The mission of the 306th Rescue Squadron, a unit assigned to the 943d Rescue Group at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, a geographically separated unit within the 920th Rescue Wing at Patrick Space Force Base, Florida, is to develop and maintain a warrior culture where fitness, education and combat skills are practiced every day and to forge a team by sharing knowledge, experience and travel as well as to be a full partner in the 943d RQG.

Air Force Pararescuemen, also known as PJs, are the only Department of Defense elite combat forces specifically organized, trained, equipped and postured to conduct full spectrum Personnel Recovery to include both conventional and unconventional combat rescue operations. These battlefield Airmen are the most highly trained and versatile personnel recovery specialists in the world. Pararescue is the nation's force of choice to execute the most perilous, demanding and extreme rescue missions anytime, anywhere across the globe.