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USAF CSAR: Extracting downed pilots from S-400 airspace
When Captain Sarah Mitchell’s F-35 Lightning II took a surface-to-air missile over contested territory, she became the center ...
The companies competing for the U.S. Air Force's combat, search and rescue (CSAR-X) helicopter replacement fleet have adopted a mostly wait-and-see public posture following this week's release of the ...
When a US aircraft goes down in combat, rarely used but highly trained airborne search-and-rescue crews spring into action. Multiple American media outlets, citing anonymous US officials, reported the ...
The A-10 Thunderbolt II Warthog has performed combat search-and-rescue operations for nearly 50 years. As the U.S. Air Force retires the aircraft, what's next for CSAR remains unclear. (Tech. Sgt.
USAF has reversed itself on who has administrative control for combat search-and-rescue (CSAR) units. The service switched selected active-duty assets from Air Force Special Operations Command back to ...
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 from Japan to Puerto Rico. Adding to the already ...
Since 2022, the Sikorsky HH-60W, dubbed the "Jolly Green II" (not to be confused with the much larger "Jolly Green Giant"), has been in service as the United States Air Force's combat search and ...
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Combat search and rescue's uncertain future: As A-10s phase out, US Air Force faces questions of what comes next
The callsign "Sandy," used by U.S. Air Force aircraft and pilots conducting combat search-and-rescue operations, traces to late 1965. Capt. J.W. "Doc" George, a U.S. Air Force A-1 Skyraider pilot, ...
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