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  • Search and Rescue Exhibit

    Search and Rescue Exhibit

    DAYTON, Ohio -- Search and Rescue Exhibit on display in the Southeast Asia War Gallery at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Ken LaRock)

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    Search and Rescue in Southeast Asia (SAR in SEA)

    The museum's newest permanent exhibit is now open in the Southeast Asia Gallery. "That Others May Live" tells the story of Search and Rescue operations during the wars in Southeast Asia.

    Global Peacetime Transition
    ARS Enters Southeast Asia
    A Call for Unification
    Rescue Specialist Pararescue in Southeast Asia
    Chariots of the Rescue Service
    The Men, The Mission: Rescue Units of the War
    Four Sandys, Two Pedros, and a Crown
    Search and Rescue Legacy
    Douglas A-1E Skyraider
    Uncommon Valor: Major Bernard Fisher
    PRAIRIE FIRE Mission
    Douglas A-1H Skyraider The Proud American
    A-1s in Southeast Asia
    Sandy: Locate, Identify, and Protect
    Madden Kit: Improving the Odds
    Lieutenant Colonel William Jones III
    Rescue of Oyster 01 Bravo
    A-1 Legacy and the A-X Program
    The Need for Fuel
    Refueling Innovation
    Helicopter Aerial Refueling
    Increasing the Odds
    FACs and the Secret War
    From Butterflies to Ravens
    Raven Forward Air Controllers
    Artillery Threat
    Water Pump
    Chao Pha Khao
    Robins
    United We Stand
    US and Hmong Exodus
    Chuck Engle
    William Pitsenbarger
    Gerald Young

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