Story by David Bedard, 176th Wing JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska —Alaska Air National Guard HH-60G Pave Hawk aircrew from 176th Wing rescue four distressed paddle boarders near Byers Lake about 110 miles north of Anchorage. August 6, 2024. The boarders sent an SOS signal using a newer cellphone with embedded satellite transceiver. The Alaska State Leer másAKANG HH-60G rescue four paddle boarders near Byers Lake[…]
Story by Eve Baker, Fort Wainwright FORT WAINWRIGHT, Alaska – A U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk aircrew assigned to Charlie Company, 1-52 General Support Aviation Battalion, recently performed their third medevac in a month, this time of an injured driver near the remote community of Livengood. Early on August 2, the unit received notification from Leer másArmy UH-60 helicopter medevac an injured driver near Livengood[…]
Story by Maj. Robert Taylor , Idaho Army National Guard STANLEY, Idaho – A UH-72 Lakota helicopter flight crew from the Idaho Army National Guard State Aviation Group assisted with the search and rescue of a 44-year-old woman hiker who was injured while hiking near Smokey Peak in Idaho’s Sawtooth National Recreation Area. The rescue Leer másIdaho Guard UH-72 crew rescue injured hiker near Smokey Peak[…]
Story by Eve Baker, Fort Wainwright FORT WAINWRIGHT, Alaska – A U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter aircrew assigned to Charlie Company, 1-52 General Support Aviation Battalion, performed the medevac of an injured Airman from the Yukon Training Area. The Airman had fallen in a trench and was believed to have a back injury. Due Leer másArmy UH-60 helicopter medevac Airman from Yukon Training Area[…]
Story by Senior Chief Petty Officer Jeffrey Richardson, U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa / U.S. 6th Fleet U.S. Navy Sailors from USS Bulkeley (DDG 84) and Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM-79) provided assistance during the rescue of 31 mariners from adrift vessel during routine operations in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. July 16, 2024. A MH-60R Seahawk Leer másUSS Bulkeley and a MH-60S from HSM-79 aids in rescue of 31 mariners from adrift vessel[…]
Story by Eve Baker, U.S. Army Fort Wainwright FORT WAINWRIGHT, Alaska – Soldiers assigned to Charlie Company, 1-52 General Support Aviation Battalion, performed a medevac mission of a person with an Army UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter from a remote site along the Yukon River. The patient had fallen off the roof of a cabin far Leer másAn Army UH-60L helicopter medevac person in Yukon River[…]
Story by Maj. Robert Taylor, Idaho Army National Guard For the second time in five days, the Idaho Army National Guard’s State Aviation Group assisted Custer County Search and Rescue with the rescue and transportation of an injured hiker from Idaho’s Sawtooth Mountain Range. On July 10, a UH-60L Black Hawk flight crew from Det. Leer másIdaho Guard UH-60L crews assists with second rescue in 5 days[…]
SALEM, Ore. — An Oregon Army National Guard HH-60M Black Hawk helicopter aircrew rescue a hiker (woman) who was injured and stranded hiking on the Pacific Crest Trail in Southern Oregon, June 23, 2024. Working with the Klamath County Sheriff’s office and the Oregon Department of Emergency Management, the Oregon Army National Guard helped rescue Leer másOregon Guard HH-60M rescue injured hiker on Pacific Crest Trail[…]
The Idaho Army National Guard’s State Aviation Group assisted Custer County Search and Rescue with the rescue of an injured hiker on Thompson Peak of the Sawtooth Range, outside of Stanley, Idaho. Saturday, July 6, 2024. The hiker, a 19-year-old male, suffered an ankle injury following a fall while rock-climbing near the mountain range’s highest Leer másIdaho Army National Guard rescue injured hiker on Thompson Peak[…]
Story by Samuel King Jr. 96th Test Wing EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. – The MH-139A Grey Wolf’s back left tire was the last to leave the ground as Maj. Jonathan Palka’s synchronized stick and pedal movements propelled the aircraft up, forward and away from Duke Field’s runway. The lift-off June 27 marked the last Leer másMH-139A Grey Wolf helicopter ends its time at Eglin Air Force Base[…]
