Beyond his training in combat search and rescue and personnel recovery operations, Kraines was also a military static-line jumper, a free fall jumper, an Air Force combat scuba diver and certified ...

The Personnel Recovery (PR) and Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) missions are core mission functions of the U.S. Air Force (USAF). PR refers to the broad range of operations and forces that provide ...

Combat Rescue Officers (CRO’s), and Tactical Air Control Party Officers (TACPO’s) lead the Special Reconnaissance, Combat ...

Though there are just over 500 Pararescuemen Air Force-wide, they’ve performed thousands of combat rescue missions for both military and civilian personnel in their illustrious history.

A U.S. military joint task force did some training recently off the Florida coast, preparing to help rescue astronauts from ...

one flight engineer and one gunner The HH-60G Pave Hawk is the U.S. Air Force’s primary combat search and rescue helicopter used by Air Force special tactics teams and pararescuemen. The HH-60G ...

whose crews are regarded as the pioneers of aerial combat search and rescue, the Air Force said in 2020. The upgrades reflect a focus on protecting crews and evacuees in hostile environments ...

Naveed Jamali, a veteran and former spy, hosts Newsweek's ongoing web series, "Unconventional," taking a behind-the-scenes look at some of the U.S. military's most interesting and least-recognized ...

Valérie André, a French military officer, brain surgeon, and licensed pilot who was believed to be the first woman to fly helicopter rescue missions in combat zones — during the French-Indochina war ...

The Alaska Air National Guard’s rescue mission to the Yukon is still ongoing in response to an ultralight plane crash near ...