evacuation exercise during DESERT RESCUE IX. Desert Rescue 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

Simulated detainees at an embassy in Combat Town are held during the 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

Italian Air Force Carabinieri from the Vicenza Company assault a suspect vehicle while conducting Special Tactics Assault Team (STAT) training during simulated hostage rescue operations. STAT is a highly trained, volunteer security force unit designed to act during high-risk operations. High-risk operations include resource recovery, anti-sniper actions, barricaded suspect apprehension, hostage rescue, counter-terrorist operations, and special event operations. The week long course involved joint training with the Italian Air Force Carabinieri from the Vicenza Company, Italian Air Force personnel and USAF personnel assigned to the 31ST Security Forces Squadron, Aviano AB, Italy

Italian Air Force Carabinieri from the Vicenza Company assault a suspe...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Dave Ahlschwede, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

A US Air Force 55th Civil Engineering Squadron P-23 Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting Vehicle sprays Aqueous Film Forming Foam (AFFF) fire retardant over simulated aircraft wreckage during a Major Accident Response Exercise (MARE). The exercise tested medical and emergency response teams' ability to respond to an air show accident and mass casualty incident. Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska

A US Air Force 55th Civil Engineering Squadron P-23 Aircraft Rescue an...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Offutt Air Force Base State: Nebraska (NE) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC Scene Camera Operator: A1C Jak... More

British Airborne and United States Air Force (USAF) Pararescuemen from the 106th Rescue Wing (RW), North Hampton Beach, Long Island, New York, pose for a group shot just before their jump mission from an MC-130P Combat Shadow aircraft from the 347th Rescue Wing (RW), 71st Rescue Squadron (RS) out of Moody Air Force Base, Georgia

British Airborne and United States Air Force (USAF) Pararescuemen from...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH 2001 Country: Southwest Asia Scene Major Command Shown: CENTCOM Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Dave Nolan, USAF ... More

US Air Force (USAF) personnel assigned to the 38th Rescue Squadron offer condolences and respect to the family members of USAF SENIOR Airmen (SRA) Jason Cunningham, during the Graveside Service held at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia (VA). SRA Cunningham, a Pararescueman, was killed in action in Afghanistan during Operation ANACONDA

US Air Force (USAF) personnel assigned to the 38th Rescue Squadron off...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Arlington National Cemetery State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Mark D. Smith, USAF Release... More

MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Michael Williams, right, a search and rescue controller from the 502nd Air Operations Squadron (AOS), Hickam Air Force Base (AFB), Hawaii, listens to Mister Patrick Yam, a Hong Kong air traffic controller, discuss search and rescue procedures during the Search and Rescue Exercise (SAREX) 2002

MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Michael Williams, right, a search and rescue co...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Hong Kong International Airport Country: China (CHN) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Val Gempis, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mil... More

US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Mark Hatfield (left) uses a video camera to record USAF STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Michael Brogan, during a stand-up interview on the flight line at Hong Kong International Airport. TSGT Hatfield and SSGT Brogan are both assigned to Detachment 10 American Forces Network-Tokyo, Yokota Air Base, Japan, and are covering the annual Hong Kong Search and Rescue Exercise. A Japan Self Defense Force (JASDF) UH-60J Search and Rescue helicopter is parked in the background

US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Mark Hatfield (left) use...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Hong Kong International Airport Country: Hong Kong (HKG) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Val Gempis, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined... More

US Air Force (USAF) MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Wendell Campbell, Production Superintendent 71st Expeditionary Rescue Squadron (ERQS), makes an entry into an aircraft log book, while deployed at a forward location in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Wendell Campbell, Productio...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: SSGT William Greer, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined... More

US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Roy West, an HC-130P Hercules Combat Shadow aircraft Crew CHIEF, assigned to the 71st Expeditionary Rescue Squadron (ERQS), makes entries into the aircrafts logbook while deployed at a forward location in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Roy West, an HC-130P Her...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: SSGT William Greer, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined... More

US Air Force (USAF) Crewchiefs SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Brian Regal (left) and STAFF Sergeants (SSGT) Andrew Cazier (center) and Joe Draper, 33rd Rescue Squadron (RQS), Kadena Air Base (AB), Japan, deployed to Osan AB, Korea, maintain a USAF HH-60G Pave Hawk for exercise and real world rescue missions during Exercise FOAL EAGLE

US Air Force (USAF) Crewchiefs SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Brian Regal (left) ...

