U.S. Air Force HH-60G Pave Hawk rescue helicopter assigned with the 129th Rescue Squadron, 129th Rescue Wing, California Air National Guard hover over a fishing vessel to medically evacuate an ill fisherman during a rescue operation, approximately 400 miles off the coast of San Diego, Nov. 8, 2024. The patient is on a chartered fishing trip when he began experiencing stroke like symptoms. (U.S. Air Force courtesy video)
Several military aircraft postured within various locations around the island of Oahu for exercise Sentry Aloha hosted by the Hawaii Air National Guard's 154th Wing at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. One of the aircraft, an HC-130J Combat King II, with the 129th Rescue Wing, Moffett Air National Guard Base, Mountain View, California, participated in the exercise, particularly for Combat Search and Rescue interoperability communications...
A medical emergency aboard the San Diego-based Independence sportfishing vessel triggers an international mission hundreds of nautical miles southwest of Cabo San Lucas for the California Air National Guard's 129th Rescue Wing.
