Grey Wolf crew makes first hoist rescue in Beartooth Mountains
Tech. Sgt. Homer Miller, Malmstrom Operational Medical Readiness Squadron flight medicine section chief, Senior Airman Dakota Doss, 40th Helicopter Squadron (HS) special missions aviator, Staff Sgt. Owen Anderson, 40th HS weapons and tactics noncommissioned officer in charge, Capt. Aaron Sanders, 550th HS standards and evaluation officer, and Capt. Jacques Soto, 40th HS MH-139A chief of standards and evaluations, pose for a photo in front of an MH-139A Grey Wolf helicopter at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana, Aug. 7, 2026. They crewed Air Force Rescue 11 during the first successful operational use of the MH-139A’s rescue hoist during a search and rescue effort. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Aaron Thomasson)
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