Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chief Master Sgt. Tiffany Zaloudek became the first female SERE specialist to earn the rank of chief master sergeant on Nov. 1.

To prepare for the possibility of going down in hostile territory, Air Force pilots and crew receive intensive survival training (SERE) before taking flight. The instructors who teach them just might ...

SERE Specialists teach service members how to survive when everything goes wrong. Their training in survival, evasion, ...

In past wars, captured American pilots were subjected to extreme hardship and used for propaganda purposes. Today, the US Air Force is preparing its fighter pilots for similar conditions. Most ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Air Force's elite survival school just accomplished an almost unheard-of feat: graduating a full class with almost no dropouts ...

In the fifth part of this series about Dyess AFB in Abilene, Texas (links to other four below), I participated in a simple Survival, Escape, Resistance, Evasion exercise. SERE training prepares Airmen ...

In combat, all troops face the danger of being captured. Although the Geneva Conventions regulate how captors can treat prisoners of war, many nations or commanders have ignored them during actual ...

Air Force Survival School teaches survival, evasion, resistance, and escape skills designed to prepare aircrew for worst-case scenarios.

During WWII, the British military developed a framework training program to help soldiers survive when evading or being captured. It was called SERE, short for Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and ...

An airman recently became the first female survival, evasion, resistance, escape, or SERE, specialist to achieve the rank of chief master sergeant, the service announced. Chief Master Sgt. Tiffany ...