SEARCH AND RESCUE

Enlisted History Resource Guide
Compiled by SNCOA Library Staff
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Regulations, Instructions and Manuals:

Personnel Recovery Operations. AFDD 2-1.6; 1 June  2005.
Available online at: http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/jel/service_pubs/afdd2_1_6.pdf

Personnel Recovery. Joint Pub 3-50; 5 January 2007. Consolidates relevant guidance found in Joint Publication (JP) 3-50.2, 26 January 1996, Doctrine for Joint Combat Search and Rescue; JP 3-50.21, 23 March 1998, Joint Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures for Combat Search and Rescue; and JP 3-50.3, 6 September 1996, Joint Doctrine for Evasion and Recovery, into a single publication. Older paper versions of these joint publications are available from the SNCOA Library. Please look in the Documents section of this resource guide for the M-U call numbers.
Available online at: http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/laws_directives/documents/joint_pu_3_50.pdf

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Books:

Air Rescue Association. USAF Air Rescue. Paducah, KY, Turner Pub., c1997. 120p.
Book Call no.: 358.41415 U84 YELLOW RESERVE

Brehm, Jack and Nelson, Peter. That Others May Live: the True Story of a PJ, a Member of America's Most Daring Rescue Force. New York, Crown Publishers, 2000. 287p. Book call no.: 358.434 B834t YELLOW RESERVE

Evans, Andy. Combat Search and Rescue. London, Arms and Armour, 1999. 192p.
Book call no.: 356.16 E924c YELLOW RESERVE

Guilmartin, John Francis. A Very Short War: The Mayaguez and the Battle of Koh Tang. College Station, Texas A&M University Press, 1995. 238p.
Book call no.: 959.70434 G962v YELLOW RESERVE

Hirsh, Michael. None Braver: U.S. Air Force Pararescuemen in the War on Terrorism. New York, New American Library, 2003. 296p.
Book call no.: 958.1046 H669n YELLOW RESERVE  

McKinney, Mike and Mike Ryan. Chariots of the Damned: Helicopter Special Operations from Vietnam to Kosovo. New York, Thomas Dunne Books, 2001. 215p.
Book call no.: 356.16 M158c YELLOW RESERVE

Momyer, William W. and Des Brisay, Thomas D. The Vietnamese Air Force, 1951-1975: An Analysis of Its Role in Combat. And, Fourteen Hours at Koh Tang. Washington, DC, Office of Air Force History, U.S. Air Force, For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., 1985. 161p.
Book call no.: 959 A2981u 1985 v.3 no.4-5 YELLOW RESERVE

Tilford, Earl H. Search and Rescue in Southeast Asia. Washington, DC, Center for Air Force History, 1992. 212p.
Book call no.: 959.70434 T572s 1992 YELLOW RESERVE

Veith, George J. Code-Name Bright Light: The Untold Story of U.S. POW Rescue Efforts During the Vietnam War. New York, Free Press, 1998. 408p.
Book call no.: 959.704 V431c YELLOW RESERVE

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Documents:

Bone, John R. Combat Search and Rescue - Military Stepchild. Maxwell AFB, AL, Air War College, April 1988. 24p.
Doc. call no.: M-U 43117 B712c 

Cuddihee, Michael A. Special Operations Forces -- Responsive, Capable, and Ready. Maxwell AFB, AL, Air War College, May 1990. 83p.
Doc. call no.: M-U 43117 C964s 

Doctrine for Joint Combat Search and Rescue. Washington, DC, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 26 January 1996.
Doc. call no.: M-U 40592 no.3-50.2 

Falzone, Joseph J. Combat Search and Rescue: CSEL Enhancements for Winning Air Campaigns. Maxwell AFB, AL, Airpower Research Institute, December 1994. 62p.
Doc. call no.: M-U 40084-7 no.94-3 

Joint Chiefs of Staff. Joint Doctrine for Evasion and Recovery. Washington, DC, 1996.
Doc. call no.: M-U 40592 no.3-50.3 

Leahy, Timothy J. The Future of USAF Combat Search and Rescue. Maxwell AFB, AL, School of Advanced Airpower Studies, June 1998. 72p.
Doc. call no.: M-U 43998-1 L434f 

Martini, Michael J. Air Rescue in the U.S. Air Force: A Historical Perspective. Maxwell AFB, AL, Air Command and Staff College, April 1987. 119p.
Doc. call no.: M-U 43122 M386a 

United States. Joint Chiefs of Staff. Joint Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures for Combat Search and Rescue. Washington, DC, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 23 March 1998. 1 vol.
Doc. call no.: M-U 40592 no. 3-50.21 

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Periodicals:

Everett, Robert. Big Ugly Fat Fellow. Airman 8:4-7 March 1969.

George, James A.  The Shortest Line. Airman 12:52-55 October 1968.

Hayward, TSgt George. A Hard Road.  43:2-7 April 1999.

McKenna, MSgt Pat. Superman School. Airman 44:2-11 February 2000.

Naylor, Sean D. An Act of Courage. Air Force Times 62:14-16 April 29, 2002.

Reeves, C. Wing Commander RAF. Downed Aircrew. The Royal Air Force Air Power Review 3:20-37 Summer 2000.

Thomas, Evan. 'Leave No Man Behind'. Newsweek 139:22-27 March 18, 2002.

Wagner, Breanne. Air Force Search-and-Rescue Crews Stressed by War, Say Commanders. National Defense 92:20, 22 December 2007.

Wagner, Breanne. The Men Who Make the Saves. Air Force Magazine 90:60-64 January 2007.

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