On July 27, pilot Matt Lehtinen found himself living his worst nightmare. While flying alone in his single-prop aircraft over the remote Quebec wilderness, the plane suffered a mechanical failure that put it into an unrecoverable descent. After crashing into the dense forest (using parachutes to slow his fall), some people might have taken a […]
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Streamlight Protac HL 4: Big league brightness
In many lines of work, a small portable pocket flashlight with a couple of hundred lumens worth of capability is just fine, other times you need to be able to light up a large area quickly. The problem is finding a medium size flashlight that isn’t heavy and cumbersome but still has a capable lens […]
Loadout Room photo of the day: A member of Air Force Special Operations, assigned to the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron, provides security during a combat search and rescue exercise
AMMAN, JORDAN AMMAN, Jordan (May 11, 2017) A member of Air Force Special Operations, assigned to the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron, provides security during a combat search and rescue exercise in support of Eager Lion 2017. Eager Lion is an annual U.S. Central Command exercise in Jordan designed to strengthen military-to-military relationships between the U.S., […]
Loadout Room photo of the day | US, Italy and Jordan special operations conduct combat search and rescue
AMMAN, JORDAN A Jordanian Armed Forces Special Task Force member and an Air Force Special Tactics Airman with the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron, prepare to assault opposing forces during a personnel rescue mission, May 11, 2017, at the King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Center. Eager Lion is an annual U.S. Central Command exercise in […]
Loadout Room photo of the day | 212th Rescue Squadron conducts mass-casualty exercise
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, AK, UNITED STATES An Alaska Air National Guard pararescueman, assigned to the 212th Rescue Squadron, negotiates wooded terrain while conducting mass-casualty, search and rescue training at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, May 4, 2016. During the exercise, the rescue operators located, assessed, treated and evacuated numerous casualties while engaging and eliminating multiple attacks […]