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The search and rescue helicopters are operated by the Royal Norwegian Air Force (RNoAF), who fly 12 Westland Sea Kings. The Norwegian Sea Kings are in the process of being replaced. [126] Between 2020 and 2023 the Sea King fleet will have been phased out by 16 AgustaWestland AW101, named Sar Queen for the purpose. [127]
In 2009, the Helicopter Search and Rescue Technician (HSART) program was officially created within TX-TF1. This new program allowed for a quick response time of trained inland helicopter based search and rescue, along with partner agencies Texas Military Forces and the Texas Department of Public Safety. The TX-TF1 HSART program gives the state ...
U.S. Coast Guard helicopter rescue swimmer. Rescue swimmer is a qualification given to rescue specialists, most commonly in the service of the military. Rescue swimmers usually are charged with the rescue, assessment, and rendering of medical aid to persons in distress in the sea, on the land, or in the air.
With the introduction of the HC-130P/N, the air-refuelable HH-3E "Jolly Green Giant" in June 1967, and the delivery of the air-refuelable HH-53B "Super Jolly Green Giant" (the first helicopter specifically designed for combat search and rescue (CSAR) operations) later that year (the latter two aircraft both being dual-engined helicopters), the ...
An HSC-25 rescue swimmer swims toward a stranded civilian sailboat in a search and rescue mission near Guam in 2019. HSC-25 is the only Search and Rescue Helicopter platform in Guam. As a result, HSC-25 provides the highest number of Search and Rescue missions of all Navy Helicopter Squadrons. HSC-25 (previously HC-5) has saved a total of 4,207 ...
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.
The Sikorsky MH-60T Jayhawk is a multi-mission, twin-engine, medium-range helicopter operated by the United States Coast Guard for search and rescue, law enforcement, military readiness and marine environmental protection missions. It was originally designated HH-60J before being upgraded and redesignated in 2007. [3]
Search and rescue in the United States involves a wide range of organizations that have search and rescue responsibilities. In January 2008, the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released the National Response Framework (NRF) which serves as the guiding document for a federal response during a national emergency.