WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio, Aug. 18 -- The U.S. Air Force Institute of Technology issued the following news release:
On Aug. 10, Airmen from the 355th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, assigned to the 355th Wing but geographically located at Nellis Air Force Base, and the 88th Test and Evaluation Squadron rapidly generated and deployed two HH-60W Jolly Green II helicopters to rescue five U.S. Navy personnel following an aircraft mishap near Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, California.
The 88th TES received initial notification from the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center at approximately 11:30 a.m. regarding a Navy MH-60S Seahawk hard landing in mountainous terrain during a high-altitude training flight. The squadron immedia...