Anyone who didn't serve in the jungles of Vietnam or visit the area after the war might have a hard time understanding just how the United States could have so much trouble finding downed pilots and ...

Brigadier General Matthew Komatsu is the first combat rescue officer in Alaska Air National Guard history to reach the flag ...

WASHINGTON — In the opening days of a future war against China, an F-35 pilot on a mission is tracked and shot down by air defenses. He safely ejects — but is trapped deep inside enemy territory.

The Air Force Studies Board organized a 3-day workshop on combat search and rescue in contested environments to discuss and illustrate the challenges presented by the emergence of Anti-Access/Area ...

Hohenfels, Germany, Mar. 31, 2004: Staff Sgt. Ron Ellis fast-ropes in from an MH-60 helicopter during a Combat Search and Rescue exercise. Members from the 56th Rescue Squadron out of Keflavik Naval ...

Back in 1999, the U.S. military was flying some of its most challenging combat search and rescue (CSAR) missions ever, to retrieve pilots downed by Serbian forces during Operation Allied Force, fought ...

The elite Combat Rescue members of the U.S. Air Force, Pararescuemen, or PJs, have one mission: rescue American or Allied forces in extreme danger. Whether their targets are shot down or isolated ...

Have no fear: Jolly Green II is here. The U.S. Air Force’s new HH-60W Jolly Green II combat search-and-rescue helicopter has officially reached initial operational capability (IOC) and gone out on its ...

Have no fear: the Jolly Green II is finally here. The Air Force officially took possession of its first two HH-60W Jolly Green II combat rescue helicopters at Moody Air Force Base last week, the ...

An HH-60W Jolly Green II prepares to take off for Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, to replace an HH-60G Pave Hawk at the 88th Test and Evaluation Squadron, March 22, 2022. (Air Force) DAYTON, Ohio — The ...