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HC-130J Combat King II at sunset

Several 39th Rescue Squadron, 920th Rescue Wing, HC-130J Combat King II aircraft sit on the flight line as the sun begins to set at Patrick Space Force Base, Florida, April 23, 2024. The HC-130J is the only dedicated fixed-wing Personnel Recovery platform in the Air Force inventory. Its mission is to rapidly deploy to execute combatant commander directed recovery operations to austere airfields and denied territory for expeditionary, all weather personnel recovery operations to include airdrop, airland, helicopter air-to-air refueling, and forward area ground refueling missions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tiffany A. Emery)

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39th RQS conducts nighttime CSAR training

Tech. Sgt. Justin VannCunningham, 39th Rescue Squadron loadmaster, looks out an HC-130J Combat King II aircraft troop door window during a routine training mission over southern Georgia, April 23, 2024. The 39th RQS operates their assigned HC-130J aircraft to carry out the 920th Rescue Wing’s mission to plan, lead, and conduct military rescue operations and missions that deny competitors and adversaries exploitation of isolated personnel. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. James K. Thomas)

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39th RQS conducts nighttime CSAR training

A 39th Rescue Squadron pilot maneuvers an HC-130J Combat King II aircraft during a combat search and rescue training mission over MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, April 24, 2024. The 39th RQS operates their assigned HC-130J aircraft to carry out the 920th Rescue Wing’s mission to plan, lead, and conduct military rescue operations and missions that deny competitors and adversaries exploitation of isolated personnel. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. James K. Thomas)

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39th RQS conducts nighttime CSAR training

Maj. Carl Price, 39th Rescue Squadron pilot, maneuvers an HC-130J Combat King II aircraft over the eastern Floridian coast during a routine combat search and rescue training mission April 23, 2024. The 39th RQS, assigned to the 920th Rescue Wing, operates HC-130J aircraft to carry out the wing's mission to plan, lead, and conduct military rescue operations and missions that deny competitors and adversaries the exploitation of isolated personnel. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tiffany A. Emery)

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39th RQS conducts nighttime CSAR training

Capt. Amanda Suter, 39th Rescue Squadron pilot, looks through the head-up display of an HC-130J Combat King II aircraft during a routine combat search and rescue training mission over MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, April 24, 2024. The 39th RQS operates their assigned HC-130J aircraft to carry out the 920th Rescue Wing’s mission to plan, lead, and conduct military rescue operations and missions that deny competitors and adversaries exploitation of isolated personnel. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. James K. Thomas)

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Exercise

The 920th is comprised of 3 weapons systems: The HH-60 Pave Hawk Helicopter; the HC-130P/N King fixed wing refueling aircraft; and the Guardian Angel Weapons systems-elite, highly trained trauma specialists with specialized training in SCUBA, skydiving and weapons to provide rescue anytime/anywhere—the 911 of the battlefield.

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Strut change

Two maintenance squadrons from the 920th Rescue Wing, Patrick Air Force Base Florida, teamed up to work on a HC-130P/N refueling aircraft, to replace its struts August 2. (U.S. Air Force Photo approved/released by Senior Airman Brandon P. Kalloo Sanes)

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Strut change

Two maintenance squadrons from the 920th Rescue Wing, Patrick Air Force Base Florida, teamed up to work on a HC-130P/N refueling aircraft, to replace its struts August 2. (U.S. Air Force Photo approved/released by Senior Airman Brandon P. Kalloo Sanes)

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Strut change

Two maintenance squadrons from the 920th Rescue Wing, Patrick Air Force Base Florida, teamed up to work on a HC-130P/N refueling aircraft, to replace its struts August 2. (U.S. Air Force Photo approved/released by Senior Airman Brandon P. Kalloo Sanes)

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Strut change

Two maintenance squadrons from the 920th Rescue Wing, Patrick Air Force Base Florida, teamed up to work on a HC-130P/N refueling aircraft, to replace its struts August 2. (U.S. Air Force Photo approved/released by Senior Airman Brandon P. Kalloo Sanes)

