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US Navy (USN) HH-60 Seahawk helicopters stand ready at Fallon Naval Air Station (NAS), Nevada (NV) as part of 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 Navy (USN) HH-60 Seahawk helicopters stand ready at Fallon Naval Ai...

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 Navy (USN) Sailors assigned to Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Fifteen (HS-15), prepare to launch a HH-60 Seahawk helicopter at Fallon Naval Air Station (NAS), Nevada (NV), 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 down aircrews, enabling CSAR related missions to experiment with new techniques in realistic scenarios

US Navy (USN) Sailors assigned to Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron F...

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) 101st Expeditionary Rescue Squadron (ERS) HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter performs a low- level aerial reconnaissance of a landing zone during a Combat Search And Rescue (CSAR) exercise. The exercise sharpens the skills of CSAR teams deployed to Baghdad International Airport (BIA), Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A US Air Force (USAF) 101st Expeditionary Rescue Squadron (ERS) HH-60G...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Robert R. Hargr... More

US Air Force (USAF) MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Keith Liming, a Flight Engineer assigned to the 101st Expeditionary Rescue Squadron (ERS), holds a bag of candy attached to a parachute to air drop to Iraqi children. in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Keith Liming, a Flight Engi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Robert R. Hargr... More

US Air Force (USAF) Pararescuemen assigned to the 101st Expeditionary Rescue Squadron (ERQS), secure a litter patient to a gurney while conducting training during an exercise at Baghdad International Airport (IAP), Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) Pararescuemen assigned to the 101st Expeditionary ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad International Airport Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Brian Ferguson, USAF Releas... More

US Air Force (USAF) CHIEF MASTER Sergeant (CMSGT) Tim Malloy assigned to the 101st Expeditionary Rescue Squadron (ERS) as a Pararescueman, packs away his chute at the landing point at Baghdad International Airport (BIA), Iraq (IRQ), as he successfully completes his final jump prior to retirement after 27 years of service, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) CHIEF MASTER Sergeant (CMSGT) Tim Malloy assigned ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Udeid Air Base, Doha Country: Qatar (QAT) Scene Major Command Shown: CENTCOM Scene Camera Operator: S... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to Marine Wing Support Squadron Two Seven Three (MWSS-273), listen as a US Air Force (USAF) Maintenance Mechanic from the Georgia (GA), Air National Guard (ANG) Combat Readiness Training Center (CRTC), discuss maintenance procedures for a P-19 Aircraft Rescue/Structural Firefighting Vehicle, during Exercise Battlehog 1-04

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to Marine Wing Support Squadro...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Combat Readiness Training Center State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Amber Basgil, USMC Rele... More

A US Air Force (USAF) Maintenance Mechanic (left) from the Georgia (GA), Air National Guard (ANG) Combat Readiness Training Center (CRTC), discuss maintenance procedures for a P-19 Aircraft Rescue/Structural Firefighting Vehicle, with US Marine Corps (USMC) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Raul Rodriguez, Marine Wing Support Squadron Two Seven Three (MWSS-273), during Exercise Battlehog 1-04

A US Air Force (USAF) Maintenance Mechanic (left) from the Georgia (GA...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Combat Readiness Training Center State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Amber Basgil, USMC Rele... More

Honor Guard members from the US Air Force (USAF) 347th Rescue Wing (RW), Moody Air Force Base (AFB), Georgia (GA), fold the flag during memorial ceremony retreat, for a fallen AIRMAN. 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

Honor Guard members from the US Air Force (USAF) 347th Rescue Wing (RW...

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

A US Air Force (USAF) Pararescueman, 38th Rescue Squadron (RS), 347th Rescue Wing (RW), Moody Air Force Base (AFB), Georgia (GA), salutes a display case showing the personal effects of SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Jason D. Cunningham 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: A1C Joshua T. Jasper, USAF Release Statu... More

Two US Air Force (USAF) Pararescuemen, 38th Rescue Squadron (RS), 347th Rescue Wing (RW), Moody Air Force Base (AFB), Georgia (GA), unveil the 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

Two US Air Force (USAF) Pararescuemen, 38th Rescue Squadron (RS), 347t...

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: A1C Joshua T. Jasper, USAF Release Statu... More

US Air Force (USAF) Captain (CPT) Ian Kemp, 55th Rescue Squadron (55th RQS), Davis-Monthan Air Force Base (AFB), Arizona (AZ), wraps his arms around his sons Wyatt and Ayden. USAF CPT Kemp is returning home after a two month deployment in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) Captain (CPT) Ian Kemp, 55th Rescue Squadron (55th...

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

A US Army (USA) CH-47 Chinook helicopter picks up aircrew survivors 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

A US Army (USA) CH-47 Chinook helicopter picks up aircrew survivors du...