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

Detail of a slate roof showing Hibiscus syriacus, Mugunghwa the national flower, on a house outside of the Survival Evasion Resistance and Escape (SERE) training area. SERE instructors train Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) members how to navigate, communicate and guide US Air Force (USAF) rescue units to their location during the exercise FOAL EAGLE

Detail of a slate roof showing Hibiscus syriacus, Mugunghwa the nation...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Major Command Shown: Pacific Air Command Air Forces Sc... More

US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) John Mizelle, 3rd Operations Support Squadron (OSS), uses a signal mirror to attract an incoming aircraft and guide it to his location during Exercise FOAL EAGLE. Survival Evasion Resistance and Escape (SERE) instructors train ROKAF members how to navigate, communicate and guide US Air Force (USAF) rescue units to their location during the exercise

US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) John Mizelle, 3rd Operat...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Major Command Shown: Pacific Air Command Air Forces Sc... More

Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Park Kyu Tae, 6TF Pararescue Squadron, climbs through the mountains during a Survival Evasion Resistance and Escape (SERE) scenario as instructors train ROKAF members how to navigate, communicate with, and guide US Air Force (USAF) rescue units to their location during the Exercise FOAL EAGLE

Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Park Kyu Ta...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Major Command Shown: Pacific Air Command Air Forces Sc... More

A US Air Force (USAF) HC-130 Hercules aircraft Crew CHIEF from the 71st Expeditionary Rescue Squadron (ERQS), 410th Air Expeditionary Wing (AEW), conducts a structural inspection, atop the port side wing of his aircraft, at a forward deployed location, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A US Air Force (USAF) HC-130 Hercules aircraft Crew CHIEF from the 71s...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: A1C Lindsey M Slocum, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined ... More

A US Air Force (USAF) MH-60G Black Hawk helicopter, from the 301st Rescue Squadron (RS), lifts off on a mission, at a forward-deployed location, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A US Air Force (USAF) MH-60G Black Hawk helicopter, from the 301st Res...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: CENTCOM Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Shane Cuomo, USAF Release S... More

US Air Force (USAF) Pararescuemen from the 301st Rescue Squadron (RS), inventory their ammunition at a forward-deployed location in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) Pararescuemen from the 301st Rescue Squadron (RS),...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: CENTCOM Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Shane Cuomo, USAF Release S... More

US Air Force (USAF) Pararescuemen assigned to the 304th Rescue Squadron (RQS), conduct a walk through rescue training scenario using their MH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter at Tallil Air Base, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) Pararescuemen assigned to the 304th Rescue Squadro...

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 Shane Cuomo, USAF Releas... More

US Air Force (USAF) Major (MAJ) Hugh Funk, Director of Operations with the 407th Air Expeditionary Group (AEG), Expeditionary Rescue Squadron (ERQS), uses a hand-held radio to coordinate events with control tower personnel before Pararescuemen from the 304th Rescue Squadron (RQS), conduct an airdrop at Tallil Air Base, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) Major (MAJ) Hugh Funk, Director of Operations with...

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 Quinton T. Burris, USAF ... More

US Air Force (USAF) Pararescuemen assigned to the 301st Rescue Squadron (RQS), prepare to board a Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) C-130 Hercules aircraft, in preparation for a static line jump over Tallil Air Base, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) Pararescuemen assigned to the 301st Rescue Squadro...

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 Shane Cuomo, USAF Releas... More

US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Selwyn McConney, a Weapons SPECIALIST assigned to the 301st Rescue Squadron (RS), Patrick Air Force Base (AFB), Florida, ducks for cover during a practice extraction of a survivor by an HH-60 Black hawk helicopter at the Maltz training site, Baghdad International Airport (BIAP), Iraq, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Selwyn McConney, a Weapo...

