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The ideal CSAR-X was a medium-lift helicopter that would replace the Air Force's fleet of HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters, which were quickly approaching their useful service life limit. [7] The CSAR-X's main objective was to recover shot down airmen and rescue soldiers stranded in harsh environments, unreachable by any other means.
A Canadian Forces AgustaWestland CH-149 Cormorant helicopter hoists a man from a Canadian Coast Guard ship A SAR cruiser of the German Maritime Search and Rescue Service. Search and rescue (SAR) is the search for and provision of aid to people who are in distress or imminent danger.
Combat search and rescue (CSAR) are search and rescue operations that are carried out during war that are within or near combat zones. [ 1 ] A CSAR mission may be carried out by a task force of helicopters , ground-attack aircraft , aerial refueling tankers and an airborne command post . [ 2 ]
It was used as a search and rescue platform, having often been enhanced with makeshift modification and new apparatus to better suit the tropical conditions. The HH-43 was also exported to several other countries and sold commercially. It set several aviation records in its class, and was first helicopter to experiment with twin-turbine engines.
The Sikorsky S-61R is a twin-engine helicopter used in transport or search and rescue roles. A developed version of the S-61 (the SH-3 Sea King), the S-61R was also built under license by Agusta as the AS-61R.
A dramatic rescue was caught on video in California, as a helicopter rescued two people in kayaks trapped by a high tide. The San Luis Obispo County Urban Search and Rescue team rescued the two ...
The Dolphin's main jobs are: search and rescue, enforcement of laws and treaties (including drug interdiction), polar ice breaking, marine environmental protection including pollution control, and military readiness. When deployed from an icebreaker, the helicopter acts as the ship's eyes, searching out thinner and more navigable ice channels.
Another 600 search-and-rescue personnel were due to arrive and supplement the untold number of state and local rescue and relief teams. Volunteers are stepping up to bolster those forces.