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This afternoon, 15 November, the Air Force was called upon once again to rescue four more people from the sailing boat ‘YANNY’, following yesterday's rescue of one person.It should be noted that the crew of the sailing boat(...)
Today, 14 November, the Air Force was involved in the rescue of a person who was on board a sailing boat more than 110 km from the island of Porto Santo, in the Madeira Archipelago.During the morning, the Air Force's Search and Rescue(...)
Last week, between 20 and 24 October, Air Force Squadrons 201 – “Falcões” and 301 – “Jaguares” trained tactical operations in the Ocean Sky 25 exercise in Spain, which tested their ability to carry out(...)
Squadron 751 – ‘Pumas’, responsible for countless rescues and medical transports, was awarded the ‘Merit and Excellence’ prize at an event held on 25 October at the Ruy de Carvalho Auditorium in Carnaxide, as part of(...)
The Air Force rescued a 70-year-old woman in need of urgent medical attention aboard the ship EUROPA 2 in the early hours of today, 23 October. At the time of the rescue, the vessel was sailing about 64 km southwest of Montijo.The rescue was(...)