At the heart of the Air Force's combat search and rescue corps is its aging fleet of rescue helicopters. But as the Air Force ...

The delivery of a HH-60W Jolly Green II replaces the 56th Rescue Generation Squadron’s aging fleet of HH-60G Pave Hawk ...

A new era has begun for the 106th Rescue Wing: The HH-60W Jolly Green II search and rescue helicopter has arrived. The Wing accepted its first Jolly Green landed last week at the Francis S. Gabreski ...

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 ...

STRATFORD, Conn. — The U.S. Air Force is expected to issue a draft request for proposals for its new Combat Rescue Helicopter (CRH) as soon as next week, according to industry officials. This will ...

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 ...

A Sikorsky and Lockheed Martin team have been poised to win a contract from the Air Force for the Combat Rescue Helicopter program. Sequestration has put the U.S. Air Force's combat search-and-rescue ...

We hear Chad McCoy recount raw, firsthand combat moments as helicopters are hit by RPGs, soldiers fall from ropes, and units ...

Moody AFB leverages HH-60W Jolly Green II’s sling load capabilities for Agile Combat Employment. On Aug. 29, 2024, the 347th Operations Support Squadron at Moody Air Force Base in Georgia conducted ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — The 920th Rescue Wing, an Air Force Reserve Command combat search and rescue unit, airlifted a “critical patient” and his mother while they were 350 miles off the coast of the U.S ...