Navy pilots and air crewmen responded to an “S.O.S.” message written on sand on Kalalau Beach, in Na Pali Coast Park in Kauai, in what would seem like a scene straight out of a movie. According to a feature on the Navy website, a tour helicopter had seen the “S.O.S.” message at around 10:15 a.m. [...]
Last May 19, a United States Navy HH-60H Seahawk helicopter crashed into the Pacific while on a search-and-rescue training exercise southwest of San Diego. All five crew on board, who were getting ready for war-zone deployment aboard the USS Nimitz in the summer, perished. Among them was 25-year old Bend, Oregon native Petty Officer 2nd [...]
