USAF HH-60Gs, HC-130s deployed to southeast Turkey

he Air Force is deploying about 300 airmen to Diyarbakir Air Base in Turkey to find, protect and rescue any U.S. or coalition pilots who have to eject over Iraq or Syria.

Among those airmen is a Guardian Angel Weapons System, which includes pararescue airmen, combat rescue officers and survival, evasion, resistance and escape specialists, who specialize in retrieving downed pilots or isolated troops — often in the middle of a battle, said Kris Gault, a spokeswoman for U.S. Air Forces in Europe.

They will have several HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters and HC-130s to carry out rescue operations, if needed, Gault said in an email.