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Rescue crews honored for response to Iranian ballistic missile attack
“These airmen exemplify the rescue and attack mission of the 355th Wing,” the Air Force said.
A snowstorm and a plane crash stranded 13 in the Alaskan wilderness. The Guardsmen who rescued them have won an award.
Search-and-rescue crews were trying to help sick mountain climbers when a crashed plane needed them, too.
Davis-Monthan, Nellis prepare for new missions as A-10 retirements loom
Congress still needs to approve the Air Force's request to retire some A-10s.
New combat rescue helicopter for Air Force finishes key tests
The Air Force wrapped up the latest round of tests on its new combat rescue helicopter Tuesday.
'These things we do’: Alaska’s Air Guard search and rescue teams save lives in the wilderness and in combat
In the almost 30 years since assuming search and rescue alert in Alaska, the Air National Guard's 176th Wing has performed more than 2,000 civilian search and rescues and is credited with saving more than 1,750 lives.
By Harm Venhuizen
Leave no one behind: A commitment we must continue to make
Budget pressures must never reduce combat search and rescue capabilities, says the author of this commentary.
By Eileen A. Bjorkman
US Air Force rescue units move closer to Africa and Eastern Europe
On April 20, Air Force pararescue airmen conducted their final jump over Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, before their units — the 56th and 57th Rescue Squadrons — permanently moved to Aviano Air Base, Italy.
By Kyle Rempfer
Structural issues plague US Pave Hawk helicopters
The Air Force's 33rd Rescue Squadron is tasked with one of the service's most important tasks, but many of its Pave Hawk helicopters used for those missions have begun exhibiting structural cracking.
By Valerie Insinna