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Description
This book explores air rescue operations, focusing on US Coast Guard and Air Force missions. It details various aircraft and techniques used in saving lives during air-sea rescue exercises and real operations.
Characteristics
| ISBN-13 | 9780850459272 |
| ISBN-10 | 0-85045-927-3 |
| Book cover finish(es) | Perfect paperback |
| Condition | VG |
| Author(s) | Barry D Smith |
| Publisher | Osprey Publishing Limited |
| Number of pages | 128 |
| Published date | 1989 |
| Language(s) | English |
| Collection / Series | Osprey Colour series |
| Size | 21 x 23 x 1 cm |
| Categorie(s) | • AVIATION CIVILE • AVIATION MILITAIRE |
Description
Front cover HH-65A Dolphin helicopter of the US Coast Guard hovering with rescue basket during an air-sea rescue exercise with a rescue boat. Title pages A water rescue performed by an HH-65A Dolphin of the 129th ARRS based at Moffett Field, California. The helicopter is hovering over the victim at a height of 40 feet. A pararescueman has been lowered into the water to secure the victim to the rescue hoist. The second pararescueman is the backup man aboard the helicopter and is part of a unit of the California Air National Guard.
A Sikorsky HH-3E Jolly Green Giant and Lockheed HC-130H Hercules of the USAF Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron practise air refuelling over British Columbia, Canada.
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