Talk about a dramatic rescue. Members of the California Air National Guard’s 129th Rescue Wing at Moffett Federal Airfield came together with Marine Corps and Coast Guard units and the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center at Tyndall AFB, Fla., from April 1-4 to save an injured man aboard a sailboat 1,400 miles out to sea from the southern California coast. The AFRCC coordinated the rescue, which saw 129th RQW pararescuemen fly April 1 on a Coast Guard HC-130 out to the sailboat and attend to the injured man. A San Diego-bound merchant ship arrived on the scene after midnight on April 2 to pick them up. Meanwhile a task force of two 129th RQW HH-60 helicopters, one MC-130P, and one Marine KC-130 took off April 3 to meet up with the merchant ship, retrieve the patient, and bring him to a San Diego hospital. (Tyndall release)
In Purge, Trump Fires Brown, Slife, Franchetti, and More
Feb. 21, 2025
President Donald Trump fired Air Force Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, announcing his intent to nominate retired Air Force Lt. Gen. John "Dan" Caine to replace him in a social media post Feb. 21.