The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force, known as ISAF, said in a statement that it worked with Afghanistan's fledgling air force to rescue more than 2,000 Afghans from flooding in Nangarhar and Kunar Provinces — in some cases flying into insurgent areas to save people.
Is it that the administration refused to send in the marines or the special forces or the air force to rescue the hostages – an argument that is based on what former Secretary of Defense Bob Gates called a "cartoonish" understanding of how military force is utilized?
The direct and indirect cost of rescuing Hambleton was enormous and became a watershed event in Air Force search and rescue.
"If the government does not send any reinforcements and the coalition air force does not rescue us, I can confirm we will lose all Ramadi by midnight," the major said.
India's air force has suspended rescue operations until the rain clears.
The Italian navy and air force conducted search-and-rescue missions that extended into Libyan waters at a cost of nearly $10 million per month.
Army and air force troops worked overnight to rescue marooned residents, officials in Indian-administered Kashmir said.
On Monday, Malaysia said that it had spent $8.6 million on search and recovery efforts by its air force, navy, police, fire and rescue department and maritime enforcement agency.
On Monday, 57 people were rescued by air force helicopters from different parts of the state, the authorities said.
Many in Nepal believe that the air force was more interested in rescuing stranded Indians rather than helping evacuate quake affected people.