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

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

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

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

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) David Hadley, Firefighter, 65th Civil Engineering Squadron (CES), Lajes Field, Azores, in JFIRE (Joint Firefighters Integrated Response Ensemble), uses the Jaws of Life to break the A post of a vehicle in order to remove the roof and rescue a victim trapped inside during the Emergency Medical Services Rodeo. The rodeo is an opportunity to let the base community view first hand some of the capabilities of Lajes Fields emergency services

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) David Hadley, Firefighter...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Lajes Field State: Azores Country: Portugal (PRT) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Michelle Michaud, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined... More

Members of the Alaska Air National Guard (AKANG) 210th Rescue Squadron (RQS), Kulis Air National Guard Base (ANGB), Alaska (AK), make their entrance to the Arctic Thunder Air Show at Elmendorf Air Force Base (AFB), AK, jumping from a cargo aircraft

Members of the Alaska Air National Guard (AKANG) 210th Rescue Squadron...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Elmendorf Air Force Base State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Rhiannon Willard, USAF Release S... More

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

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

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

A U.S. Air Force 55th Rescue Squadron, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter, prepares to land on the U.S. Naval Ship (USNS) Henry J. Kaiser class fleet USNS RAPPAHANNOCK replenishment oiler (T-A) 204), on Sept. 15, 2004.(U.S. Air Force PHOTO by STAFF SGT. Lanie McNeal) (RELEASED)

A U.S. Air Force 55th Rescue Squadron, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, A...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Usns Rappahannock Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Lanie Mcneal, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

U.S. service members from Sato Cano Air Base, Honduras, teach Honduran Soldiers repelling techniques from a 70-foot tower on Sept. 23, 2004. The service members are part of Joint Task Force Bravo, a 500-person Air Force and Army task force deployed to Honduras with the multifaceted mission of conducting humanitarian and civic assistance, airborne search and rescue missions, and illegal drug interdiction support for the Central American region. (U.S. Air Force photo by STAFF Sergeant Derrick C. Goode)(Released)

U.S. service members from Sato Cano Air Base, Honduras, teach Honduran...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JOINT TASK FORCE BRAVO Base: Sato Cano Air Base State: Comayagua Country: Honduras (HND) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Derrick... More

U.S. Air Force CAPT. J. B. Marshal (left), Co-Pilot, SENIOR AIRMAN James Kempfer (center), Flight Engineer, and CAPT. Eric Hendrikson (right), Aircraft Commander, 36th Rescue Flight, 336th Training Group, Air Education and Training Command, walk to their assigned UH-1N Huey ("Iroquois") light-lift utility, search and rescue helicopter on Oct. 1, 2004, to support the U.S. Air Force Survival School at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash. (U.S. Air Force photo by STAFF SGT. Laura K. Smith) (Released)

U.S. Air Force CAPT. J. B. Marshal (left), Co-Pilot, SENIOR AIRMAN Jam...

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: SSGT Laura Smith, USAF Release St... More

U.S. Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN James Kempfer (left), Flight Engineer, CAPT. Eric Hendrikson (center), Aircraft Commander, and CAPT. J. B. Marshal (right), Co-Pilot, 36th Rescue Flight, 336th Training Group, Air Education and Training Command, conduct an aircrew mission brief on Oct. 1, 2004, prior to flying their UH-1N Huey ("Iroquois") light-lift utility, search and rescue helicopter to support the U.S. Air Force Survival School at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash. (U.S. Air Force photo by STAFF SGT. Laura K. Smith) (Released)

U.S. Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN James Kempfer (left), Flight Engineer, CA...

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: SSGT Laura Smith, USAF Release St... More

This American Flag is displayed on the back of a Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D., Fire Department fire rescue truck, on Oct. 4, 2004, to honor the firefighters who died on Sept. 11, 2001, and it has been on this truck since that day. (U.S. Air Force photo by STAFF SGT. Scott T. Sturkol) (Released)

This American Flag is displayed on the back of a Grand Forks Air Force...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Grand Forks Air Force Base State: North Dakota (ND) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Scott T. Sturkol, USAF R... More

U.S. Air Force MASTER SGT. Chaz Stiefken, a pararescueman from the 33rd Rescue Squadron, Kadena Air Base, Japan, signals U.S. Marine Corps Marines to start loading supplies aboard his HH-60 Pavehawk helicopter during typhoon relief operations at Clark Airfield, 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 MASTER SGT. Chaz Stiefken, a pararescueman from the 33r...

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

U.S. Navy Sailors watch as a U.S. Air Force HH-60 Pavehawk helicopter from the 33rd Rescue Squadron, Kadena Air Base, Japan, lands on the 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)

U.S. Navy Sailors watch as a U.S. Air Force HH-60 Pavehawk helicopter ...

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

U.S. Air Force AIRMAN from the 718th Maintenance Squadron, Kadena Air Base (AB), Japan, and the 615th Traffic Air Lift Control Element, Travis Air Force Base, Calif., offload an HH-60 Pavehawk helicopter from the 33rd Rescue Squadron, aslo from Kadena AB, from a C-17 Globemaster III cargo aircraft during Operation Unified Assistance at Bandaranaike International Airport, Sri Lanka, on Jan. 5, 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 STAFF SGT. Sarayuth Pinthong) (Released)

U.S. Air Force AIRMAN from the 718th Maintenance Squadron, Kadena Air ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Bandaranaike Iap Country: Sri Lanka (LKA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Sarayuth Pinthong, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Militar... More

U.S. Air Force STAFF SGT. Rob Ivory, a life support technician from the 33rd Rescue Squadron, Kadena Air Base, Japan, repairs the voice transmitter on a flight helmet during Operation Unified Assistance at Katunayaka Air 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 STAFF SGT. Chenzira Mallory) (Released)

U.S. Air Force STAFF SGT. Rob Ivory, a life support technician from th...

