How a stray dog in London led to the training of search and rescue dogs
The terrier personality is one of a lone hunter who has no need for other dogs, but is fiercely loyal and dedicated to humans. They were also bred to dig…
The Chinook could have been a search and rescue legend
Search-and-rescue choppers have become legendary. Remember the Jolly Green Giants and Pave Hawks? Well, it turns out that there was another helicopter …
This Army unit was renamed for its search & rescue work on 9/11
When hijackers crashed American Airlines Flight 77 into the western façade of the Pentagon on 9/11, 125 people inside the building were killed along with the flight’s 59 passengers and…
This insane pilot conducted first combat search and rescue
It was Nov. 19, 1915. British pilots were attacking Ottoman forces at Ferrijik Junction, a rail and logistics hub. The tiny planes involved in the attack swooped and dove as they dropped bombs and fought off enemy fighters. But then, one of the bomb…
Meet Callie, the military’s only search-and-rescue dog
This is Callie, the only search and rescue dog in the entire U.S. military. Callie and her handler, Master Sergeant Rudy Parsons, are assigned to the 123rd Special Tactics Squadron,…
How a heroic Navy SEAL helped lead the largest search & rescue mission during the Vietnam War
Navy SEAL Lt. Thomas “Tommy” Norris and South Vietnamese naval commando Nguyễn Văn Kiệt pushed off from the shore in an abandoned sampan while dressed as Vietnamese fishermen. The pair were on an impossible mission to find Iceal “Gene” Hamb…
This is the US military’s only search-and-rescue dog
In 2010, airmen from the Kentucky Air National Guard deployed to Port-au-Prince, the capital and most populous city of Haiti, in response to a magnitude 7 earthquake that impacted millions.
“With the destroyed airfields, it was difficult for …
The crazy story of the first helicopter rescue at sea
World War II was over. Defense manufacturers had armories full of new goodies that they wanted to sell to the U.S. as it entered the Cold War, but America was no longer desperate for every piece of materiel it could get its hands on thanks to Hitler…
Search underway after 2 Marine Corps aircraft crash
Update: One Marine has been recovered alive but a second unfortunately perished. Five Marines are still missing and search-and-rescue operations are still underway.
A search is underway for the crews of two U.S. Marine Corps aircraft involved …