NAVAL AIR STATION WHIDBEY ISLAND, Wash. – A Search and Rescue (SAR) MH-60S Knighthawk team from Naval Air Station (NAS) Whidbey Island rescue an Army Soldier who was on a training exercise with his unit in the Okanagan Mountain range. Wednesday, June 5, 2024. The soldier’s unit requested transport to a medical facility after he Leer másWhidbey SAR MH-60S rescue a soldier in Okanagan Mountain range[…]
Story by David Bedard, 176th Wing JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON (JBER), Alaska — Alaska Air National Guard 176th Wing HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter aircrew rescue six plane crash victims near Port Alsworth, about 160 nautical miles southwest of Anchorage. June 10, 2024. The DHC-2 Beaver aircraft crashed in a heavily wooded area of the Lake Clark National Leer másAlaska Air National Guard HH-60G rescue 6 plane crash victims[…]
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Coast Guard crews medevac (medical evacuation) an 84-year-old boater (male) who appeared to be suffering from weather exposure approximately 38 nautical miles south of Port O’Connor. Thursday, June 13, 2024. U.S. Coast Guard Sector Corpus Christi watchstanders received a Mayday call at 11:17 p.m. from someone aboard the boat. Sector Leer másCoast Guard medevac boater 38 nm offshore Port O’Connor, Texas[…]
SAN PEDRO, Calif. — A Coast Guard MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter aircrew medevac a 26-year-old woman during the «World’s Toughest Row» race approximately 72 nautical miles Southwest of Morro Bay Harbor, Wednesday afternoon, June 12, 2024. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Los Angeles-Long Beach received a report of a medical emergency aboard the rowboat Julie at Leer másCoast Guard MH-60T medevac woman 72 nm of Morro Bay Harbor[…]
Story by Senior Airman Andrew Garavito, 355th Wing DAVIS-MONTHAN AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz. — An HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter with tail number A6224 achieved a «black letter status» before its retirement at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona. the past month. The helicopter was maintained by U.S. Air Force Tech Sgt. Anthony Staley, 943rd Maintenance Squadron Leer másThe HH-60G retired in black letter status[…]
Berlin, June 2024 — The German Ministry of the Interior has ordered up to 44 H225 helicopters for the Bundespolizei (Federal Police). This record order for the H225 includes 38 firm orders with options for a further six helicopters. Deliveries are scheduled to start in 2029. The Airbus Helicopters H225 payload, range and advanced systems Leer másGerman Ministry of Interior orders up to 44 H225 for Bundespolizei[…]
U.S. 5th Fleet RED SEA — U.S. Navy MH-60R Seahawk helicopter aircrew assigned to the Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group (IKECSG) rescue a civilian mariner who was reported overboard from a motor vessel, May 30. The civilian vessel issued a man-overboard distress call. Responding to the call, an MH-60R Seahawk helicopter from Helicopter Maritime Leer másU.S. Navy MH-60R rescue civilian mariner reported overboard[…]
SAULT SAINTE MARIE, Mich. — The U.S. Coast Guard MH-60T Jayhawk aircrews and Response Boat crews assisted to the 689-foot bulk carrier Michipicoten taking on water in Lake Superior, Grand Portage, Minnesota, after receiving a report in Thursday morning. Coast Guard Sector Northern Great Lakes was contacted via VHF channel 16 at approximately 7 a.m. Leer másCoast Guard assist to bulk carrier Michipicoten in Lake Superior[…]
Story by Alejandro Peña, Alaska National Guard WHITTIER, Alaska — Alaska Air National Guard 176th Wing’s 210th, 211th and 212th Rescue Squadrons conducted water rescue operations training in the Prince William Sound near Whittier. The training included search and rescue, low and high-altitude parachute drops, emergency medical response, personnel recovery, and underway hoist. Participants Leer másAlaska Air Guard Rescue Squadrons conducts rescue training[…]
Story by David Bedard, 176th Wing JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — An Alaska Air National Guard HH-60G Pave Hawk aircrew from the 176th Wing rescue a hypothermic mariner about 20 nautical miles southwest of Kodiak Island. The boating party was in a vessel that capsized, triggering an Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon distress signal to Leer másAlaska Air National Guard HH-60G rescue hypothermic mariner off Kodiak[…]