pararescue team
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pararescue — noun Usage: often attributive Date: 1948 a search and rescue mission by specially trained personnel who can parachute to the site < a pararescue team > • pararescueman noun • pararescuer noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
United States Air Force Pararescue — Pararescuemen (AFSC 1T2X1), also called PJs (a nickname pronounced pee jays ), are United States Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) and Air Combat Command (ACC) operatives tasked with recovery and medical treatment of personnel in… … Wikipedia
United States Air Force Combat Control Team — U.S. Air Force Combat Controller United States Air Force Combat Control Flash. Active January 1953 – present Country … Wikipedia
special tactics team — A task organized element of special tactics that may include combat control, pararescue, and combat weather personnel. Functions include austere airfield and assault zone reconnaissance, surveillance, establishment, and terminal control; terminal … Military dictionary
PRT — pararescue team … Military dictionary
Operation Tiger Rescue — was the evacuation of United States citizens by the United States Air Force from Yemen following the outbreak of civil war in May 1994. Yemen had only recently been formed by the unification of North Yemen and South Yemen in 1990. After… … Wikipedia
paradoctor — noun A doctor on a pararescue team … Wiktionary
Air Rescue Service — The Air Rescue Service (ARS) was a former subcommand of the Military Air Transport Service (MATS), a major command of the United States Air Force. On 1 Jan 1966, MATS was redesignated as the Military Airlift Command and ARS was redesignated as… … Wikipedia
Combat rescue officer — flash Combat Rescue Officer (CRO) is a career field in the United States Air Force. Its Air Force Specialty Code (AFSC) is 13DXA and it was created to strengthen USAF personnel recovery capabilities. The CRO specialty includes direct combatant… … Wikipedia
Royal Air Force Mountain Rescue Service — The Royal Air Force Mountain Rescue Service (RAFMRS) provides land rescue over the mountain areas of the United Kingdom. Royal Air Force Mountain Rescue teams (MRTs) were first organised during World War II to rescue aircrew from the large number … Wikipedia
