Low Fuel State
Police, not military.
From “Fatal Storm” by Rob Mundle … about the 1998 Sydney to Hobart yacht race that was swept by a cyclone (6 deaths, multiple yachts sunk / badly damaged)
A police Dauphin helicopter crew winched a very lucky sailor from the sea about 300 metres from his yacht! In hover, the Radalt was fluctuating between 10 and 100 feet (90 foot waves).
They flew to the nearest point of land (Mallacoota) into a (sometimes) 115 knot headwind.
When they landed and pulled the engines to idle, one ran for 40 seconds, the other 1 minute. It took them 1 hour 22 minutes to fly about 65 nautical miles.
The crew, David Key, Darryl Jones (pilot) & Barry Barclay, received multiple awards for this and rescues the following day.