JROTC cadets from Permian High School and Odessa High School spent part of their Friday on the wall of the Odessa College Fire/EMS Technology Training Rappel Tower as they trained in basic military ...

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 ...

JOHN DAY — Helicopters hovering over the Malheur National Forest are a telltale sign that fire season has arrived in Grant County. Last week, the Grant County Regional Airport was the jumping-off ...

Madison County Technical Team team member Todd Zorbrist, right, gestures as he talks about ways to hook up a Stokes basket among the ropes used for rappelling and lowering equipment at Riverview Park ...

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 ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — For the second time, U.S. Forest Service helicopter rappel crews conducted training in the Bass Creek area of the Bitterroot National Forest. “We have some spotter recertification ...

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 ...

SALMON, Idaho (KIFI) - Some of the best firefighters in the country came to train with the Heli-Rappellers in the Salmon-Challis National Forest this May. Once they learn the ropes, they one day may ...

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 ...