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

U.S. Air Force AIRMAN 1ST Class Emily Starcher (left), a flight engineer from the 33rd Rescue Squadron, Kadena Air Base, Japan, assists Sri Lankans load vegetable inside her HH-60 Pavehawk helicopter during Operation Unified Assistance at Dambula, Sri Lanka, on Jan, 12, 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)

U.S. Air Force AIRMAN 1ST Class Emily Starcher (left), a flight engine...

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

U.S. Air Force 33rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron and Pacific Air Forces Tanker Airlift Control Element personnel load an HH-60 Pave hawk into an Air National Guard C-5 Galaxy cargo aircraft during Operation Unified Assistance at Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Jan.20, 2005. (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by MASTER SGT. Val Gempis) (Released)

U.S. Air Force 33rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron and Pacific Air Forc...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Cololmbo Country: Sri Lanka (LKA) Scene Camera Operator: MASTER SGT. Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digi... More

U.S. Air Force 33rd Rescue Squadron Airmen prepare to redeploy back to their home base during Operation Unified Assistance at Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Jan. 20, 2005. (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by MASTER SGT. Val Gempis) (Released)

U.S. Air Force 33rd Rescue Squadron Airmen prepare to redeploy back to...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Cololmbo Country: Sri Lanka (LKA) Scene Camera Operator: MASTER SGT. Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digi... More

Texas Army National Guard (TXARNG) Military Police (MP) and Texas Air National Guard (TXANG) Security Forces Squadron (SFS) forces escort several civilians underneath the Poydras Shopping Center breezeway to waiting buses lined up on Loyola Street. The buses are there to rescue those who were stranded at the Louisiana Superdome after the levees broke and flooded New Orleans, Louisiana (LA), in the wake of Hurricane Katrina

Texas Army National Guard (TXARNG) Military Police (MP) and Texas Air ...

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

Michigan Air National Guard (MIANG) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Donald R. Hilyer (red hat) and USAF SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Joseph J. Roriguez, 110th Fighter Wing (FW), Battle Creek Air National Guard Base (ANGB), Michigan (MI), fire fighters, search through back woods and rural homes near Pearlington, Mississippi (MS). The fire fighters are part of a secondary search and rescue (SAR) team assigned to look through homes flooded by the storm surge of Hurricane Katrina

Michigan Air National Guard (MIANG) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Donald R...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Gulport (ANGCRTC) State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SMSGT David H. Lipp, USAF Release Statu... More

U.S. Air National Guard 219th Engineering Installation

U.S. Air National Guard 219th Engineering Installation

U.S. Air National Guard 219th Engineering Installation Squadron perform tower rappelling techniques/training in an exercise performed during the November Unit Training Assembly (Super Drill), Nov. 4, 2016. The... More

Airmen assigned to the 355th Wing prepare an HH-60G

Airmen assigned to the 355th Wing prepare an HH-60G

Airmen assigned to the 355th Wing prepare an HH-60G Pavehawk for its next mission on Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., July 16, 2019. The HH-60G’s primary mission is to conduct day or night personnel recover... More

A U.S. Air Force HH-60G Pave Hawk II assigned to the

A U.S. Air Force HH-60G Pave Hawk II assigned to the

A U.S. Air Force HH-60G Pave Hawk II assigned to the 55th Rescue Squadron takes off from Naval Air Station North Island, Coronado, California, Nov. 4, 2020. The 55th RQS completed contested maritime training to... More

An Airman from the 23d Security Forces Squadron (SFS)

An Airman from the 23d Security Forces Squadron (SFS)

An Airman from the 23d Security Forces Squadron (SFS) applies cover fire with an M4 Carbine into a building during a Force on Force training scenario, June 29, 2018, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. This training w... More

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

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

A U.S. Air Force HH-60G Pave Hawk gunner assigned to the 55th Rescue Squadron prepares for takeoff at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, Sept. 25, 2020. Rescue Airmen perform weekly training to better prepa... More

Members of the Maryland Task Force 1, Montgomery County

Members of the Maryland Task Force 1, Montgomery County

Members of the Maryland Task Force 1, Montgomery County Urban Search & Rescue Team, load their inspected cargo onto vehicle Oct. 18, 2016, at the 436th APS marshalling yard on Dover Air Force Base, Del. This pa... More

U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the Combat Team Member

U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the Combat Team Member

U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the Combat Team Member Course treat a simulated injured person during training at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, July 9, 2020. The CTMC gives Airmen both classroom and ... More

Air Force firefighters with the 106th Rescue Wing train

Air Force firefighters with the 106th Rescue Wing train

Air Force firefighters with the 106th Rescue Wing train with civilian firefighters to remove simulated victims from a burning aircraft at FS Gabreski Air National Guard Base in Westhampton, N.Y., on April 2, 20... More