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) Loadmaster's from the 301st Airlift Squadron (AS), Travis Air Force Base (AFB), California, along with personnel from the 85th Maintenance Squadron (MXS) and the 56th Rescue Squadron (RS), Naval Air Station (NAS) Keflavik, Iceland, move an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter after unloading it from the cargo bay of a C-5 Galaxy aircraft at Lungi, Sierra Leone

US Air Force (USAF) Loadmaster's from the 301st Airlift Squadron (AS),...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Lungi Country: Sierra Leone (SLE) Scene Camera Operator: Tsgt Justin D. Pyle, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service D... More

US Air Force (USAF) Captain Kenneth Smeenk, a pilot with the 56th Rescue Squadron (RS), Naval Air Station (NAS) Keflavik, Iceland, performs a preflight check of her MH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter, prior to a familiarization flight over Sierra Leone (SLE)

US Air Force (USAF) Captain Kenneth Smeenk, a pilot with the 56th Resc...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Lungi Country: Sierra Leone (SLE) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: Tsgt Justin D. Pyle, USAF Release Status: Released to ... More

After a humanitarian mission, a US Air Force (USAF) HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter from the 56th Rescue Squadron (RS), Naval Air Station (NAS) Keflavik, Iceland, shuts down on a wet parking space at Lungi, Sierra Leone (SLE), while the crew goes over a checklist

After a humanitarian mission, a US Air Force (USAF) HH-60G Pave Hawk h...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Lungi Country: Sierra Leone (SLE) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: Tsgt Justin D. Pyle, USAF Release Status: Released to ... More

US Navy (USN) Lieutenant Junior Grade (LTJG) Eric Danielsen (left), a helicopter pilot participating in the rescues training exercise DESERT RESCUE XI, is interview by US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Reynaldo Ramon, a Photographer assigned to the 1ST Combat Camera Squadron (CCS). The exercise is the premiere Search And Rescue (SAR) training exercise involving all branches of the US Military and is conducted at the ranges of Fallon Naval Air Station, Nevada (NV)

US Navy (USN) Lieutenant Junior Grade (LTJG) Eric Danielsen (left), a ...

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

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Aaron Allmon, Photographer, 1ST Combat Camera Squadron (CCS), uses a digital camera equipped with a telephoto lens to document Non-Combatant Evacuation training, during the rescue training exercise DESERT RESCUE XI. The exercise is the premiere Search And Rescue (SAR) training exercise involving all branches of the US Military and is conducted at the ranges at Fallon Naval Air Station (NAS), Nevada (NV)

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Aaron Allmon, Photographer, ...

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

A US Air Force (USAF) HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter from the 41st Rescue Squadron (RQS) on approach to conduct a survivor extraction during a Combat Search and Rescue training mission conducted during Exercise DESERT RESCRE XI. The exercise is the premiere Combat Search And Rescue (CSAR) training exercise involving all branches of the US Military and is conducted at the ranges at Fallon Naval Air Station (NAS), Nevada (NV)

A US Air Force (USAF) HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter from the 41st Rescue...

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

A US Air Force (USAF) HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter from the 56th Rescue Squadron (RQS), 398th Air Expeditionary Group (AEG), prepares to land during a training exercise while deployed at Lungi, Sierra Leone, to provide personnel recovery and emergency evacuation capability for the Humanitarian Assistance Survey Teams (HAST) and the Fleet Anti-terrorism Security Teams (FAST) in Liberia, during Joint Task Force (JTF) Liberia

A US Air Force (USAF) HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter from the 56th Rescue...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JTF LIBERIA Base: Lungi Country: Sierra Leone (SLE) Scene Camera Operator: Tsgt Justin D. Pyle, USAF Release Status: Release... More

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Bethany Hunt, an A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft Crew CHIEF Augmentee from the 118th Fighter Squadron (FS), Connecticut Air National Guard (CTANG), gives the hold signal to the Pilot, USAF Major (MAJ) Kevin McManaman, as Erin Hurley pulls the wheel chocks, prior to take off for a training mission during Exercise DESERT RESCUE XI. The exercise is the premiere Search And Rescue (SAR) training exercise involving all branches of the US Military and is conducted on the various ranges at Fallon Naval Air Station (NAS), Nevada (NV)

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Bethany Hunt, an A-10 Thunderb...

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

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Bethany Carroll, an A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft Crew CHIEF from the 118th Fighter Squadron (FS), Connecticut Air National Guard (CTANG), conducts a post flight inspection on her aircraft following a training mission during Exercise DESERT RESCUE XI. The exercise is the premiere Search And Rescue (SAR) training exercise involving all branches of the US Military and is conducted on the various ranges at Fallon Naval Air Station (NAS), Nevada (NV)

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Bethany Carroll, an A-10 Thund...

