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  • Portland Pararescue Reservists searching for missing hiker on Mount Hood

    The 304th Rescue Squadron Airmen are supporting an ongoing search-and-rescue mission for a climber who went missing on Mount Hood Saturday. Four Pararescuemen, also known as PJs, and 1 Combat Rescue Officer (CRO) were activated by the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center to participate alongside

  • Team Arizona rescues off-duty soldier hiking in difficult terrain

    The Citizen Airmen of the 943rd Rescue Group were called into action late Saturday night, June 15, when they were notified of an injured off-duty Army Solider who fell from a cliff while hiking in the Huachuca Mountains near Sierra Vista, Ariz. The survivor was clinging onto a two-foot wide

  • Reserve maintainers keep aircraft flight-ready

    Every morning as the sun comes up over the Atlantic Ocean, just over a two lane highway from the flight line here at the 920th Rescue Wing, Air Force Reservists are already hard at work on the Wing's aircraft.Due to the nature of the 920th RQW's combat search and rescue mission, most of the training

  • Rescue group Airmen pick up injured paraglider

    Southern Arizona Citizen Airmen from the 943rd Rescue Group chalked up another rescue within nine days late Friday May 31. The rescue team was taking part in a night vision goggle parachuting training exercise when the helicopter flight mission commander overheard a possible downed aircraft with

  • Kids learn about deployment process during fun, interactive event

    Approximately 80 Air Force-dependent children learned about the deployment process during the Kids Understanding Deployment Operations, or KUDOS, event on base June 1. The event, hosted by the Airman and Family Readiness Center here, led children through children a fun, interactive version of the

  • Rescue Group Airmen pull hiker from Southern Arizona mountain range

    Late Wednesday night, Airmen from the 943rd Rescue Group set out in a HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter for a training mission when they were notified that a hiker was unconscious from a fall, and needed help. The Aircrew immediately halted training to go to the hiker's aid. But first they had to return

  • Rescue group Airmen wins top survival specialist in Air Force Reserve

    In April, Air Force Reserve Command announced the winner of the 2012 Outstanding AFRC Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape Specialist Award.Senior Master Sgt. Howard T. Smith with the 306th Rescue Squadron won the major command level award. The award recognized his accomplishments and