Current Air Force Combat Search And Rescue Challenges

To remain relevant, Air Force Rescue must further integrate into the Joint fight, revamp our command and control (C2), and give more strategic thought to transformation. Our doctrine, our operational flexibility, and our equipment must evolve to match current and future Air Force Rescue challenges. The core competency required to rescue airmen behind the lines will never leave us as long as men and women fly in combat, but we can no longer let this isolate our thinking. Today, the Air Force has advanced in technology and air superiority against current threats to where our aircrews are no longer exposed to Vietnam era risk, but the Joint environment presents a different challenge requiring our ethic.