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

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Aaron Allmon (right), a Photographer assigned to the 1ST Combat Camera Squadron (CCS), documents an aerial refueling mission from the cargo compartment of a HC-130N aircraft from the 71st Rescue Squadron (RQS), at Moody Air Force Base (AFB), Georgia during exercise DESERT RESCUE XI. The exercise is a joint service Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) training exercise hosted by the Naval Strike and Warfare Center, designed to simulate downed aircrews, enabling CSAR related missions to experiment with new techniques in realistic scenarios

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Aaron Allmon (right), a Phot...

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

A US Air Force (USAF) HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter assigned to the 56th Rescue Squadron (RQS), 398th Air Expeditionary Group (AEG), flies into the sunset while conducting external sling load training at Lungi, Sierra Leone, during Joint Task Force (JTF) Liberia

A US Air Force (USAF) HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter assigned to the 56th...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JTF LIBERIA Base: Lungi Country: Sierra Leone (SLE) Scene Camera Operator: Tsgt Justin D. Pyle, USAF Release Status: Release... More

A US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) 347th Maintenance Squadron (MXS), 347th Rescue Wing (RW), Moody Air Force Base (AFB), Georgia (GA), plays Taps during a memorial ceremony retreat. On December 27th 2003, while visiting his father in Houston Texas, AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Kevin A. Kerry, of the 347th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMS), was killed in an automobile accident

A US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) 347th Maintenance Squadron (...

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

During Winter Survival training in Flagstaff, Arizona (AZ), US Air Force (USAF) personnel from the 305th Rescue Squadron (RS) practice a downed pilot rescue while hovering in their UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter

During Winter Survival training in Flagstaff, Arizona (AZ), US Air For...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Flagstaff State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AETC Scene Camera Operator: TSGT David Neve, US... More

A US Air Force (USAF) Pararescueman, 38th Rescue Squadron (RS), 347th Rescue Wing (RW), Moody Air Force Base (AFB), Georgia (GA), stands at attention to the right of the unveiled SRA Jason D. Cunningham AIRMAN Leadership School marquee during the March 4, 2004, renaming ceremony dedicating the SRA Jason D. Cunningham AIRMAN Leadership School at Moody AFB in honor of SRA Cunningham, another 38th RS Pararescueman, who was killed on March 4, 2002, in Afghanistan while saving the lives of ten other men participating in Operation ANACONDA which was conducted during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. SRA Cunningham was posthumously awarded the Air Force Cross on September 13, 2002

A US Air Force (USAF) Pararescueman, 38th Rescue Squadron (RS), 347th ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Moody Air Force Base State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Rob Jensen, USAF Release Status: Re... More

US Air Force (USAF) Brigadier General (BGEN) John Folkerts (left center), Vice Commander, Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC), and CHIEF MASTER Sergeant (CMSGT) Howard J. Mowry (right center), Command CHIEF MASTER Sergeant (CCM), AFSOC, speak with Jackie (left) and Lawrence (center) Cunningham, the parents of SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Jason D. Cunningham, 38th Rescue Squadron (RS), 347th Rescue Wing (RW), Moody Air Force Base (AFB), Georgia (GA), after the March 4, 2004, renaming ceremony dedicating the SRA Jason D. Cunningham AIRMAN Leadership School at Moody AFB in honor of their son who was killed on March 4, 2002, in Afghanistan while saving the lives of ten other men...

US Air Force (USAF) Brigadier General (BGEN) John Folkerts (left cente...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: US Air Force (USAF) Brigadier General (BGEN) John Folkerts (left center), Vice Commander, Air Force Special Operations Command (... More

US Air Force (USAF) personnel with the 563rd Maintenance Group (MXG), Davis-Monthan Air Force Base (AFB) prepare to unload a USAF HH-60 Pave Hawk from a USAF C-17A Globemaster III, 62nd Airlift Wing (AW), McChord AFB. The Pave Hawk belongs to the 55th Rescue Squadron (55th RQS) at Davis-Monthan AFB and returning home after supporting Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) personnel with the 563rd Maintenance Group (MXG), ...