A U.S. Air Force 320th Special Tactics Squadron combat

A U.S. Air Force 320th Special Tactics Squadron combat

A U.S. Air Force 320th Special Tactics Squadron combat controller teaches a Nepalese Mahabir Ranger swimming techniques during exercise Teak Nail Oct. 23, 2017, in Pokhara, Nepal. The team conducted training on... More

U.S. Air Force pararescuemen from the 306th Rescue

U.S. Air Force pararescuemen from the 306th Rescue

U.S. Air Force pararescuemen from the 306th Rescue Squadron stand guard during a training event at Coronado National Forest, Arizona, April 28, 2020. Pararescuemen from the 306th RQS trained by executing the re... More

Master Sgt. Jason Butts, right, 23d Maintenance Squadron

Master Sgt. Jason Butts, right, 23d Maintenance Squadron

Master Sgt. Jason Butts, right, 23d Maintenance Squadron A-10C Thunderbolt II phase section chief, explains the functions of an A-10 to Colby Steiner, RAND Corporation associate physical scientist, during a vis... More

Airmen assigned to the 41st Rescue Squadron hover in

Airmen assigned to the 41st Rescue Squadron hover in

Airmen assigned to the 41st Rescue Squadron hover in an HH-60G Pave Hawk May 15, 2020, at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia. Airmen with the 41st RQS specialize in combat rescue of downed aircrews using night visio... More

Army Staff Sgt. Joel Redman (left), crew chief, U.S.

Army Staff Sgt. Joel Redman (left), crew chief, U.S.

Army Staff Sgt. Joel Redman (left), crew chief, U.S. Army Aviation Battalion-Japan, gives a tour of one of his unit’s UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters to his Japan Ground Self-Defense Force counterpart during the se... More

Senior Airman Kelby Gibson, left, 723d Aircraft Maintenance

Senior Airman Kelby Gibson, left, 723d Aircraft Maintenance

Senior Airman Kelby Gibson, left, 723d Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS) weapons load crew member and Staff Sgt. Isiah McNeal 723d AMXS load crew chief, install components to a machine gun attached to an HH-... More

Airman 1st Class Isaiah Jackson, 23d Maintenance Squadron

Airman 1st Class Isaiah Jackson, 23d Maintenance Squadron

Airman 1st Class Isaiah Jackson, 23d Maintenance Squadron aircraft metals technology journeyman, welds stainless steel, April 25, 2018, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. Metals technicians support the mission by uti... More

Airmen from the 106th Rescue Wing take part in a 5k

Airmen from the 106th Rescue Wing take part in a 5k

Airmen from the 106th Rescue Wing take part in a 5k run around FS Gabreski ANG to raise awareness for Sexual Assault Aware Month. (USAF / Senior Airman Christopher Muncy / released)

U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the Combat Team Member

U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the Combat Team Member

U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the Combat Team Member Course perform a parachute jump at Marana Regional Airport, Marana, Arizona, July 22, 2020. Airmen in the CTMC performed free fall and static line jumps ... More

U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the Combat Team Member

U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the Combat Team Member

U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the Combat Team Member Course fire weapons during training at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, June 25, 2020. CTMC is a training course giving Airmen training on skills v... More

HAMPTON BAYS, NY - Airmen with 101st Rescue Squadron

HAMPTON BAYS, NY - Airmen with 101st Rescue Squadron

HAMPTON BAYS, NY - Airmen with 101st Rescue Squadron and 103rd Rescue Squadron conduct hoist training with United States Coastguardsmen from US Coast Guard Station Shinnecock December 22, 2016. During this tra... More

Bill Higbee, a firefighting instructor, sets hay ablaze

Bill Higbee, a firefighting instructor, sets hay ablaze

Bill Higbee, a firefighting instructor, sets hay ablaze during live burn training at the Anthony "Tony" Canale Training Center in Egg Harbor Township, N.J., Sept. 18, 2018. New Jersey state and Delaware Air Nat... More

Airmen from the New York Air National Guard set up

Airmen from the New York Air National Guard set up

Airmen from the New York Air National Guard set up equipment during a full scale exercise involving over 600 Army and Air National Guardsmen from New York, New Jersey and West Virginia at Joint Base McGuire-Dix... More

Airmen and firefighters from the 501st Combat Support

Airmen and firefighters from the 501st Combat Support

Airmen and firefighters from the 501st Combat Support Wing, respond to a crime scene during an exercise at RAF Molesworth, England, Sept. 23, 2020. The exercise tested Airmen and firefighter’s preparedness and ... More

U.S. Army Soldiers from the New York and New Jersey

U.S. Army Soldiers from the New York and New Jersey

U.S. Army Soldiers from the New York and New Jersey Army National Guard gear up for a full scale exercise involving over 600 Army and Air National Guardsmen from New York, New Jersey and West Virginia at Joint ... More

An air-to-air left side view of HC-130 Hercules aircraft refueling a 39th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Wing HH-53 helicopter off the coast of Greenland. The HH-53 is en route from Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, to Woodbridge, England

An air-to-air left side view of HC-130 Hercules aircraft refueling a 3...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: Newfoundland (NF) Country: Canada (CAN) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Robert C. Leach Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service... More

Portrait of Captain Charles Thomas McMillan II, United States Air Force, killed in the attempt to rescue the US hostages from Iran

Portrait of Captain Charles Thomas McMillan II, United States Air Forc...

