Showing 25 posts tagged CSAR

Evening Quickie #soldierporn: Let’s see how deep the rabbit hole goes. A helicopter lifts off after inserting Navy SEALs to attack a simulated enemy threat during Operation Urban Corkscrew as part of Emerald Warrior 2013 on Camp Shelby, Miss., April 29, 2013. The SEALs extracted two simulated downed helicopter pilots and returned them to safety during the operation. High-res

Evening Quickie #soldierporn: Let’s see how deep the rabbit hole goes.

A helicopter lifts off after inserting Navy SEALs to attack a simulated enemy threat during Operation Urban Corkscrew as part of Emerald Warrior 2013 on Camp Shelby, Miss., April 29, 2013. The SEALs extracted two simulated downed helicopter pilots and returned them to safety during the operation.

Hawks and Hogs.

Pararescuemen, A-10 Thunderbolts II, and HH-60 Pavehawks respond to an IED blast during an Irregular Warfare scenario at Playas, NM during Exercise Angel Thunder 2013. Angel Thunder is the world’s largest Personnel Recovery exercise, supporting the DoD which affirms Personnel Recovery as “One of the Highest Priorities.” Angel Thunder provides the most realistic personnel recovery training environment available to USAF Rescue forces, as well as their Joint, Interagency, and International partners from Brazil to Uruguay. AT is collaborating with Air Force Special Operation Command’s Emerald Warrior and the US Navy 3rd Fleet JWFC Training and Exercise, and the U.S. Army and Air Force Reserve’s Global Medic exercises.

(Videographer Tech Sergeant Pedro Jimenez, 18 APR 2013.)

Raptor’s shadow. A 33rd Rescue Squadron HH-60 Pave Hawk casts a shadow over a mountain in the Republic of Korea during combat search and rescue training During Pacific Thunder 2012. Pacific Thunder is an annual two-week exercise where members of the 33rd and 31st Rescue Squadrons met up with the 25th Fighter Squadron and multiple other units at Osan Air Base, ROK, to test Combat Search and Rescue tactics to prepare for real-world emergency situations. (Photo by Staff Sergeant Sara Csurilla, 12 OCT 2012.) High-res

Raptor’s shadow.

A 33rd Rescue Squadron HH-60 Pave Hawk casts a shadow over a mountain in the Republic of Korea during combat search and rescue training During Pacific Thunder 2012. Pacific Thunder is an annual two-week exercise where members of the 33rd and 31st Rescue Squadrons met up with the 25th Fighter Squadron and multiple other units at Osan Air Base, ROK, to test Combat Search and Rescue tactics to prepare for real-world emergency situations.

(Photo by Staff Sergeant Sara Csurilla, 12 OCT 2012.)

Adrenaline junkies. A pararescueman from the 31st Rescue Squadron performs alternate insertion and extractions from a 33rd Rescue Squadron HH-60 Pave Hawk during a combat search and rescue training scenario for Pacific Thunder at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea. (Photo by Staff Sergeant Sara Csurilla, 12 OCT 2012.) High-res

Adrenaline junkies.

A pararescueman from the 31st Rescue Squadron performs alternate insertion and extractions from a 33rd Rescue Squadron HH-60 Pave Hawk during a combat search and rescue training scenario for Pacific Thunder at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea.

(Photo by Staff Sergeant Sara Csurilla, 12 OCT 2012.)

SERE specialist schools the Pedros.

[Left] U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Bobby Colliton, Survival Evasion Resistance and Escape specialist from the 18th Operation Support Squadron on Kadena Air Base, Japan, instructs U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Dane Hatley, a 33rd Rescue Squadron flight engineer, while performing combat survival training during Exercise Pacific Thunder 2012 near Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea.

[Right] U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Bobby Colliton, Survival, Evasion Resistance and Escape specialist from the 18th Operation Support Squadron on Kadena Air Base, Japan, performs combat survival training with a 33rd Rescue Squadron aircrew member during Exercise Pacific Thunder 2012 near Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea.

Pacific Thunder is an annual two-week exercise that involves the 33rd and 31st RQS (Rescue Squadrons) from Kadena AB, Japan, and the 25th Fighter Squadron from Osan. These units work together to practice combat search and rescue (CSAR) tactics to prepare for real-world emergency situations.

(Photos by Staff Sergeant Sara Csurilla, 15 OCT 2012.)

White angel, bringing death to preserve life.

U.S. Air Force Pararescueman, 83rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, provides security during a mission in Afghanistan.

(Photo by Staff Sergeant Jonathan Snyder, 7 NOV 2012.)

Pack of sheepdogs. U.S. Air Force pararescuemen, 83rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, secure the area after being lowered from a U.S. Air Force HH-60 Pave Hawk during a mission in Afghanistan. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Jonathan Snyder, 7 NOV 2012.) High-res

Pack of sheepdogs.

U.S. Air Force pararescuemen, 83rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, secure the area after being lowered from a U.S. Air Force HH-60 Pave Hawk during a mission in Afghanistan.

(Photo by Staff Sgt. Jonathan Snyder, 7 NOV 2012.)

Looking for a lifeline…

A U.S. Air Force pararescueman is lowered from a U.S. Air Force HH-60 Pave Hawk during a mission in Afghanistan.

(Photos by Staff Sergeant Jonathan Snyder, 7 NOV 2012.)

Gives all new meaning to Alpha Pack, though. A U.S. Air Force pararescueman, 83rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, provides security using a stand alone M203 grenade launcher in Afghanistan. Pararescue teams assault, secure, and dominate the rescue objective area using any available Department of Defense or allied, air, land, or sea asset. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Jonathan Snyder, 7 NOV 2012.) High-res

Gives all new meaning to Alpha Pack, though.

A U.S. Air Force pararescueman, 83rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, provides security using a stand alone M203 grenade launcher in Afghanistan. Pararescue teams assault, secure, and dominate the rescue objective area using any available Department of Defense or allied, air, land, or sea asset.

(Photo by Staff Sgt. Jonathan Snyder, 7 NOV 2012.)