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

During a simulated aircraft accident at Royal Air Force (RAF) Fairford and RAF Mildenhall's Fire Fighters deployed to Fairford, rescue SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Steve McPherson, assigned to the 424th Air Base Squadron (ABS), England (ENG) and move him to a TRIAGE area during a Major Accident Response Exercise (MARE)

During a simulated aircraft accident at Royal Air Force (RAF) Fairford...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: RAF Fairford State: Gloucestershire Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: SRA Meghan Ge... More

Light enhanced night vision photography showing a Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) receiver and a AN/PRC-112 Survival Radio being used by a US Air Force (USAF) aircrew survivor to pinpoint his position and relay coordinates to rescue forces, during a combat Search And Rescue (SAR) training exercise at the Tonopah Test Range, located at Nellis Air Force Base (AFB), Nevada (NE), conducted during Exercise RED FLAG. (SUBSTANDARD)

Light enhanced night vision photography showing a Global Positioning S...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RED FLAG Base: Nellis Air Force Base State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA B... More

US Air Force (USAF) Pararescuemen from the 58th Rescue Squadron (RS), at Nellis Air Force Base (AFB), Nevada (NV), move in and identify a downed aircrewman during a fire power demonstration held at a Nellis Air Force Base (AFB), Nevada (NV) bomb range. The demonstration displays an array of war fighting capabilities

US Air Force (USAF) Pararescuemen from the 58th Rescue Squadron (RS), ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Nellis Air Force Base State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC Scene Camera Operator: SRA Kenne... More

A US Coast Guard (USCG) HC-130J Super Hercules extended-range combat rescue aircraft on display during the Joint Service Open House Celebration held at Andrews Air Force Base (AFB), Maryland (MD)

A US Coast Guard (USCG) HC-130J Super Hercules extended-range combat r...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Andrews Air Force Base State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Daniel Mclain, USN Release Status... 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

040816-F-8769K-033 (Aug. 16, 2004)US Air Force (USAF) Pararescue Men from the 48th Rescue Squadron (RQS), Davis-Monthan (D-M) Air Force Base (AFB), Arizona (AZ), climb up a rope ladder attached to a USAF HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter as part of their Alternate Insertion Extraction training at D-M. U.S. Air Force PHOTO by AIRMAN First Class Christina D. Kinsey (RELEASED)

040816-F-8769K-033 (Aug. 16, 2004)US Air Force (USAF) Pararescue Men f...

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: A1C Christina D. Kinsey, USAF Re... More

U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 92d Civil Engineer Squadron, Fire Department, use a P-19 Aircraft Rescue/Structural Fire-fighting Vehicle to extinguish flames on a Mock-up aircraft pit fire, while conducting training at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., on Sep. 7, 2004. Real world fire training is conducted several times a month during the summer season to ensure Fairchild's firefighters are prepared to respond to any type of fire incident. (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by STAFF SGT. Laura K. Smith) (Released)

U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 92d Civil Engineer Squadron, Fir...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fairchild Air Force Base State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Laura K. Smiht, USAF R... More

U.S. Air Force TECH. SGT. Ron Werle, crew chief, 55th Rescue Squadron, conducts preflight inspections on an HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., on Sept. 15, 2004.(U.S. Air Force PHOTO by STAFF SGT. Lanie McNeal) (RELEASED)

U.S. Air Force TECH. SGT. Ron Werle, crew chief, 55th Rescue Squadron,...

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: SSGT Lanie Mcneal, USAF Release ... More

U.S. Air Force STAFF SGT. John Hill, a life support journeyman, from the 55th Rescue Squadron, prays for fellow servicemen aboard a C-5 Galaxy cargo aircraft at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., on Oct. 29, 2004. The C-5 will transport the Airmen to an undisclosed forward deployed location. (USAF PHOTO by STAFF SGT. Lanie McNeal) (Released)

U.S. Air Force STAFF SGT. John Hill, a life support journeyman, from t...

