The Air Force Special Warfare PAST Test is one of the toughest military fitness challenges, designed to push future ...

An Air Force pararescueman who repeatedly exposed himself to enemy fire in Afghanistan to aid and evacuate 11 of his wounded teammates was awarded the Silver Star last week. Staff Sgt. Nicholas ...

“Yesterday we said farewell to Air Force legendary pararescueman Chief Master Sgt. Ivan Ruiz,” wrote the Pararescue Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting the pararescue ...

The slow pace of change in the military often is compared to the long process of turning around an aircraft carrier. However, the Air Force has been making rapid changes to the way special ...

Master Sergeant Kristopher Tomes spent 3 Good Minutes with Amy Speropoulos talking about his career as an Air Force pararescueman and how young men and women can join him to serve in the Air Force.

Air Force budget documents show that the service ... Historically, they have been given to service members who take on assignments from pararescueman to nuclear missile worker.

Though there are just over 500 Pararescuemen Air Force-wide, they’ve performed ... As per the Pararescue Creed, “It is my duty as a Pararescueman to save lives and aid the injured.

He now resides comfortably in a gated community. Neil Black as an Air Force pararescueman before his 1965 capture. (Photo courtesy of Neil Black) How did he psychologically endure the ordeal ...

But if that pararescueman is traveling on the drone aircraft sent to save the pilot, the aircraft is no longer attritable. In the meantime, the Air Force is trying to apply some newer capabilities ...

left his post with the 123rd after 11 years as a pararescueman to assume a new role as career field functional manager at the Air National Guard Readiness Center in Maryland. “We are extremely ...

Air Force Chief Master Sgt ... all of whom sported full beards while leading troops. Colon-Lopez, a pararescueman, acknowledged that he wore a beard in Afghanistan because of a “combat need ...