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Mission to Recover Downed F-15E Aircrew Puts Combat Search And Rescue in the Spotlight

The loss of an F-15E Strike Eagle in Iran prompted specialized Combat Search and Rescue units to spring into action, with a ...

Rescue Helicopters Hit by Iranian Fire During Daring Mission to Find Downed Pilot

The F-15E was brought down on Friday marking the first known loss of an U.S. combat aircraft in hostile Iranian territory ...

Here's how US combat search-and-rescue crews save downed fighter pilots in the middle of a war

An Air Force pilot talked to Business Insider about the risks involved in conducting combat search and rescue missions.
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Inside Boeing’s Modernized Apache: The Upgrade That Could Redefine Helicopter Combat

A universal reaction among the Department of Defense when talking about their mission. fight and win on any battlefield, today and tomorrow. Boeing has adopted this mission with a program of ...
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Apache helicopter shoots down drones in Europe for first time in combat exercise

U.S. soldiers used Apache helicopters to pursue and attack drones in an air-to-air combat training exercise this week.
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Do fighter jets ever fight helicopters? More often than you’d think

Helicopters have few ways to fight back against incoming fighter aircraft. Surprisingly, though, it is far harder to shoot down a helicopter from a plane than one might imagine. Fighters against ...
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Myanmar army says a transport helicopter has crashed in a combat zone due to malfunction

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BANGKOK (AP) — A helicopter belonging to Myanmar’s military crashed in a combat zone in the country’s north while returning from a ...