International Rescue is a secret, non-profit organisation dedicated to saving lives. Any who find themselves in danger, anywhere in the world, need only put out a call for help - on any frequency - and, from...somewhere...I.R. will hear it, and respond.

International Rescue operates a fleet of technologically-advanced rescue vehicles, headed by five craft called the Thunderbird machines. The main characters are the leader of International Rescue, ex-astronaut Jeff Tracy, and his five adult sons, who pilot the Thunderbirds.

In the year 2065, the Tracy family run International Rescue - a top-secret organization whose ongoing mission is to rescue people trapped in extraordinarily dangerous situations using their advanced Thunderbirds machines.

International Rescue's fleet comprises five principal rescue vehicles called the " Thunderbird machines": Thunderbird 1 is a variable-geometry (swing wing) hypersonic rocket plane, blue and grey in colour, which is used for fast response and rescue zone reconnaissance, and …

The missions of International Rescue are world famous to fans of Thunderbirds everywhere, but just how exactly did International Rescue come about? Let's take a step back in time to a point many years before International Rescue emerged from the shadows and made their first assignment an unforgettable success.

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Enjoy the complete three part series of Thunderbirds Legends: The Origins of International Rescue, based on the original prequel comic from the 90s. Jeff Tracy brings up his sons and after a...

Gordon Tracy is a keen aquanaut, which made him the natural choice to take charge of International Rescue’s one-man submarine, Thunderbird 4.

International Rescue has an extensive network of field agents, scattered in locations all over the world, quietly looking out for the secret organisation's interests.

Tracy Island is the secret headquarters of the International Rescue organisation in the 1960s British Supermarionation television series Thunderbirds and its adaptations.