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 ...

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 ...

In a first-of-its-kind test, the effectiveness of the HH-60’s countermeasures was evaluated in a maritime environment against modern aerial threats. The U.S. Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – There are a few different types of helicopters stationed at Kirtland Air Force Base, and they’re operated under the 512th Rescue Squadron of the 58th Special Operations Wing. One ...

AVIANO AIR BASE, Italy — Airmen in the 31st Fighter Wing have their transition to a new cutting-edge combat rescue helicopter underway, putting Aviano’s fleet of two HH-60W Jolly Green II aircraft on ...

U.S. based F-35A Lightning IIs and EA-18G Growlers are the latest combat jets to head to U.S. Southern Command, while HH-60W Pave Hawks have relocated ...

The US Air Force (USAF) has logged its final active service flight with the venerable Sikorsky HH-60G Pave Hawk combat search and rescue (CSAR) helicopter. The service’s 56th Rescue Squadron completed ...

Norway has been cleared to acquire nine Sikorsky HH-60W Jolly Green II combat search and rescue helicopters as potential replacements for its fleet of special forces-roled Bell 412s. Also including GE ...

A dramatic helicopter rescue at sea by Brevard-based military personnel has captured international attention. The rescue from a cruise ship sailing off the Atlantic coast involved a child with a ...

The U.S. Air Force sent two teams of combat rescue officers and pararescuemen to the scene Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2022. She has also ...