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: SSGT Lanie Mcneal, USAF Release ... More

U.S. Air Force (USAF) firefighters from the 28th Civil Engineer Squadron/ Fire Rescue Team, talk to a USAF MASTER SGT. from the Exercise Evaluation Team (EET) during Phase II of exercise Badland Express at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., on Nov. 8, 2004. The firefighters are attired in Joint Firefighter Integrated Resonse Ensemble (JFIRE). (USAF PHOTO by AIRMAN Melissa A. Flores) (Released)

U.S. Air Force (USAF) firefighters from the 28th Civil Engineer Squadr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ellsworth Air Force Base State: South Dakota (SD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: AMN Melissa A. Flores, USAF Rel... More

U.S. Air Force TECH. SGT. NIck McCaskill, a pararescueman from the 33rd Rescue Squadron, Kadena Air Base, Japan, surveys the effects of flooding aboard his HH-60 Pavehawk helicopter during typhoon relief operations at Quezon Province, Philippines on Dec. 13, 2004. About 600 U.S. military troops are in the Philippines providing humanitarian assistance and disaster relief to residents of Quezon Province where widespread flooding and landslide displaced about 168,000 people and leaving more than 1400 dead or missing. (USAF PHOTO by MASTER SGT. Val Gempis) (Released)

U.S. Air Force TECH. SGT. NIck McCaskill, a pararescueman from the 33r...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Quezon Province Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Val Gempis, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Serv... More

(From left-to-right), U.S. Air Force AIRMAN First CLass Jeff Layton, TECH. SGT. Nick McCaskill and TECH. SGT. James Karmann, all members of the 33rd Rescue Squadron, Kadena Air Base, Japan, and a US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine unload boxes of water from an 33rd RQS HH-60 Pavehawk helicopter at the town of General Nakar, Quezon Province, Philippines, during typhoon relief operations on Dec. 16, 2006. About 600 U.S. military troops are in the Philippines providing humanitarian assistance and disaster relief to residents of Quezon Province where widespread flooding and landslide displaced about 168,000 people and leaving more than 1400 dead or missing. (USAF PHOTO by:MASTER SGT. Val Gempis)...

(From left-to-right), U.S. Air Force AIRMAN First CLass Jeff Layton, T...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: (From left-to-right), U.S. Air Force AIRMAN First CLass Jeff Layton, TECH. SGT. Nick McCaskill and TECH. SGT. James Karmann, all... More

A U.S. Air Force HH-60 Pavehawk helicopter from the 33rd Rescue Squadron, Kadena Air Base, Japan, receives fuel aboard the U.S. Navy Whidbey Island Class Dock Landing Ship USS FORT MCHENRY (LSD 43) during ship deck landing qualification training during typhoon relief operations in the Philippines on Dec. 17, 2004. The helicopters landed on the ship after their last relief supply run at Quezon Province, Philippines. (USAF PHOTO by MASTER SGT Val Gempis) (Released)

A U.S. Air Force HH-60 Pavehawk helicopter from the 33rd Rescue Squadr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Fort Mchenry (LSD 43) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Val Gempis, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photog... More

A U.S. Air Force A/OA-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft from the 355th Fighter Squadron sits on the flight line at night prior to a training mission on Dec. 20, 2004 at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. The mission of the 355th Fighter Squadron includes air strike control, close air support, target interdiction, combat escort, and combat search and rescue. (USAF PHOTO by SENIOR AIRMAN Joshua Strang) (Released)

A U.S. Air Force A/OA-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft from the 355th Fighte...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Eielson Air Force Base State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Joshua Strang, USAF Release Status:... More

U.S. Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Rory Thomas, a crew chief from the 33rd Aircraft Maintenance Unit, helps weigh down the back end of an HH-60 Pavehawk helicopter from the 33rd Rescue Squadron as it is loaded into a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft from the 62nd Airlift Wing, McChord Air Force Base, Wash., during Operation Unified Assistance at Kadena Air Base, Japan, on Jan. 3, 2004. More than 18,000 U.S. military personnel are providing humanitarian assistance in Southwest Asia after a 9.0 magnitude earthquake on Dec. 26, 2004, triggered devastating tsunamis that killed over 250,000 people in the region. (USAF PHOTO by AIRMAN 1ST Class Heather Tower) (Released)

U.S. Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Rory Thomas, a crew chief from the 33rd A...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kadena Air Base State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Heather Tower, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

A U.S. Air Force HH-60 Pavehawk helicopter from the 33rd Rescue Squadron, Kadena Air Base, Japan, take off for a mission during Operation Unified Assistance at Katunayake Air Force Base, Sri Lanka on Jan. 11, 2005. More than 18,000 U.S. military personnel are providing humanitarian assistance in Southwest Asia after a 9.0 magnitude earthquake on Dec. 26, 2004, triggered devastating tsunamis that killed over 250,000 people in the region. (USAF PHOTO by MASTER SGT. Val Gempis) (Released)

