Story by Andrea Jenkins, Air Forces Southern U.S. Air Force HH-60W Jolly Green II helicopter aircrews assigned to the 563rd Rescue Group, supported by Air Forces Southern, conducted a long-range rescue of a mariner from a tanker vessel in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Mexico, February 5, 2026. The mission underscored how training, Leer másAir Force HH-60W aircrews rescue mariner 340 nm off Mexico[…]
Story by Staff Sgt. Kylee Marshall, 11th Airborne Division YUKON TRAINING AREA, Alaska- Ahead of Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center 26-02, U.S. Army medical personnel, assigned to 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 11th Airborne Division, and a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter aircrew conducted a medevac (medical evacuation) rehearsal in Alaska designed to validate lifesaving Leer más11th Airborne Division conducted a medevac rehearsal in Alaska[…]
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 medevac of a patient in Seldovia, Southcentral Alaska, January 12, 2026. In response to a request for assistance from the Alaska State Troopers the Alaska Rescue Leer másAlaska Air Guard HH-60G conduct a medevac in Seldovia[…]
HONOLULU — A Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point MH-65E Dolphin aircrew conducted the medevac of an ailing woman cruise ship passenger 92 nautical miles offshore Kauai. Tuesday, December 23, 2025. The Air Station Barbers Point MH-65E Dolphin Short-Range Recovery Helicopter aircrew hoisted the 61-year-old patient experiencing septic shock and transported her safely to Queen’s Leer másCoast Guard Barbers Point MH-65E medevac woman from cruise ship off Kauai[…]
Story by Tech. Sgt. Crystal Housman, 129th Rescue Wing MOUNTAIN VIEW, California. – A California Air National Guard, 129th Rescue Wing, HH-60W Jolly Green II helicopter aircrew conducted a high risk overnight rescue (medevac) of a 79-year old woman (passenger) from the cruise ship Ruby Princess. December 18, 2025. The 129th Rescue Wing was contacted Leer más129th Rescue Wing HH-60W medevac woman from cruise ship 139 nm off San Francisco[…]
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A Coast Guard Air Station Borinquen MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter aircrew conducted the medevac of a passenger from the cruise ship Celebrity Apex approximately 24 nautical miles north of Arecibo, Puerto Rico. Thursday, December 11, 2025, at morning. A 65-year-old man suffered from multiple medical conditions which required the patient to Leer másCoast Guard Borinquen MH-60T medevac cruise ship passenger off Puerto Rico[…]
Story by Sgt. Timothy Jackson, DoD Southern Border 2025 FORT HUACHUCA, Arizona. – A Task Force Falcon and aviation unit in Joint Task Force-Southern Border HH-60L Black Hawk helicopter aircrew conducted the medevac (medical evacuation) of two injured people in the Big Bend Sector of Texas. Local emergency medical services (EMS) first reported an ATV Leer másA JTF-SB HH-60L aircrew medevac two people in the Big Bend area[…]