When was combat rescue filmed

Documentary looks at elite Air Force rescue squadron. Show Caption. Hide Caption. Exclusive: Inside Air Force combat rescue. The National Geographic Channel launches a new series that follows combat rescue airmen in Afghanistan. ET on the National Geographic Channel. Pararescuemen, or PJs, return to the front lines of Afghanistan and East Europe for Operation Enduring Freedom and is seen through the eyes of those on the ground and in th Pararescuemen, or PJs, return to the front lines of Afghanistan and East Europe for Operation Enduring Freedom and is seen through the eyes of those on the ground and in the air.

Sign In. Episode guide. Play trailer See more at IMDbPro. Episodes 6. Browse episodes. Top Top-rated. Trailer Inside Combat Rescue. Photos 7. More like this. Watch options. I talked to some of the people featured in the series and film before its world premiere Wednesday at Moody Air Force Base in Valdosta, Georgia, where the Reapers and PJs are based, as part of a visit for press coordinated and sponsored by the National Geographic Channel.

Before those conversations, the Air Force offered us the chance to experience several training exercises:. Those were sobering experiences, but of course, they were just training exercises: safe, predictable.

While those exercises offered a controlled experience, they still gave me an increased appreciation for what the men and women of the armed forces deal with, in the same way that Inside Combat Rescue does for viewers. Staff Sgt. That was echoed by Captain Eric Hansen, a member of the 38th Rescue Squadron who was featured predominantly in season one. Like other reality TV subjects, in addition to being followed by cameras including a GoPro strapped to his uniform and others mounted in vehicles , Crotty was subject to on-the-fly interviews and scheduled, two-hour interviews in their rooms or elsewhere during their downtime.

Hansen said that the show even taught him something about the people he worked with.