The rescue helicopter from RAF Valley in Anglesey provided lighting assistance for the search teams.
The rescue helicopter located the damaged yacht at about 2240 BST.
Lt Comm Martin Lanni, Lt Michael Paulet, and Flt Lt Lee Turner all received the Air Force Cross for their role in the helicopter rescue of a group of climbers from Ben Nevis in May 2007.
Coleraine Coastguard Rescue Team, the RNLI inshore lifeboat from Portrush, Portstewart RNLI beach lifeguards and the Irish Coastguard search and rescue helicopter from Sligo all attended the scene.
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He was surrounded by so much vegetation that the helicopter rescue crew had trouble keeping track of him once they found him.
The crew of the Coast Guard rescue helicopter 6022, U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater, U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater, with special individual recognition to rescue swimmer AST2 Sara Faulkner, (nominated by the United States of America) for rescuing, at night, all three people from the yacht Arktur.
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The man was later picked up by the crew of a rescue helicopter from RAF Valley on Anglesey after he had spent more than an hour in the water.
The Brecon, Central Beacons and Western Beacons mountain rescue teams all helped in the operation, as did an RAF rescue helicopter from Chivenor in Devon.
Meanwhile the ongoing search involves the police helicopter, mountain rescue teams, search and rescue dogs, and the RAF.
The Coast Guard sent three aircraft, one of them a rescue helicopter, to the scene after Bahamian authorities asked for help and recovered 11 bodies there, Rios said.
She is described as an inexperienced sailor and was hoisted from the ship by a rescue helicopter on Sunday morning.
The family were flown to safety by a rescue helicopter from Valley on Anglesey from the farm seven miles west of Wrexham.
The UK helicopter search and rescue contract has been won by Bristow Group.
Minutes later, the search-and-rescue helicopter arrives for its refueling.
Add environmentalists and hunters, as well as the crew of a helicopter called in to rescue one poorly Lopez-fan from the vertiginous amphitheatre, to the long list of locals who bristle at the name of Mortier.
The troops were fired on by rocket propelled grenades and a quick reaction force including a helicopter sent to rescue the troops, also came under attack.
He is an officer in the army, the navy and the air force, popping away from his helicopter rescue squadron to represent Britain's bid for the football World Cup.
The two men were winched to safety by a rescue helicopter from RNAS Culdrose 75 miles (120 km) south west of the islands on Thursday night.
The Solent Coastguard helicopter and the Yarmouth RNLI lifeboat were both involved in the rescue operation after a 999 call was received at 16:49 BST on Friday.
Another Thai survivor stuck on the "critical side" of the volcano awaits rescue, he said, because the steep slope and high elevation prevents a helicopter landing.
The exercise, staged by the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service in Glasgow, aimed to prepare crews for emergencies like the helicopter crash in central London in January.
Another Thai survivor stuck on the "critical side" of the volcano was awaiting rescue, he said, because the steep slope and high elevation prevents a helicopter landing.
Cohesive teamwork ensured the rescue was successful, despite large swells, which hampered the hoisting of survivors aboard the helicopter.
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An RAF Search and Rescue helicopter was sent to scour the area.
The RAF has also sent a Sea King helicopter, with a military mountain rescue team on board, from Anglesey in Wales to assist the rescue operation.
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Searchers used the trajectory of the helicopter and cell phone signals from Ruppert's phone to narrow down the rescue area.
Police said the helicopter could not be used in the rescue due to bad weather conditions.
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Humber Coastguard said an RAF helicopter was called to assist in the rescue operation.
North Yorkshire Police and a Sea King search and rescue helicopter from RAF Leconfield have joined the search for Mr McLean, alongside the Whitby, Robin Hood's Bay and Ravenscar Coastguard Rescue teams and Scarborough Mountain Rescue Team.
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