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

Members of a joint Air Force and Navy rescue force practice recovery techniques on a plywood mock-up of the Space Shuttle Columbia orbiter

Members of a joint Air Force and Navy rescue force practice recovery t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Holloman Air Force Base State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT John L. Marine Release Status... More

Left side view of the Mystic DSRV-1 (deep submergence rescue vehicle) parked at the flight line for short static display before being transported by truck to Charleston Naval Base

Left side view of the Mystic DSRV-1 (deep submergence rescue vehicle) ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Charleston Air Force Base State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Sheryl D. Barnett Releas... More

Rescue workers approach the wreckage of a Grumman AA-1B aircraft owned by COL Edwin L. Harvey, Headquarters, Tactical Air Command. Harvey was piloting the plane at the time of the crash, which occurred near Andrews Air Force Base, and sustained minor injuries

Rescue workers approach the wreckage of a Grumman AA-1B aircraft owned...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Brandywine State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Ken Hammond Release Status: Released to Publ... More

A student is hoisted into a UH-1N Iroquois helicopter during a rescue training class conducted by the 3636th Combat Crew Training Wing. The class is part of a 17-day combat survival course that is mandatory for all Air Force aircrew members

A student is hoisted into a UH-1N Iroquois helicopter during a rescue ...

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: TECH. SGT. Bill Thompson Release ... More

MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Delbert Ferrin, deputy fire chief, Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, is checked by competition judges after completing the search and rescue phase of Exercise READINESS CHALLENGE 87. Ferrin is wearing a proximity suit

MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Delbert Ferrin, deputy fire chief, Hickam Air F...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: READINESS CHALLENGE 87 Base: Eglin Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera O... More

Missouri Army National Guardsmen clean and oil shovels following flood rescue operations. Flood waters from the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers invaded river towns throughout Missouri and Illinois and caused a state of emergency which required the respon

Missouri Army National Guardsmen clean and oil shovels following flood...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: West Alton State: Missouri (MO) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Bob Fehringer, USAF Release Status: Released... More

A crash crewman uses a handline from a P-2R aircraft firefighting and rescue truck to spray a foam/water agent on an Alaska Air National Guard KC-135E Stratotanker aircraft that exploded and burned while taxiing to a parking area. Two of the aircraft's seven crewmen were killed; the others sustained only minor injuries

A crash crewman uses a handline from a P-2R aircraft firefighting and ...

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: STAFF SGT. Michael Z. Moore Release Sta... More

Lance CPL. Reiko Rexilius of Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 242 (VMFA-AW-242), Marine Aircraft Group 11 (MAG-11), El Toro, California, does a preflight inspection on an F/A-18D Hornet fighter attack aircraft 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.

Lance CPL. Reiko Rexilius of Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadro...

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

Flight deck personnel of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN-73) standby as soldiers of the 75th Special Forces Group wait to board U.S. Air Force MH-53J combat search and rescue helicopters during Fleet Exercise 2-94

Flight deck personnel of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS GEOR...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: 34366 Base: USS George Washington @@(Cvn 73) Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: JOC Gregg L. Snaza Release... More

Artwork: "Rescue". Artist: Art Magee, USAF Art Collection

Artwork: "Rescue". Artist: Art Magee, USAF Art Collection

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

Approved Insignia for the 71st Rescue Squadron. Exact Date Shot Unknown

Approved Insignia for the 71st Rescue Squadron. Exact Date Shot Unknow...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Maxwell Air Force Base State: Alabama (AL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Pu... More

CAPT. Ted "Doc" Fisher, Flight Surgeon for 30th Aerospace Squadron, prepares a training mannequin on a Stokes Litter for an airlift operation at the 76th Rescue Flight 1995 Rescue Symposium

CAPT. Ted "Doc" Fisher, Flight Surgeon for 30th Aerospace Squadron, pr...

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

Dan Stocks and Tom Gooch of the Fire Department demonstrate from the top of a cliff how to rescue a fallen rock climber in a training exercise during the 76th Rescue 1995 Flight Rescue Symposium

Dan Stocks and Tom Gooch of the Fire Department demonstrate from the t...

