The helicopter mechanics assigned to the Sixth Aircraft Repair Unit improvised external litters using Stokes baskets ... Helicopter rescue was in no way decisive to World War II—125 to 150 ...

Angela Bridges and her 12-year-old son, Aiden, were airlifted from aboard the Carnival Venezia more than 350 nautical miles ...

Used primarily for medevac missions during the Korean War ... Colonel Reinhardt “Chief” Leu, who had flown fighters during World War II, flew the helicopter in Korea with VMO-6.

In a daring rescue mission, the Indian Navy successfully evacuated three severely injured crew members from a Panama-flagged bulk carrier, MV Heilan Star, approximately 230 nautical miles west of Goa.