A U.S. Air Force HH-60 Pavehawk helicopter from the 33rd Rescue Squadr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Katunayake Air Force Base Country: Sri Lanka (LKA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Val Gempis, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milit... More

U.S. Air Force 33rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron aerial gunner STAFF SGT. Kevin Stewart assists Sri Lankan aid workers load supplies aboard an HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter helicopter during Operation Unified Assistance at Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Jan. 15, 2005. (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by MASTER SGT. Val Gempis) (Released)

U.S. Air Force 33rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron aerial gunner STAFF ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Colombo Country: Sri Lanka (LKA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Chenzira Mallory, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service ... More

US Coast Guard (USCG), US Army (USA) and US Air Force (USAF) search and rescue helicopters are bringing in wave after wave of evacuees while emergency medical crews are on hand to provide care to those with special needs, at New Orleans International Airport (IAP). Department of Defense (DOD) units are mobilizing as part of Joint Task Force (JTF) Katrina to support the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) disaster-relief efforts in the Gulf Coast areas devastated by Hurricane Katrina

US Coast Guard (USCG), US Army (USA) and US Air Force (USAF) search an...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Louis Armstrong Iap, New Orleans State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Jacob N. Bailey, USAF... More

US Army (USA) and US Air Force (USAF) MH-60 Black Hawk Search and Rescue helicopters arrive at the evacuee staging area in New Orleans, Louisiana (LA). Department of Defense (DOD) units are mobilizing as part of Joint Task Force (JTF) Katrina to support the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) disaster-relief efforts in the Gulf Coast areas devastated by Hurricane Katrina

US Army (USA) and US Air Force (USAF) MH-60 Black Hawk Search and Resc...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: New Orleans State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Jack Braden, USAF Release Status: Released... More

US Army (USA) and US Air Force (USAF) MH-60 Black Hawk and UH-1N Cobra, Search and Rescue helicopters depart on their next mission in New Orleans, Louisiana (LA). Department of Defense (DOD) units are mobilizing as part of Joint Task Force (JTF) Katrina to support the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) disaster-relief efforts in the Gulf Coast areas devastated by Hurricane Katrina

US Army (USA) and US Air Force (USAF) MH-60 Black Hawk and UH-1N Cobra...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: New Orleans State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Jack Braden, USAF Release Status: Released... More

U.S. Air Force Pararescue Applicants, 306th Rescue Squadron, press a wooden log in a mud pit at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., during a screening process on Apr. 21, 2006. The Applicants must pass a timed 3-mile run, a 1500 meter swim, calisthenic exercises and other various tasks before moving on to the next phase of training. (U.S. Air Force photo by AIRMAN 1ST Class Veronica Pierce) (Released)

U.S. Air Force Pararescue Applicants, 306th Rescue Squadron, press a w...

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: A1C Veronica Pierce, USAF Releas... More

Capt. David Schmitt, 71st Rescue Squadron (RQS) HC-130J

Capt. David Schmitt, 71st Rescue Squadron (RQS) HC-130J

Capt. David Schmitt, 71st Rescue Squadron (RQS) HC-130J combat systems officer, waves a flag out of an HC-130J Combat King II during a redeployment ceremony, Oct. 9, 2018, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. The 71st ... More

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 (CJTF-HOA), disembark an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter in order t... More

Members of the Crestview Police Department SWAT advance

Members of the Crestview Police Department SWAT advance

Members of the Crestview Police Department SWAT advance toward a simulated victim at the Naval School Explosive Ordnance Disposal building during an active shooter exercise on Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Dec. 3... More

Members of the Blue Team prepare to start a game of

Members of the Blue Team prepare to start a game of

Members of the Blue Team prepare to start a game of tug-of-war during the Okinawa Joint Fitness Challenge Sept. 26, 2018, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. The OJFC was a portion of the OJE that enabled students to bo... More

A medical evacuation demonstration team carries a patient

A medical evacuation demonstration team carries a patient

A medical evacuation demonstration team carries a patient to a helicopter landing zone for evacuation to a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during a dry run for the 2015 Jack L. Clark Jr., Army Best Medic Competitio... More

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