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

SENIOR AIRMAN Muzinich (left) and GS-6 Tony Riedel, both of the 90th CES/CEF, prepare to remove 1ST LT. Jason Zimmerman of the 37th Rescue Flight during a simulated downed helicopter exercise on the helicopter pad of the 37th Rescue Flight. The Inspector General Team testeSd the ability of the base to respond to battle conditions, power outages, mobility deployments, aircraft and automobile accidents, hostage situations, bomb threats, armed robberies, terrorism, and communication problems

SENIOR AIRMAN Muzinich (left) and GS-6 Tony Riedel, both of the 90th C...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Operational Readiness Inspection, 90th Space Wing, 11-25 Mar Base: Francis E. Warren Air Force Base State: Wyoming (WY) Count... More

Brian Kelly, a fireman with the 90th CES, hangs head first down a launch tube to place a neck brace on a maintenance person who slipped and fell down the launch tube at U-1. During the confined space rescue exercise, firemen from the 90th CES lowered themselves down the launch tube by rope

Brian Kelly, a fireman with the 90th CES, hangs head first down a laun...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Operational Readiness Inspection, 90th Space Wing, 11-25 Mar Base: Francis E. Warren Air Force Base State: Wyoming (WY) Count... 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

U.S. Air Force Firefighter assigned to the 119th Civil Engineer Squadron, Dakota Air National Guard, TECH. SGT. Steven Bertsch and TECH. SGT. Robert Kelly, fight an aircraft fire inside the fuselage of the large frame aircraft mock-up at the Aircraft Rescue Training Center, Lake Superior College, Duluth, Minn. Aug. 29, 1997. (A3604) (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by TECH. SGT. David H. Lipp, 119th Communications Flight) (Released)

U.S. Air Force Firefighter assigned to the 119th Civil Engineer Squadr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Duluth State: Minnesota (MN) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TECH. SGT. David H. Lipp, USAF Release Status: Relea... More

Members of the 66th Rescue Sq. Nellis AFB, Nevada, loaded two HH-60G "Pave Hawks" onto a C-5 "Galaxy" on Nellis AFB on 9 February 1998. The members of the squadron left for the gulf region as part of a international effort to ensure Iraq complies with United Nation Security Council resolutions and weapons inspection procedures

Members of the 66th Rescue Sq. Nellis AFB, Nevada, loaded two HH-60G "...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Nellis Air Force Base State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Brett K. Snow Release Status: Releas... More

Members of the 66th Rescue Sq. Nellis AFB, Nevada, loaded two HH-60G "Pave Hawks" onto a C-5 "Galaxy" on Nellis AFB on 9 February 1998. The members of the squadron left for the gulf region as part of a international effort to ensure Iraq complies with United Nation Security Council resolutions and weapons inspection procedures

Members of the 66th Rescue Sq. Nellis AFB, Nevada, loaded two HH-60G "...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Nellis Air Force Base State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Brett K. Snow Release Status: Releas... More

Technical Sergeant Robert Sheets, a pararescueman deployed to Al Jaber, is ready for a training mission as the HH-60 Jayhawk helicopter spins up. This photo is part of the "Rescuers" story in the July 1999, AIRMAN Magazine. The article describes the 41st and 71st Rescue Squadrons from Moody AFB participating in OPERATION SOUTHERN WATCH

Technical Sergeant Robert Sheets, a pararescueman deployed to Al Jaber...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: Moody Air Force Base State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator:... More

Fire Department/Rescue personnel, 169th Fighter Wing, South Carolina Air National Guard, fight a simulated aircraft fire at the fire fighting training facility, Logan Airport Boston, Massachusetts, 25 July 1999

Fire Department/Rescue personnel, 169th Fighter Wing, South Carolina A...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Logan Airport, Boston State: Massachusetts (MA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT James R. Burnette, USAF Rele... More

Straight on medium close-up shot as USAF STAFF Sergeant Chris Young, a pararescueman from the 41st Rescue Squadron, Moody AFB, Georgia, vectors an HC-130 (not shown) rescue aircraft to attempt to drop pararescue specialists to a simulated F-16, crash site and wounded pilot (Crash site and pilot not shown). Desert Rescue is a premiere joint rescue exercise that facilitates improved search and rescue techniques for over 140 participants

Straight on medium close-up shot as USAF STAFF Sergeant Chris Young, a...

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

Straight on long shot directly overhead as a Pararescueman from the 41st Rescue Squadron, Moody AFB, Georgia , exits from HC-130 rescue aircraft to attempt to locate a simulated F-16 crash site and wounded pilot (Crash site and pilot not shown). Desert Rescue, is a premiere joint rescue exercise that facilitates improved search and rescue techniques for over 140 participants

Straight on long shot directly overhead as a Pararescueman from the 41...

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

Right side profile medium shot at nighttime through a Starlight System as USAF STAFF Sergeant Duane A. Hebert, confirms checklist operations of a GAU-2 minigun at the tarmac at Fallon Navel Air Station, Nevada, of a HH-60G helicopter assigned to the 41st Rescue Recovery Squadron, Moody Air Force Base, Georgia. This flight will familiarize the crew of the ranges at Fallon, and provide training in preparation for upcoming Desert Rescue exercises

Right side profile medium shot at nighttime through a Starlight System...

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

Straight on medium close-up shot at nighttime through a Starlight System as a US Air Force MASTER Sergeant Dan P. Svymbersky, left Life Support Instuctor assigned to the 182nd Airlift Wing, Illinois, Air National Guard, Peoria, Illinois and Aviation Warfare Systems Operator (AW2) Brian L. Toman, right assigned to the Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center, NAS Fallon, Nevada review survivor radio transmission techniques. Desert Rescue is a Joint Service Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) exercise designed to fully integrate planning and execution of both immediate and dedicated missions

Straight on medium close-up shot at nighttime through a Starlight Syst...

