If the U.S. Air Force sends a traditional combat search and rescue helicopter into that highly contested airspace, the chances are high it gets shot down, leaving the service with several more ...

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Sebastian d’Alton, of the 57th Rescue Squadron, stands in front of the Italian Alps at Aviano Air Base, Italy, on Feb. 5, 2025. (Staff Sgt Heather Ley/U.S. Air Force ...

The Air Force search-and-rescue community marked the start of a new era last month when airmen with the 41st and 38th Rescue Squadrons based at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia carried out the branch ...

A mother and her child in crisis were airlifted by helicopter from a Carnival Cruise Line ship on Saturday in a hair-raising Air Force rescue. Two HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters, two HC-130J Combat ...

Air Zermatt’s trademark has been high alpine rescue, much of it conducted near the deadliest of the massifs in the Alps, the mighty Matterhorn. Since the first ascent in 1865, over 500 people ...

A US Air Force rescue team airlifted a civilian passenger needing urgent medical care this past weekend from a Carnival cruise ship that was hundreds of miles out in open Atlantic waters. The ...