Park rangers reached the man 40 minutes after sunset with a VX-31 rescue helicopter from Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake. Rangers deemed it too dangerous to hoist the hiker, due to the risk ...

Park rangers and a Navy rescue helicopter were called to a hiking trail in Death Valley National Park last week to assist a tourist who became stranded on the side of a steep canyon, officials ...

The report states that while a helicopter from Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake was dispatched, it was too high-risk to hoist the stranded hiker considering the location of the rescue.

Due to the possibility of the blades loosening rocks above him, rangers ruled out the initial idea of using a rescue helicopter from Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, a nearby base.

VX-9, nicknamed "The Vampires," is a United States Navy air test and evaluation squadron based at Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, California. China Lake VX-9 primarily operates the F/A-18 E ...

However, the policies covering that mandate are weak. At Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake in California, emails between officials show that it took months before leadership realized that the ...

According to the National Weather Service, the airfield at Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake saw sustained winds of 37 mph with gusts to 51 mph at 12:47 p.m. Seven minutes later at 12:54, sustained ...

VX-31, a rescue helicopter from Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, was also dispatched. However, rangers deemed it too dangerous to hoist the hiker due to the risk of downdraft winds from the ...

VX-31, a rescue helicopter from Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, was also dispatched. However, rangers deemed it too dangerous to hoist the hiker due to the risk of downdraft winds from the ...

A U.S. Navy Sailor assigned to Naval Weapons Station Yorktown has been formally had charges "preferred" against them in connection to another sailor's death. To have charges preferred is the ...