Cormorant helicopter from 19 Wing Comox 442 Transport and Rescue Squadron will be in the air in the Penticton area this ...

The CC-130H Hercules is primarily used for search and rescue operations. While it also carries out transport missions, its main focus is saving lives through the Canadian Armed Forces’ search ...

Members of the Royal Canadian Air Force are celebrating the successful rescue of a pilot who crashed deep in the mountains ...

The Canadian Armed Forces responds to more than 9,000 distress calls each year, the document says. But only about 1,000 actually require military search-and-rescue helicopters or airplanes.

The fleet is intended to replace two models of aircraft — the C-115 Buffalo and the C-130H Hercules — which have been doing search and rescue service for decades. A Canadian Forces CC-115 ...

The Canadian Armed Forces is facing a growing number of ... of National Defence) Military search and rescue personnel often use specialized airplanes and helicopters to parachute or rappel into ...

“The selfless dedication of our aviators and the search and rescue services they provide to Canadians brings great credit to the Royal Canadian Air Force and the Canadian Armed Forces. The ...

First responders from the US and Canada recently gathered in Sitka for annual search-and-rescue exercises. Over four days, ...

More fortunate drivers were trapped in that most ubiquitous of Canadian landmarks, a Tim Hortons doughnut shop. And even an armed forces search and rescue team was stymied by the gusting winds at ...

Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan says Canadian special forces have been given the “flexibility” to rescue Canadians, Afghan interpreters and support staff and bring them into the Kabul airport ...

Then-defence minister Harjit Sajjan instructed Canadian special forces to rescue about 225 Afghan Sikhs ... defended his instructions to the Canadian Armed Forces and denied that his request ...