The 943rd Rescue Group trains personnel, with equipment, to achieve and maintain the capability to perform day/night combat rescue missions; search for, locate and recover United States Air Force and other Department of Defense personnel involved with United States defense activities; provide search and rescue support of civilians as directed by the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center; and provide humanitarian and disaster relief operations at the request of the United States Government through the Federal Emergency Management Agency, foreign governments and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).
