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  • HH-60G Pave Hawks head to retirement

    Two 920th Rescue Wing HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters were loaded into a 433rd Airlift Wing's C-5 Galaxy aircraft by 920th Maintenance Group Airmen and C-5 aircrew on May 1.Pave Hawks 6470 and 6233 mark the latest helicopters to undergo transfer to retirement at the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and

  • 301st Rescue Squadron hosts skills-based rescue competition

    The 301st Rescue Squadron hosted their annual, week-long “Turkey Shoot” competition where seven Air Force combat search and rescue helicopter squadrons, piloting the HH-60G and HH-60W, competed in combat search and rescue skills events here Nov. 6 – 10.The competing helicopter squadrons included the

  • Wing tests mission command methodologies during Exercise Fury Horizon 23

    The 920th Rescue Wing’s personnel recovery task force construct was executed to conduct a large-scale isolated personnel rescue while spread over more than 200 miles during Exercise Fury Horizon 23 here Sept. 9.The combat search and rescue exercise is designed to hone the wing’s sustained wartime

  • Pave Hawk paint scheme honors Vietnam

    The 943d Rescue Group, a geographically separated unit of the 920th Rescue Wing, recently completed painting an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter in a Vietnam-Era paint scheme in July at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona.This helicopter received the two-tone camouflage pattern, consisting of drab

  • 39th Rescue Squadron conducts forward area refueling point with MQ-9 Reaper

    A 39th Rescue Squadron HC-130 Combat King II aircraft refueled an MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle during a forward area refueling point training exercise in a simulated austere environment with the 65th Special Operations Squadron August 8. The 39th RQS operates HC-130J aircraft that carry out

  • Refueling rodeo enhances 39th Rescue Squadron mission capabilities

    The wing's 39th Rescue Squadron recently participated in a joint air-to-air refueling rodeo training exercise off the Gulf of Maine July 9-14.AAR is the process of transferring fuel from one aircraft to another in flight. The HC-130J Combat King II aircraft’s ability to receive fuel in flight