An HH-60W Jolly Green II receives fuel from an HC-130J Combat King II during helicopter air-to-air refueling off the coast of California during Exercise Steel Knight 25 on Dec. 10, 2025. This training ...

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 ...

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 ...

Explore the roles of Combat Rescue Officers and Tactical Air Control Party Officers, the leaders who plan high-risk rescues ...

Sikorsky HH-60W Jolly Green II. Credit: U.S. Air Force The U.S. Air Force’s new combat rescue helicopter will take over distinguished visitor airlift and transport in the Washington, D.C., ...

AVIANO AIR BASE, Italy — U.S. airmen here took their final active-duty flight this week in a rescue helicopter that the Air Force is phasing out after decades of use in saving the lives of American ...

Anyone who follows the Marvel Cinematic Universe, or MCU, knows that the latest iteration of Captain America is an Air Force vet named Sam Wilson, and that Wilson’s time in the military was spent as a ...

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 ...

A team from California Air National Guard’s 129th Rescue Wing successfully saved a U.S. Air Force veteran who experienced stroke-like symptoms during a chartered fishing trip off the coast of San ...

While the latest fifth-generation fighters, like the F-35 or F-22, prioritize stealth and technology, some of the older models still hold the title for pure speed The F-15 Eagle and Strike Eagle stand ...

When Air Force security agents in San Antonio came under fire in a pair of recent drive-by shootings, they were guarding a sprawling, secretive enclave that is a training ground for troops who do some ...