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

Left side profile, long shot, as US Navy Lieutenant Brian J. Miller, an HH-60 pilot assigned to Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron 14, Atsugi, Japan, deploys red smoke and surveys a potential landing zone as directed by search and rescue forces. (SAR), Desert Rescue is the premiere Search And Rescue (SAR), training conducted at the ranges of Fallon Naval Air Station, Nevada

Left side profile, long shot, as US Navy Lieutenant Brian J. Miller, a...

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

Right side front medium shot as a US Navy HH-60 Seahawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron-Wing Pacific, lifts off the ground upon completion of another successful rescue operation. Desert Rescue is the premiere Search And Rescue (SAR), training conducted at the ranges of Fallon Naval Air Station, Nevada

Right side front medium shot as a US Navy HH-60 Seahawk helicopter ass...

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

US AIr Force STAFF Sergeant Alfred Orozco, foreground, 1ST Security Forces Squadron (SFS) dog handler and assistant team leader, and 2nd Lieutenant Keith McCormack, 1ST SFS Assistant operations officer and team leader for the 1ST SFS Contending Warrior team, approach an enemy forces camp prior to making a hostage rescue attempt during tactical training at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia. The Langley Contending Warrior team has been preparing for months for a competition that takes place in the Nevada desert

US AIr Force STAFF Sergeant Alfred Orozco, foreground, 1ST Security Fo...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Langley Air Force Base State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Jack Braden, USAF Release Status... More

A Chilean UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter lifts off in the Atacama Desert in northern Chile with its cargo of victims from a simulated disaster. US Air Force Pararescuemen from the 129th Air Rescue Wing, Moffett Field, Mountain View, California, provided initial medical response along with Commandos of the Fuerza Aerea de Chile while the 146th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron of Channel Islands, CA, and ERSAM - the air evac unit of the Chilean Air Force - provided aeromedical evacuation. This mission is in direct support of Exercise CHILE TCA 2000

A Chilean UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter lifts off in the Atacama Desert i...

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: R... More

US Air Force Technical Sergeant Richard Pruneda, crew chief, 129th Rescue Wing, California Air National Guard (CANG), refuels one of the units HH-60G Pavehawk helicopters at Moffett Federal Airfield, California. The 129th is one of only three rescue units in the ANG and is assigned to provide combat rescue and civilian search and rescue while at home station

US Air Force Technical Sergeant Richard Pruneda, crew chief, 129th Res...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Moffett Federal Air Field State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Andrew J. Hughan, USAF Rele... More

US Air Force SENIOR MASTER Sergeant Bill Wunderlin a Loadmaster in the 129th Rescue Wing, California Air National Guard, Moffett Federal Airfield, California, stands in front of an MC-130 Combat Shadow aircraft. The loadmaster is talking to the pilots and watching for fire or other problems as part of the pre-start checklist. The 129th is preparing to conduct a training rescue operation in the Pacific Ocean

US Air Force SENIOR MASTER Sergeant Bill Wunderlin a Loadmaster in the...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Moffett Federal Air Field State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Andrew Hughan, USAF Release... 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

Technical Sergeant (TSGT) John Curcio, USAF, 48TH Supply Squadron, 48th Tactical Fighter Wing (TFW) Royal Air Force (RAF) Lakenheath, UK issues cold weather equipment to individuals preparing to deploy on a search and rescue mission to Northern Scotland, after contact was lost with two USAF F-15C Eagle aircraft from the 493rd Tactical Fighter Squadron

Technical Sergeant (TSGT) John Curcio, USAF, 48TH Supply Squadron, 48t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Raf Lakenheath State: East Anglia Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT William Greer, USAF Release Status: Release... More

The 86th Airlift Wing Honor Guard, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, render honors to two fallen pilots from RAF Mildenhall, UK, during a fallen soldier ceremony on April 4, 2001. Lieutenant Colonel (LCOL) Kenneth Hyvonen, USAF, 48th Operations Squadron, and Captain (CAPT) Kirk Jones, USAF, 493rd Fighter Squadron, disappeared off radar over Northern Scotland March 26. Search and rescue teams found the F-15C's wreckage and LCOL Hyvonen on March 27th and located CAPT Jones on March 28th. Investigations into the cause of the incident are still ongoing

The 86th Airlift Wing Honor Guard, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, render ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: MSGT John ... 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, prepeare to clear out a smoke filled cockpit during Operational Readiness Inspection (ORI) Exercise CRISIS REACH 01-49, Fairchild Air Force Base. 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

US Air Force STAFF Sergeant Ray Angel and US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Stephanie Branscomb both from the 31st Medical Group, Aviano Air Base, Italy, secure the inner liner to a temper tent the 31st Med Group has erected along with members of the New Jersey Army National Guard to be used for real world sick call treatment of military members supporting the multinational training exercise VENETO RESCUE 01, in northeast Italy and Slovenia. Veneto Rescue is an exercise that helps to train military units to conduct the safe evacuation of non-combatant civilians and other designated evacuates from a country or a region that has the potential for hostilities or danger. This type of operation is ...

