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JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Lt. Col.

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Lt. Col.

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Lt. Col. Matthew Komatsu, commander of the 212th Rescue Squadron, Alaska Air National Guard, gives a speech during the retirement ceremony of Chief Master Sgt. Paul "B... More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Ryan Cloudier, a pararescueman

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Ryan Cloudier, a pararescueman

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Ryan Cloudier, a pararescueman (PJ) with the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron, Red Team, practices new rappelling techniques on Hurlburt Field, Fla. PJ's are capable of deploying anywhere... More

U.S. Air Force pararescuemen, 82nd Expeditionary Rescue

U.S. Air Force pararescuemen, 82nd Expeditionary Rescue

U.S. Air Force pararescuemen, 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron (ERQS), train alongside a simulated patient during a Combat Search and Rescue Exercise on board an MC-130P Combat Shadow aircraft, 81st ERQS, ove... More

A U.S. Air Force HH-60G Pave Hawk, 303rd Expeditionary

A U.S. Air Force HH-60G Pave Hawk, 303rd Expeditionary

A U.S. Air Force HH-60G Pave Hawk, 303rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron (ERQS), flies over the Grand Bara Desert, Djibouti, during a local training mission May 8, 2013. The 449th Air Expeditionary Group regularl... More

U.S. Air Force pararescuemen, 82nd Expeditionary Rescue

U.S. Air Force pararescuemen, 82nd Expeditionary Rescue

U.S. Air Force pararescuemen, 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, and U.S. soldiers, Bravo Company, 1-63rd Combined Arms Battalion, Site Security Team, load a patient from an HH-60G Pave Hawk, 303rd ERQS, to an... More

U.S. soldiers, 1-63rd Combined Arms Battalion, offload

U.S. soldiers, 1-63rd Combined Arms Battalion, offload

U.S. soldiers, 1-63rd Combined Arms Battalion, offload gear from a U.S. Air Force MC-130P Combat Shadow aircraft, 81st Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, in the Grand Bara Desert, Djibouti, May 17, 2013. The soldie... More

This graphic was produced using Adobe Photoshop and

This graphic was produced using Adobe Photoshop and

This graphic was produced using Adobe Photoshop and features elements of the Air Force rescue mission. The artist created the illustration to stay proficient at combining and arranging layers. (U.S. Air Force i... More

Capt. Christopher Leonhardt communicates via radio

Capt. Christopher Leonhardt communicates via radio

Capt. Christopher Leonhardt communicates via radio to HH-60G Pave Hawks in a combat search and rescue scenario on Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, Jan. 16, 2015. Leonhardt is a pararescueman assigned to the... More

Friends and family members make welcome home signs

Friends and family members make welcome home signs

Friends and family members make welcome home signs for members of the 176th Wing, Alaska Air National Guard who returned from a six-month deployment to the Horn of Africa, April 7. Approximately 44 Alaska Air G... More

Col. Oliveira, Campo Grande air force base wing commander,

Col. Oliveira, Campo Grande air force base wing commander,

Col. Oliveira, Campo Grande air force base wing commander, speaks with members of Air Forces Southern during a weeklong exchange focused on Search and Rescue in Campo Grande, Brazil, May 11, 2015. During the we... More

Members of the Alaska Air National Guard’s 212th Rescue

Members of the Alaska Air National Guard’s 212th Rescue

Members of the Alaska Air National Guard’s 212th Rescue Squadron participated in a mass-casualty training event on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, May 4. During the exercise, the rescue operators locat... More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Cody Reigard and Airman 1st

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Cody Reigard and Airman 1st

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Cody Reigard and Airman 1st Class Zachary Zander, 33rd Helicopter Maintenance Unit crew chiefs, install a mount for a scale June 14, 2016, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. The scale showed t... More

A U.S. Army soldier guards the perimeter during a mass

A U.S. Army soldier guards the perimeter during a mass

A U.S. Army soldier guards the perimeter during a mass casualty and extraction exercise with Airmen from the 83rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, June 16, 2016 at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. Patrol teams provi... More

Members of the Alaska Air National Guard’s 210th, 211th

Members of the Alaska Air National Guard’s 210th, 211th

Members of the Alaska Air National Guard’s 210th, 211th and 212th Rescue Squadrons and 176th Security Forces Squadron, along with the 163rd Security Forces Squadron from the California Air National Guard, parti... More

Pararescuemen from the 212th Rescue Squadron, Alaska

Pararescuemen from the 212th Rescue Squadron, Alaska

Pararescuemen from the 212th Rescue Squadron, Alaska Air National Guard, load a simulated casualty onto a Sked stretcher to move him to a casualty collection point during exercise Arctic Chinook, near Kotzebue,... More

A pararescueman (PJ) glides through the air during

A pararescueman (PJ) glides through the air during

A pararescueman (PJ) glides through the air during a high-altitude, low opening (HALO) team competition in Sebastian, Florida, Sept. 19, 2016. The HALO jump is a method of delivering personnel, equipment, and... More

