Combat Search and Rescue

Davis-Monthan AFB is located in Arizona, so the maintainers and A-10 Warthog attack aircraft stationed there haven’t had a snow day…

The three weapons tested were: the GAU-2, a 7.62mm gatling gun, the GAU-18, a .50 caliber legacy machine gun and the…

Many shot-down pilots recalled that the sound of a Sandy overhead lifted their spirits in desperate situations. During the Vietnam War,…

“The aircraft performed flawlessly during the testing and met all of the program objectives,” John Biscaino, Sikorsky’s test pilot. Approximately 3,000…

‘Sandy 07’ assumed on scene command, directing ‘Sandy 08’ to stay high and be alert for SA-7 missile launches while he…

“I flew over the town real low to kind of tell them that ‘we are here and stay away’. I then…

“With over 150 holes in the airplane – one in the right wing big enough to jump through – he was…

Jolly Green 22 escaped the trap with 68 bullet holes, a shot-out windshield, and holes through the rotor blades The U.S.…

The Nevada Test and Training Range is the largest contiguous air and ground space available for peacetime military operations in the free…

A-10 pilots take the Combat Search and Rescue role very seriously As explained by Airman 1st Class Mya M. Crosby, 355th Fighter…