Story by Senior Airman Jamal Berry II, 18th Wing KADENA AIR BASE, Japan — For the Airmen of the U.S. Air Force 18th OSS (Operations Support Squadron) Weather Flight, weather means something else entirely: mission success or failure, aircraft safety or risk, life or loss. Jan. 16, 2026, members of the 18th OSS Weather Flight Leer más18th OSS Weather Flight HH-60W Jolly Green II[…]
Story by Christopher Jones, Naval Hospital Twentynine Palms CHINA LAKE, California. — A Navy SAR Team (search and rescue) MH-60S Knighthawk assigned to Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 31 at Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake conducted the rescue (medevac) following the ejection of an F-16 pilot approximately 15 miles east of China Lake. Leer másNavy SAR Team MH-60S rescue (medevac) F-16 pilot near China Lake[…]
CRESCENT CITY, California. — A Coast Guard Air Station Humboldt Bay MH-65E Dolphin helicopter aircrew conducted the medevac of an injured fisherman from a fishing vessel approximately 10 nautical miles south of Crescent City, California. Thursday, January 22, 2026. A 35-year-old male crew member aboard the fishing vessel suffered a critical eye injury while transiting Leer másCoast Guard Humboldt Bay MH-65E medevac fisherman off Crescent City[…]
Story by Alejandro Peña, Alaska National Guard BETHEL, Alaska. – Alaska Army National Guard (AKARNG) UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter aircrew assigned to the 207th Aviation Troop Command conducted the medevac of a patient in New Stuyahok, Southwest Alaska. January 21, 2026. In response to a request for assistance from Kanakanak Hospital medical staff, the Alaska Rescue Leer másAlaska Army Guard UH-60L conducts a nighttime medevac in New Stuyahok[…]
Story by Alejandro Peña, Alaska National Guard JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – An Alaska Air National Guard (AKANG) HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter aircrew assigned to the 176th Wing conducted the rescue of an injured snowmachiner in Southcentral Alaska. January 21, 2026. The injured snowmachiner used a cellular phone to contact the Alaska State Troopers, who Leer másAlaska Air Guard HH-60G rescue a injured snowmachiner in Southcentral Alaska[…]
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Coast Guard Sector San Juan Command Center watchstanders and the crew of the Horten Liberian-flagged tanker ship conducted the rescue of a capsized rower in the Atlantic Ocean east of Puerto Rico. Wednesday, January 21, 2026, at night. Rescued is Benoit Bourguet, 47, a Belgium citizen, after his single-man rowing vessel, City Leer másCoast Guard and Horten tanker ship rescue rower in the Atlantic Ocean[…]
JUNEAU, Alaska – A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60T Jayhawk aircrew conducted the rescue of two fishermen from a fishing vessel that ran aground in Pasagshak Bay offshore Kodiak. Wednesday, January 21, 2026. No injuries were reported. At 7:08 a.m., watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Western Alaska and U.S. Arctic Command center received a report from Leer másCoast Guard MH-60T rescue 2 fishermen offshore Kodiak, Alaska[…]
La Policía Nacional han llevado a cabo la mayor aprehensión de cocaína en alta mar de su historia con la interceptación de un buque mercante que transportaba 10 toneladas (concretamente 9.994 kilos) de cocaína ocultos entre un cargamento de sal. El mercante fue abordado en aguas del océano Atlántico por agentes del Grupo Especial de Leer másLa Policía Nacional incauta un buque con 10 toneladas de cocaína[…]
Spanish Customs Surveillance Service (Aduanas), National Police and Civil Guard seized nearly 2.5 tons of cocaine in a joint counter-narcotics operation. January 15, 2026. — Spanish Customs (Aduanas) officials from the Tax Agency (AEAT), in a joint operation with the Civil Guard (Guardia Civil) and National Police (Policía Nacional), have carried out a complex investigation that Leer másAduanas, Police and GC seized nearly 2.5 tons of cocaine[…]
PHILADELPHIA — A Coast Guard Station Manasquan Inlet 47-foot Motor Lifeboat crew and Air Station Atlantic City MH-65E Dolphin aircrew conducted the rescue of three mariners after their 74-foot boat began to sink approximately 4 nautical miles northeast of Shark River Inlet, New Jersey. Saturday, January 17, 2026. The Coast Guard Station Manasquan Inlet Motor Leer másCoast Guard crews rescue three mariners off New Jersey[…]