Charlie “Chuck” Morrow, president of the Pararescue

Charlie “Chuck” Morrow, president of the Pararescue

Charlie “Chuck” Morrow, president of the Pararescue Association and former pararecueman, displays the pararesuce mascot, Charlie, at the 2016 Pararescue Reunion in Melbourne, Florida, Sept. 23, 2016. Morrow is ... More

Japan Air Self-Defense Force pararescuemen prepare

Japan Air Self-Defense Force pararescuemen prepare

Japan Air Self-Defense Force pararescuemen prepare to jump out of an MC-130J Commando II during Exercise Keen Sword 17 Nov. 10, 2016, off the coast of Okinawa, Japan. During Keen Sword, pararescuemen respond to... More

An Airman assigned to the 57th Rescue Squadron prepares

An Airman assigned to the 57th Rescue Squadron prepares

An Airman assigned to the 57th Rescue Squadron prepares to land after a freefall jump during exercise Ares Shadow near Aviano, Italy, Aug. 9. During the exercise, RAF Lakenheath pararescuemen and combat rescue ... More

U.S Air Force Airmen with the 82nd Expeditionary Rescue

U.S Air Force Airmen with the 82nd Expeditionary Rescue

U.S Air Force Airmen with the 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron perform a high altitude-low opening jump at a drop zone near Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, August 30, 2017. The 82nd ERQS conduct full spectrum perso... More

Guests arrive to a memorial service in honor of Capt.

Guests arrive to a memorial service in honor of Capt.

Guests arrive to a memorial service in honor of Capt. Mark Weber, March 21, 2018, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. Weber, a 38th Rescue Squadron combat rescue officer and Texas native, was killed in an HH-60G Pave ... More

Airman 1st Class James McLaughlin, 41st Helicopter

Airman 1st Class James McLaughlin, 41st Helicopter

Airman 1st Class James McLaughlin, 41st Helicopter Maintenance Unit HH-60G Pave Hawk crew chief, helps navigate a helicopter into a C-5 Galaxy, prior to a deployment, Sept. 26, 2018, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga... More

A U.S. Air Force Pararescue Jumper attached to Special

A U.S. Air Force Pararescue Jumper attached to Special

A U.S. Air Force Pararescue Jumper attached to Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa 19.1 prepares for a flight on an MV-22 Osprey at Naval Air Station Sigonella, Italy, Dec. 20, 2... More

Participants in the Maltz Challenge perform the 100-yard

Participants in the Maltz Challenge perform the 100-yard

Participants in the Maltz Challenge perform the 100-yard fireman’s carry at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., March 15, 2019. This annual event began in 2006 and is held in memory of U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Mic... More

Family and friends await the return of loved ones during

Family and friends await the return of loved ones during

Family and friends await the return of loved ones during a redeployment ceremony, June 14, 2019, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. Airmen from the 41st Rescue Squadron and 723d Aircraft Maintenance Squadron returned... More

A U.S. Air Force Special Tactics operator fires his

A U.S. Air Force Special Tactics operator fires his

A U.S. Air Force Special Tactics operator fires his weapon during long-range weapons training near Hurlburt Field, Florida, Sept. 20, 2019. The training was part of the first-ever Special Reconnaissance trainin... More

Special Tactics Airman killed in training incident

Special Tactics Airman killed in training incident

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Peter Kraines, a Special Tactics pararescueman with the 24th Special Operations Wing, died while performing mountain rescue techniques in Boise, Idaho, Oct. 8, 2019. As a Special Tacti... More

Airmen from the 801st Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron

Airmen from the 801st Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron

Airmen from the 801st Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron install new parts to a HC-130J Hercules at the 1st Expeditionary Rescue Group on Nov. 23, 2019. The group performs rescue operations for all branches of ... More

Airmen assigned to the 347th Rescue Group walk to a

Airmen assigned to the 347th Rescue Group walk to a

Airmen assigned to the 347th Rescue Group walk to a station on a sporting clay course during the 347th Top Gun Sporting Clay Tournament Feb. 21, 2020, in Quitman, Georgia. Airmen and spouses with the 347th RQG ... More

Floridian Military Free Fall

Floridian Military Free Fall

A 308th Rescue Squadron Pararescueman and SERE Specialst execute a military free fall jump out of an HC-130J Combat King II over a Floridian coast, Oct. 8, 2020. The ability to quickly assemble, maneuver and de... More

A U.S. Air Force HH-60G Pave Hawk II assigned to the

A U.S. Air Force HH-60G Pave Hawk II assigned to the

A U.S. Air Force HH-60G Pave Hawk II assigned to the 55th Rescue Squadron takes off from Naval Air Station North Island, Coronado, California, Nov. 4, 2020. The 55th RQS completed contested maritime training to... More

Airmen assigned to the 55th Rescue Squadron work on

Airmen assigned to the 55th Rescue Squadron work on

Airmen assigned to the 55th Rescue Squadron work on a gun on a U.S. Air Force HH-60G Pave Hawk II at Naval Air Station North Island, Coronado, California, Nov. 4, 2020. The 55th RQS completed contested maritime... More

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Lt. Col.