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Strut change

Two maintenance squadrons from the 920th Rescue Wing, Patrick Air Force Base Florida, teamed up to work on a HC-130P/N refueling aircraft, to replace its struts August 2. (U.S. Air Force Photo approved/released by Senior Airman Brandon P. Kalloo Sanes)

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Strut change

Two maintenance squadrons from the 920th Rescue Wing, Patrick Air Force Base Florida, teamed up to work on a HC-130P/N refueling aircraft, to replace its struts August 2. (U.S. Air Force Photo approved/released by Senior Airman Brandon P. Kalloo Sanes)

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Strut change

Two maintenance squadrons from the 920th Rescue Wing, Patrick Air Force Base Florida, teamed up to work on a HC-130P/N refueling aircraft, to replace its struts August 2. (U.S. Air Force Photo approved/released by Senior Airman Brandon P. Kalloo Sanes)

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Strut change

Two maintenance squadrons from the 920th Rescue Wing, Patrick Air Force Base Florida, teamed up to work on a HC-130P/N refueling aircraft, to replace its struts August 2. (U.S. Air Force Photo approved/released by Senior Airman Brandon P. Kalloo Sanes)

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Strut change

Two maintenance squadrons from the 920th Rescue Wing, Patrick Air Force Base Florida, teamed up to work on a HC-130P/N refueling aircraft, to replace its struts August 2. (U.S. Air Force Photo approved/released by Senior Airman Brandon P. Kalloo Sanes)

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Safety on the homefront

Air Force Reservists from the 920th Rescue Wing, Patrick Air Force Base, Florida, raced away in two HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters from a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket as it launched carrying a Boeing-built Global Positioning System IIF satellite from Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Oct. 31 at 12:13 p.m. EDT. The 920th RQW is responsible for clearing and securing the Eastern Rocket Range prior to all Space Coast rocket launches. (U.S. Air Force photo/Maj. Cathleen Snow)

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Safe & Secure

Air Force Reservists from the 920th Rescue Wing, Patrick Air Force Base, Florida, after patrolling and clearing the Eastern Range in two HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters. The Airmen ensured the Range was safe and secure prior to a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket launch carrying a Boeing-built Global Positioning System IIF satellite from Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Oct. 31 at 12:13 p.m. EDT. Airmen from the 920RQW are responsible for clearing and securing the Eastern Rocket Range prior to all Space Coast rocket launches. (U.S. Air Force photo/Maj. Cathleen Snow)

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Air Force Reservists support rocket launch

Air Force Reservists from the 920th Rescue Wing, Patrick Air Force Base, Florida, raced away in two HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters from a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket as it launched carrying a Boeing-built Global Positioning System IIF satellite from Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Oct. 31 at 12:13 p.m. EDT. The 920th RQW is responsible for clearing and securing the Eastern Rocket Range prior to all Space Coast rocket launches. (U.S. Air Force photo/Maj. Cathleen Snow)

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Air Force Reservists race away from a launching Atlas V rocket

Air Force Reservists from the 920th Rescue Wing, Patrick Air Force Base, Florida, raced away in two HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters from a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket as it launched carrying a Boeing-built Global Positioning System IIF satellite from Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Oct. 31 at 12:13 p.m. EDT. The 920th RQW is responsible for clearing and securing the Eastern Rocket Range prior to all Space Coast rocket launches. (U.S. Air Force photo/Maj. Cathleen Snow)

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Guardian Angels fly over "Sin City"

A 920th Rescue Wing HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter takes off from Nellis Air Force Base July 24, 2015 during RED FLAG, an aerial combat exercise conducted three to four times annually. The 920th RQW participated in RED FLAG July 13-31 with more than 120 reservists and 3 HH-60s. (U.S. Air Force photo/2nd Lt. Anna-Marie Wyant)

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