Combat search and rescue (CSAR) are search and rescue operations that are carried out during war that are within or near combat zones.
An HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter comes in for a landing during a combat rescue training exercise.
Richard Bell-Davies conducted the first combat S&R mission in his aircraft during the First World War.
A Sikorsky HH-53B refueling during the Vietnam War.
Pararescuemen return with a downed pilot from a successful rescue mission in southern Iraq (2003).
Search and rescue (SAR) is the search for and provision of aid to people who are in distress or imminent danger. The general field of search and rescue includes many specialty sub-fields, typically determined by the type of terrain the search is conducted over. These include mountain rescue; ground search and rescue, including the use of search and rescue dogs ; urban search and rescue in cities; combat search and rescue on the battlefield and air-sea rescue over water.
A Canadian Forces AgustaWestland CH-149 Cormorant helicopter hoists a man from a Canadian Coast Guard ship
A SAR cruiser of the German Maritime Search and Rescue Service
Rescue rope training
Search and Rescue students give the "I am all right" signal to let the SAR instructors know that they are ready for further instructions at the pool on board Naval Station San Diego.
