Story by Airman 1st Class Karina López, 18th Wing KADENA AIR BASE, Japan. — Dust settled around an HH-60W Jolly Green II as Airmen assigned to the 33rd RQS (Rescue Squadron) unloaded mission-essential equipment and…
Story by John Hughel, Oregon National Guard SANDY, Oregon. – With simulated floodwaters cutting off neighborhoods and covering access roads, Oregon National Guard aircrews flew low above the Sandy River to practice helicopter search and…
Story by Airman Iain Stanley, 23rd Wing MOODY AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. — USAF Airmen from the 38th, 41st and 71st Rescue Squadron trained alongside local, state and federal partners during the 2026 Search and…
SEATTLE. – The U.S., Canada and Japan Coast Guards conducted a trilateral search and rescue (SAR) exercise (SAREX) in the Strait of Juan de Fuca near Victoria, British Columbia on May 21, 2026. The joint operation aimed to enhance interoperability, communication, and…
Story by Bemjamin Hughes, 175th Wing, Maryland Air National Guard The Maryland National Guard (MDNG) supported a massive SAR (search and rescue) exercise (SAREX) spanning 20 square miles of land and water, from the Loch…
Story by T.T. Parish, Operational Medical Systems Five miles out to sea in Chiniak Bay, Alaska, the bright winter sun reflects off the uncommonly calm, blue-gray water. Aboard the NOAA ship Oscar Dyson (R-224), the…
HONOLULU – The Coast Guard and partner agencies completed a search and rescue (SAR) exercise off Kawaihae, Hawaii. Thursday, September 12, 2024. The Search and Rescue exercise consisted of a multiagency response to the simulation…
SOUTH CHINA SEA — The U.S. Coast Guard and the Philippine Coast Guard joined together to conduct a bilateral SAR (Search And Rescue) exercise in the South China Sea, July 16, 2024. The bilateral U.S.-Philippine…
Story by Senior Airman Olivia Gibson, 406th Air Expeditionary Wing U.S. Air Force 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron collaborated with other U.S. forces, Djiboutian military forces and additional partners during Exercise Bull Shark 24-2 on May…
SITKA, Alaska — The crews of Coast Guard Air Station Sitka, Coast Guard Cutter Bailey Barco (WPC 1122), Sitka Mountain Rescue, and Alaska Air National Guard 210th, 211th, and 212th Rescue Squadrons conducted a week-long…