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  2. Fulton surface-to-air recovery system - Wikipedia

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    After 72 hours at the site, on 1 June 1962, a pick-up was made of the Soviet equipment and both men. The mission yielded information on the Soviet Union's Arctic research activities, including evidence of advanced research on acoustical systems to detect under-ice submarines and efforts to develop Arctic anti-submarine warfare techniques.

  3. Operation Eagle Claw - Wikipedia

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    Operation Eagle Claw was a failed operation by the United States Armed Forces ordered by U.S. President Jimmy Carter to attempt the rescue of 53 embassy staff held captive at the Embassy of the United States, Tehran on 24 April 1980. The operation, one of Delta Force 's first, [1] encountered many obstacles and failures and was subsequently ...

  4. List of ships for the rescue of refugees in the Mediterranean Sea

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    Resumed operations in Dec 2020 and (after pause due to accident to captain) ~Jan 2021 [4] again resumed ops Oct. 2021 [7] Alan Kurdi. (later ResQ PEOPLE) Sea-Eye [4] then Proem-Aid [8] then RESQ (people saving people) [9] Germany. 38.6 m. Formerly oceanographic vessel Professor Albrecht Penck.

  5. Combat search and rescue - Wikipedia

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    The rescue operation was the "largest, longest, and most complex search-and-rescue" operation during the entire Vietnam War. It has been the subject of two books and the largely fictionalized film Bat*21. Others Pararescuemen return with a downed pilot from a successful rescue mission in southern Iraq (2003).

  6. Union Rescue Mission - Wikipedia

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    The Union Rescue Mission, commonly abbreviated as the URM, is a Christian homeless shelter in the Skid Row neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. It is the oldest in the city [1] and the largest private homeless shelter in the United States. [2] The organization behind the URM is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit that was established in 1891.

  7. Air-sea rescue - Wikipedia

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    A Royal Navy rescue helicopter in action above a boat An Auckland Rescue Helicopter in action. Air-sea rescue (ASR or A/SR, also known as sea-air rescue), and aeronautical and maritime search and rescue (AMSAR) by the ICAO and IMO, is the coordinated search and rescue (SAR) of the survivors of emergency water landings as well as people who have survived the loss of their seagoing vessel.

  8. White Buses - Wikipedia

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    White Buses was a Swedish humanitarian operation with the objective of freeing Scandinavians in German concentration camps in Nazi Germany during the final stages of World War II. Although the White Buses operation was envisioned to rescue Scandinavians, one-half of those taken from the camps to Sweden were of other nationalities.

  9. Operation Frequent Wind - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. Operation Frequent Wind was the final phase in the evacuation of American civilians and "at-risk" Vietnamese from Saigon, South Vietnam, before the takeover of the city by the North Vietnamese People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) in the Fall of Saigon. It was carried out on 29–30 April 1975, during the last days of the Vietnam War.

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