US Air Force STAFF Sergeant Ray Angel and US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN S...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: US Air Force Staff Sergeant Ray Angel and US Air Force Senior Airman Stephanie Branscomb both from the 31st Medical Group, Avia... More

Mr. Bob Traurig, US Ambassador to the exercise country "Anglia" discusses progress of the exercise with US Army Lieutenant Colonel Michael Cowan, CHIEF Exercise Controller of Demonstrators deployed with the US Army Reserves NCS during the multinational training exercise VENETO RESCUE '01, in northeast Italy and Slovenia. Veneto Rescue is an exercise that helps to train military units to conduct the safe evacuation of non-combatant civilians and other designated evacuates from a country or a region that has the potential for hostilities or danger. This type of operation is known as a non-combatant evacuation operation or NEO. This exercise involves over 34 aircraft and 1,100 participants ...

Mr. Bob Traurig, US Ambassador to the exercise country "Anglia" discus...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: Mr. Bob Traurig, US Ambassador to the exercise country "Anglia" discusses progress of the exercise with US Army Lieutenant Colo... More

A MC-130 Combat Shadow tanker and two HH-60G Pavehawk helicopters from the 129th Rescue Wing fly in formation over San Francisco, California. The mission of the 129th is to train and be prepared to perform its wartime mission of combat search and rescue anywhere in the world. Its personnel and aircraft locate and recover aircrew and non-aircrew personnel from both enemy-held and friendly territory and seas. In addition, the 129th provides manpower, materiel and equipment to conduct peacetime search and rescue operations in the Pacific Ocean and off the coast of California, and is one of only three Rescue Wings in the Air National Guard. The 129th has saved 292 lives since 1975, and six so...

A MC-130 Combat Shadow tanker and two HH-60G Pavehawk helicopters from...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: A MC-130 Combat Shadow tanker and two HH-60G Pavehawk helicopters from the 129th Rescue Wing fly in formation over San Francisc... More

PETTY Officer 3rd Class Neal Chartier, Aviation Machinist Mate, with Strike Fighter Wing Detachment (SFWPD), Fallon Naval Station, Nevada, cleans away grease and dirt looking for any corrosion, dents or cracks during their 56th day Special Inspections on the F/A-18 Hornets in support of DESERT RESCUE IX. Desert Rescue IX is the premiere search and rescue (SAR) training exercise involving Navy, Army, AirForce and Marine personnel. It is conducted at the ranges of Fallon Naval Air Station, Nevada

PETTY Officer 3rd Class Neal Chartier, Aviation Machinist Mate, with S...

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

STAFF Sergeant (SSGT), Paul Hine (top), USAF, Fire Protection SPECIALIST, 31ST Civil Engineer Squadron (CES), Fire Protection Flight, Aviano AB, Italy instructs personnel on the operation of the P-23 Airport and Rescue Fire Fighting Vehicle, during a recurring drivers training course

STAFF Sergeant (SSGT), Paul Hine (top), USAF, Fire Protection SPECIALI...

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

Seen through the green glow of a night scope, AIRMAN First Class Salvatore Lione, a maintainer with the 41st Rescue Squadron, checks the engine of an HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter. The 41st Rescue Squadron is taking part in the DESERT RESCUE IXexercise at Fallon Naval Air Station (NAS), Nevada. Desert Rescue is a Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) exercise bringing together elements from all branches of the service in a series of real world rescue and combat scenarios

Seen through the green glow of a night scope, AIRMAN First Class Salva...

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

A British Special Forces member from the 22nd Special Air Service (SAS) at Hereford, England and Lieutenant Stefano Frumento a Special Forces Officer for the Communications Submarine Unit Arditi Incursori, Italy, are filmed checking their compass by Technical Sergeant Darren Newman (originally from Washington, D.C.) a videographer for the 1ST Combat Camera Squadron at Charleston AFB, South Carolina. 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 ...

A British Special Forces member from the 22nd Special Air Service (SAS...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: A British Special Forces member from the 22nd Special Air Service (SAS) at Hereford, England and Lieutenant Stefano Frumento a ... More

Seen through the green glow of a night scope, AIRMAN First Class Jeff Bergman, a maintainer with the 41st Rescue Squadron, checks the engine of an HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter. The 41st Rescue Squadron is taking part in the DESERT RESCUE IX exercise at Fallon Naval Air Station (NAS), Nevada. Desert Rescue is a Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) exercise bringing together elements from all branches of the armed service in a series of real world rescue and combat senarios

Seen through the green glow of a night scope, AIRMAN First Class Jeff ...

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

From left, Technical Sergeant Darren Newman a videographer for the 1ST Combat Camera Squadron at Charleston AFB, South Carolina, films coverage of SENIOR CHIEF Andy Nelson a close air support instructor at the Naval Station Air Warfare Center (NSAWC) here, as he briefs British Special Forces personnel from the 22nd Special Air Service (SAS) at Hereford, England. 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

From left, Technical Sergeant Darren Newman a videographer for the 1ST...

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

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