Combat Search and Rescue (Turkish Armed Forces)

Personnel Rescue
Personel Kurtarma
Identifying patch of the Personnel Rescue
Country Turkey
BranchSpecial Forces Command
TypeSpecial forces[citation needed]
Garrison/HQÇiğli, İzmir
Motto(s)"Heroes save the homeland, we save the heroes"
Insignia
Abbreviationpk

[1] The Personnel Rescue (Turkish: Personel Kurtarma) is a combat search and rescue and advanced air controller unit affiliated to the Turkish Air Force whose task is to recover pilots and other military personnel stranded behind enemy lines and qualified service member who directs the action of combat aircraft engaged in close air support and other offensive air operations from a forward position.[2] It is similar to the United States Air Force Pararescue unit.[3][failed verification][citation needed] They receive 53 weeks of training.[4]

  1. ^ "Bordo bereliler sınırda". www.sozcu.com.tr (in Turkish). 24 July 2015. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  2. ^ "International Anatolian Phoenix 2019 Military Exercise". www.defenceturkey.com.
  3. ^ "Anadolu Ajansı Muharebe Arama Kurtarma Timi eğitimini görüntüledi". Anadolu Agency. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
  4. ^ "TSK'dan Muharabe Arama Kurtarma timi". Al Jazeera Turk - Ortadoğu, Kafkasya, Balkanlar, Türkiye ve çevresindeki bölgeden son dakika haberleri ve analizler.