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June 30, 2023
Multiple deployments test 943d Mission Support Flight’s adaptability, resilience

In support of worldwide Air Force and DoD operations, roughly one-third of the 943d Mission Support Flight’s forces have been deployed during the last two years with missions ranging from combat operations abroad to facilitating Afghanistan evacuees stateside.
June 23, 2023
304th Rescue Squadron Airman provides lifesaving care to injured motorists

Technical Sgt. Margo Testa, 304th Rescue Squadron medical element noncommissioned officer in charge, applied military training and medical expertise to render lifesaving care to two severely injured motorcyclists May 14.Testa is the only NCOIC for the 304th RQS SME and the sole medical readiness and
Aug. 17, 2022
Wing exercise validates combat rescue sustainment functions

More than 140 sustainment and operations Airmen from the 920th Rescue Wing established a temporary contingency location (TCL) in less than 24 hours here Aug. 1-10, 2022 to conduct the wing’s Distant Horizon exercise, which validated the multi-capable sustainment abilities of a Personnel Recovery
Aug. 11, 2022
305th Rescue Squadron holds change of command ceremony

Lt. Col. Brough McDonald took command of the 305th Rescue Squadron at a ceremony held here August 5.The change of command is a military tradition that formally signifies the transfer of responsibility from one commanding officer to another; symbolized through the passing of a guidon.“Going forward,
Aug. 9, 2022
New 920th tactics unleash .50-caliber aircraft weapons from contingency locations

When United States military personnel are trapped in enemy territory every minute counts as danger approaches and when the 920th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron’s weapons specialists were tasked to find a way to use the wing’s HH-60G Pave Hawk weapons systems as a way to defend a contingency location
July 14, 2022
308th Rescue Squadron holds change of command ceremony

The 308th Rescue Squadron held a change of command ceremony here July 12 where Lt. Col. Dan Turpin passed on command to Lt. Col. Koaalii Bailey.The mission of the 308th RQS is to train and maintain the Air Force’s only dedicated rescue capability for Department of Defense personnel in support of
July 13, 2022
306th Rescue Squadron Airman awarded 2021 combat rescue officer of year award

Captain Ryan Gilbert of the 306th Rescue Squadron was awarded the 2021 Air Force Special Warfare Combat Rescue Officer CGO of the Year award here this month.Air Force combat rescue officers are trained to lead special operations forces in conducting personnel and material recovery operations. While
July 10, 2022
920th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron holds change of command ceremony

The 920th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron held a change of command ceremony here July 9.Maj. Steve Miller passed on command to Maj. Jonathan Crocker, formerly the 720th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron’s maintenance operations officer. The 920th AMXS oversees maintenance for the wing’s 10 HH-60G Pave
July 5, 2022
Maintenance squadron phase and letter checks keep aircraft mission ready

The aircraft that carry out the 920th Rescue Wing’s mission of rescuing isolated personnel take on various levels of wear and tear and after hundreds of hours flying they require intensive maintenance known as letter checks, or phases, which the 920th Maintenance Squadron provides throughout the
June 21, 2022
Rescue wing honors Khobar Towers fallen during ceremony

920th Rescue Wing Airmen, Team Patrick, family, and friends gathered here June 21 to honor 19 Airmen killed in a terrorist attack 26 years ago known as the Khobar Towers bombing.The Khobar Towers bombing of 1996 was a terrorist attack on a U.S. Air Force housing complex in the town of Khobar, near

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