Watch: Coast Guard & British Royal fleet team up for helicopter rescue near Puerto Rico

A Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules airplane crew from Air Station Clearwater, Florida, and a British Royal Fleet Auxiliary Mounts Bay rescue helicopter crew coordinate the rescue of an adult female and two children from the vessel Ferrel near Vieques, Puerto Rico, Sept. 21, 2017.

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Coast Guard watchstanders received an alert via emergency position indicating radio beacon and then a distress call on Sept. 20 from the Ferrel stating they were disabled and adrift in 20-foot seas and 100-knot winds. – Defense Video Imagery

US Coast Guard Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Ashley Johnson 

Image of an HH-60G Pave Hawk assigned to Royal Air Force Lakenheath’s 56th Rescue Squadron flying over Scotland during exercise Joint Warrior by U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Erin O’Shea

This article is courteys of Fighter Sweep.