The big problem facing Air Force combat search and rescue

As the Air Force prepares for a possible war with China, it may not have enough rescue aircraft to pick up downed aviators.
Stars and Stripes

Aviano’s fleet of Jolly Green II rescue helicopters filled out with arrival of No. 6

The delivery of a HH-60W Jolly Green II replaces the 56th Rescue Generation Squadron’s aging fleet of HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters.
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Combat Search and Rescue in Highly Contested Environments - A Workshop

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 ...
KOB 4

HH-60W helicopter saving lives and training next generation with 58th Special Operations Wing

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 ...
Newsday

Air National Guard's 106th in Westhampton marks 50 years of saving lives

Since 1975, the pilots, pararescue jumpers, maintenance crews and airmen of the Westhampton Beach-based 106th Rescue Wing of the New York Air National Guard have kept their main mission simple: "That ...
Flightglobal

Norway approved to acquire nine HH-60W helicopters in $2.6bn deal

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 ...