In a forested area west of Bend on Thursday, Sarah Jakober peered up at a blindingly blue Oregon sky as helicopters circled overhead. Soon she’d be inside one of them, only to jump out with nothing ...
Dozens of young men and women new to the work of rappelling out of a hovering helicopter to fight backcountry forest fires were trained in Salmon last week by personnel from Salmon Helirappellers and ...
A group of Pennsylvania National Guard soldiers got some real-world rappel training earlier this month at the Boxcar Rocks formation in Lebanon County, Pa. About 25 soldiers with 1st Squadron, 104th ...
CAMP MERRILL, Ga. - A new four-story rappel and climb tower has given the Army an added boost in Ranger training's mountain phase. Just a few hundred yards outside the main camp on the outskirts of ...
SALMON, Idaho (KIFI) — Annual wildland firefighter and rappel training will begin May 15 on the Salmon-Challis National Forest, bringing with it an influx of people to the Salmon area. Salmon Air Base ...