Site Mission:
Provide Pararescue
and
Air Rescue History

Welcome to the SEA SAR Database Project

The Southeast Asia (SEA) Search and Rescue (SAR) database is the only known location where you will be able to find comprehensive information regarding USAF SAR missions flown in SEA during the Vietnam War. Most SAR's in the database will tell you the date, SAR objective, shoot down locations, who flew on the rescue aircraft, and who was rescued. The database actually contains much more information. Before you go to the database for the first time, read and print the search tips  to get needed information about how to use the database.

At this time, the only rescue crewmen listed in the database are those who flew on a pickup aircraft. The names of the Sandy pilots, FAC's and King / Crown are not listed because that data was not available in the RCC Save Logs or the SAR mission report filed by the pickup aircraft rescue aircraft commander.

Every SAR flown during the war by USAF air rescue forces that were controlled by the Joint Rescue Coordination Center (JRCC) is included in the database. For purposes of this project SEA is defined as North Vietnam, South Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand and the Gulf of Tonkin or South China Sea within 20 miles of the coastline of Vietnam. Until the creation of this database, no agency or individual had compiled all of the data sources into a single source document. These documents include:

Data collection for this project was begun by retired PJ Robert LaPointe in 1995 and is still ongoing. In 2002, Ron Thurlow volunteered to assist Bob in adding data to the database. Ron is a retired USAF F-4 WSO. For the next few years Bob traveled about the USA collecting primary source documents and Ron inputted newly collected information into the database. In early 2006, Ron gave the database back to Bob to publish on line. Months of technical problems plagued Bob before he managed to get the database to function on this website. Finally it has been released for public use. If you have additional information that should be in the database, email Bob at rlapointe@gci.net   If you find problems with the website database email Bob and he will try and correct them.

This database is copyrighted to Robert LaPointe and Ron Thurlow. Please cite this site as the source material for any data collected. Copying the database and use of it off of this website is prohibited. Hyperlinking your website to the database is permitted providing your hyperlink brings users to this page and not directly to the database search page. A CD-ROM of the complete database for personal use is available for a nominal cost from rlapointe@gci.net  Funds collected go to the maintenance of this website. Complimentary copies of the database have been provided to the USAF Pararescue Association, The Air Rescue Association, and the Jolly Green Association.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR VISIT AND SUPPORT !

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