Story by Senior Airman Iain Stanley, 23rd Wing MOODY AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. – Airmen and community members gathered at Moody Air Force Base to celebrate Saluting Our Aviation Roots (SOAR) Week, a five-day event highlighting the installation’s mission, heritage and the Aircrews who execute the search and rescue (SAR) and attack missions it daily. Leer másMoody Air Force Base SOAR Week[…]
MIAMI – A Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City HC-130J Super Hercules aircrew and tanker vessel Radiant Pride’s crew conducted the rescue of three sailors from a sailing vessel taking on water 450 nautical miles east of Daytona Beach. On Monday, January 2, 2025, atlantic approximately 2:20 a.m. The three mariners were brought aboard Radiant Leer másCoast Guard and tanker vessel crew rescue 3 sailors 450 miles off Daytona Beach[…]
SAN FRANCISCO — The Coast Guard coordinated the rescue of 27 fishermen after their Venezuelan-flagged fishing vessel caught fire approximately 500 nautical miles north-northwest of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Saturday, January 31, 2026. At approximately 3:30 a.m. Pacific Standard Time, Sunday, the motor vessel Seaways Kenosha arrived on scene and safely recovered all 27 people Leer másCoast Guard coordinates rescue of 27 fishermen 483 nautical miles of Galapagos Islands[…]
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — A Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City MH-60T Jayhawk aircrew conducted the rescue of five sailors after their sailboat began taking on water 260 nautical miles offshore Cape Hatteras. Thursday, October 28, 2025. Coast Guard Sector North Carolina Command Center watchstanders received a distress call from the crew of the sailing vessel Leer másCoast Guard Elizabeth City MH-60T rescue 5 sailors 260 nm off Cape Hatteras[…]
KODIAK, Alaska — A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter aircrew conducted the rescue of four mariners from a sinking vessel in the Gulf of Alaska. Friday, August 1, 2025. Watchstanders at the Coast Guard Arctic District command center in Juneau received a report at approximately 10:17 a.m. that the 110-foot tug vessel Sea Leer másCoast Guard MH-60T rescue 4 mariners off Cordova, Gulf of Alaska[…]
HONOLULU – A Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point MH-65E Dolphin aircrew medevac a mariner from a cargo ship 80 nautical miles offshore Kauai. Thursday, June 26, 2025. Joint Rescue Coordination Center Honolulu watchstanders received a phone call at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday from the crewing superintendent of the 636-foot cargo ship Aal Kembla, which was Leer másCoast Guard Barbers Point MH-65E medevac mariner off Kauai[…]
HONOLULU — A Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point MH-65E Dolphin aircrew conducted the rescue of a boater (man) after his boat sank offshore the island of Molokai. Tuesday, June 24, 2025. Coast Guard Sector Honolulu command center watchstanders heard two mayday calls on VHF-FM channel 16 at 5:40 a.m. from a man stating his Leer másCoast Guard Barbers Point MH-65E rescue boater near Molokai[…]
SANTA RITA, Guam — A U.S. Navy MH-60S Knighthawk helicopter aircrew from the HSC-25 ‘Island Knights’ and the USCGC Myrtle Hazard conducted the rescue of two missing mariners west of Guam. The U.S. Coast Guard, with support from U.S. Navy and local partners, located the 47-foot vessel Lucky Harvest, carrying two mariners, which had been Leer másA US Navy MH-60S and USCGC Myrtle rescue 2 mariners off Guam[…]
HONOLULU – A Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point MH-65E Dolphin aircrew medevac a fisherman (the captain) of the commercial fishing vessel Sea Angel 80 nautical miles offshore Hilo, Hawaii. Friday, May 9, 2025. Joint Rescue Coordination Center (JRCC) Honolulu watchstanders received a phone call at 6:50 a.m. Tuesday from the captain of the 78-foot Leer másCoast Guard Barbers Point MH-65E medevac fisherman off Hawaii[…]
Story by Staff Sgt. Jocelyn Tuller, 109th Airlift Wing INUVIK, Canada – Airmen from the New York Air National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing lands an LC-130 Hercules on freshwater ice for the first time in the wing’s history during Operation Nanook-Nunalivut March 5, 2025. Maj. Joseph Shanahan, the ski landing control officer, and a team Leer más109th Airlift Wing lands an LC-130 Hercules on freshwater ice[…]