This article is a list of United States air force rescue squadrons both active, inactive, and historical. A rescue squadron's main task is to provide both combat, and peacetime search and rescue operations. Which involve the search for and the provision of aid to those in danger or distress, in combat the role may overlap somewhat with casualty evacuation operations.

Air Rescue Squadrons

SquadronEmblemLocationNotes
1st Air Rescue Squadron
2d Air Rescue Squadron
3d Air Rescue Squadron
4th Air Rescue Squadron
7th Air Rescue Squadron
9th Air Rescue Squadron
10th Air Rescue Squadron
26th Air Rescue Squadron
27th Air Rescue Squadron
28th Air Rescue SquadronRamey AFB
29th Air Rescue Squadron
33d Air Rescue Squadron[1]Naha Air Base, Okinawa
34th Air Rescue Squadron
46th Air Rescue SquadronOtis AFB
49th Air Rescue Squadron
57th Air Rescue SquadronLajes Field
62d Air Rescue SquadronStead AFB Nevada
64th Air Rescue SquadronNorton AFB
65th Air Rescue SquadronNellis AFB
76th Air Rescue SquadronHickam AFB Hawaiiinactivated
81st Air Rescue Squadron
2157th Air Rescue SquadronK-16, Korea
2190th Air Rescue Squadron
Eastern Air Rescue CenterRobins AFB
Central Air Rescue CenterRichards-Gebaur AFB
Western Air Rescue CenterHamilton AFB

Rescue Flights (RF)

SquadronShieldLocationMottoSupported Unit

Expeditionary Rescue Squadrons (ERQS)

SquadronShieldCurrent
Location		EquipmentSupported UnitWingNotes
26th Expeditionary Rescue SquadronLightning
Bolts		Muwaffaq Salti Air BaseHC-130J[2][3]1st Expeditionary Rescue Group332nd Air Expeditionary WingPreviously at Camp Bastion
until 1 January 2014.
46th Expeditionary Rescue SquadronMuwaffaq Salti Air BaseHH-60G1st Expeditionary Rescue Group332nd Air Expeditionary WingPreviously at Camp Bastion
until 30 January 2013 (451 AEW).[4]
52d Expeditionary Rescue SquadronOwlMuwaffaq Salti Air BasePararescue Jumpers[5]1st Expeditionary Rescue Group332nd Air Expeditionary WingPreviously at Diyarbakır Air Base
59th Expeditionary Rescue SquadronN/AHH-60Previously at Kandahar Airfield
until Feb 2013 (451 AEW).[6]
64th Expeditionary Rescue SquadronPalm
Trees		N/AHH-60G1st Expeditionary Rescue GroupPreviously at Joint Base Balad then Diyarbakır Air Base
81st Expeditionary Rescue SquadronCamp LemonnierHC-130CJTF-HOA[7]
82nd Expeditionary Rescue SquadronCamp LemonnierPararescue JumpersCJTF-HOA[8]
83d Expeditionary Rescue Squadron
N/ACH-47 (U.S. Army)455th Air Expeditionary Wing[9] Formerly used HH-60G's (USAF) until October 2017.
Previously at Bagram Airfield

Rescue Squadrons (RQS)

SquadronShieldLocationMottoSupported UnitNotes
8th Emergency Rescue SquadronCamp Carson[10]
31st Rescue Squadron
Kadena ABVigilance and Honor
33d Rescue Squadron
Kadena AB
36th Rescue Squadron
Fairchild AFB"That Others May Live"
38th Rescue Squadron
Moody AFB"PJs"
39th Rescue Squadron
Patrick Space Force Base"Kings"Air Force Reserve
41st Rescue Squadron
Moody AFB"Jolly Green"
48th Rescue Squadron
Davis-Monthan AFB"Move the World"
55th Rescue Squadron
Davis-Monthan AFB"We Come in the Dark"
56th Rescue Squadron
Aviano Air Base, Italy
57th Rescue Squadron
Aviano Air Base, Italy
58th Rescue Squadron
Nellis AFB
66th Rescue Squadron
Nellis AFB
71st Rescue Squadron
Moody AFB"Kings"
79th Rescue Squadron
Davis-Monthan AFB
101st Rescue Squadron
Francis S. Gabreski ANGB"Servare vitam"
(To save lives)		NY ANG
102d Rescue Squadron
Francis S. Gabreski ANGB"That Others May Live"
"ANG’s Oldest Unit"		NY ANG
103d Rescue Squadron
Francis S. Gabreski ANGB"We're all mad... you know!"NY ANG
129th Rescue Squadron
Moffett Federal AirfieldCA ANG
130th Rescue Squadron
Moffett Federal AirfieldCA ANG
131st Rescue Squadron
Moffett Federal AirfieldCA ANG
210th Rescue Squadron
Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson"Second to None"AK ANG
211th Rescue Squadron
Joint Base Elmendorf–RichardsonAK ANG
212th Rescue Squadron
Joint Base Elmendorf–RichardsonAK ANG
301st Rescue Squadron
Patrick Space Force Base"Guardian Wings"Air Force Reserve
303d Rescue Squadron
Portland IAPAir Force Reserveinactivated 2003
304th Rescue Squadron
Portland IAPAir Force Reserve
305th Rescue Squadron
Davis-Monthan AFB"Anytime, Anywhere"Air Force Reserve
306th Rescue SquadronDavis-Monthan AFB"That Others May Live"Air Force Reserve
308th Rescue SquadronPatrick Space Force Base"Ut Ali Vivant"Air Force Reserve
449th Rescue Squadron
512th Rescue Squadron
Kirtland AFB"Jolly"Training

Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadrons

SquadronShieldLocationMottoSupported Unit
37th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron
40th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron
42nd Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron

See also

References

Citations

  1. ↑ Gregory 1988, p. 39.
  2. ↑ "D-Ms Deployers Return Home". Desert Lightning News. 4 December 2016.
  3. ↑ "Rescue Squadron Arrival". USAF. 4 December 2016.
  4. ↑ "Rescue squadrons close chapter in southern Afghanistan". USAF Central Command. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  5. ↑ "A Day in the Life: Pararescue". DVIDS. 4 December 2016.
  6. ↑ "Departure ends Air Force medevac missions at Kandahar". Stars and Stripes. 5 March 2017.
  7. ↑ "81st Expeditionary Rescue Squadron conducts Night Mission to aerially re-fuel two HH-60 Pave Hawk Helicopters Simultaneously". CJTF-HOA. 5 March 2017.
  8. ↑ "CJTF-HOA rescue squadrons conduct training exercise". CJTF-HOA. 5 March 2017.
  9. ↑ "455th Expeditionary Operations Group". USAF. 5 March 2017.
  10. ↑ Gregory 1988, p. 28.

Bibliography

  • Gregory, B (1988). Vietnam Helicopter Handbook. UK: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-024-1.
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