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Lt. Col.

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Lt. Col. Matthew Komatsu, commander of the 212th Rescue Squadron, Alaska Air National Guard, presents a certificate of retirement to Chief Master Sgt. Paul "Bear" Bare... More

A pararescueman's (PJ) body armor sits on the floor

A pararescueman's (PJ) body armor sits on the floor

A pararescueman's (PJ) body armor sits on the floor in a briefing room as a briefing is given before a rappelling training course on Hurlburt Field, Fla. PJ's are capable of deploying anywhere in the world at a... More

U.S. Air Force pararescuemen, 82nd Expeditionary Rescue

U.S. Air Force pararescuemen, 82nd Expeditionary Rescue

U.S. Air Force pararescuemen, 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron (ERQS), train alongside a simulated patient during a Combat Search and Rescue Exercise on board an MC-130P Combat Shadow aircraft, 81st ERQS, ove... More

U.S. Air Force pararescuemen, 82nd Expeditionary Rescue

U.S. Air Force pararescuemen, 82nd Expeditionary Rescue

U.S. Air Force pararescuemen, 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron (ERQS), climb up a rope ladder to board an HH-60G Pave Hawk, 303rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, in the Grand Bara Desert, Djibouti, May 8, 2013... More

U.S. Air Force pararescuemen, 82nd Expeditionary Rescue

U.S. Air Force pararescuemen, 82nd Expeditionary Rescue

U.S. Air Force pararescuemen, 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, train alongside simulated patients during a combat search and rescue exercise on board an MC-130P Combat Shadow aircraft, 81st ERQS, over the Gr... More

U.S. soldiers, 1-63rd Combined Arms Battalion, offload

U.S. soldiers, 1-63rd Combined Arms Battalion, offload

U.S. soldiers, 1-63rd Combined Arms Battalion, offload gear and set up a makeshift camp in the Grand Bara Desert, Djibouti, May 17, 2013. The soldiers were participating in an evaluation exercise in support of ... More

Two 56th Rescue Squadron HH-60G Pave Hawks respond

Two 56th Rescue Squadron HH-60G Pave Hawks respond

Two 56th Rescue Squadron HH-60G Pave Hawks respond in a combat search and rescue scenario on Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, Jan. 16, 2015. Unlike other rescue squadrons, the 56th RQS is the only unit with... More

Friends and family members make welcome home signs

Friends and family members make welcome home signs

Friends and family members make welcome home signs for members of the 176th Wing, Alaska Air National Guard who returned from a six-month deployment to the Horn of Africa, April 7. Approximately 44 Alaska Air G... More

Tech Sgt. Daniel Foret, 571st Mobility Support Advisory

Tech Sgt. Daniel Foret, 571st Mobility Support Advisory

Tech Sgt. Daniel Foret, 571st Mobility Support Advisory Squadron survival, evasion, resistance and escape specialists, speaks with members of the Brazilian air force after a presentation May 11, 2015, in Campo ... More

Members of the Alaska Air National Guard’s 212th Rescue

Members of the Alaska Air National Guard’s 212th Rescue

Members of the Alaska Air National Guard’s 212th Rescue Squadron participated in a mass-casualty training event on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, May 4. During the exercise, the rescue operators locat... More

A 33rd Helicopter Maintenance Unit HH-60G Pave Hawk

A 33rd Helicopter Maintenance Unit HH-60G Pave Hawk

A 33rd Helicopter Maintenance Unit HH-60G Pave Hawk sits ready for inspection June 14, 2016, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. The 33rd HMU performed a 300-hour inspection, required for every 300 hours of flight. The ... More

A U.S. Army soldier with Task Force Chosen, cuts the

A U.S. Army soldier with Task Force Chosen, cuts the

A U.S. Army soldier with Task Force Chosen, cuts the hood of a van during a joint mass casualty and extraction exercise, June 16, 2016 at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. Task Force Chosen paired with the 83rd Exp... More

Members of the Alaska Air National Guard’s 210th, 211th

Members of the Alaska Air National Guard’s 210th, 211th

Members of the Alaska Air National Guard’s 210th, 211th and 212th Rescue Squadrons and 176th Security Forces Squadron, along with the 163rd Security Forces Squadron from the California Air National Guard, parti... More

Pararescuemen from the 212th Rescue Squadron, Alaska

Pararescuemen from the 212th Rescue Squadron, Alaska

Pararescuemen from the 212th Rescue Squadron, Alaska Air National Guard, move a simulated casualty to a casualty collection point during exercise Arctic Chinook, near Kotzebue, Alaska, August 23, 2016. Arctic C... More

A pararescueman (PJ) glides through the air during

A pararescueman (PJ) glides through the air during

A pararescueman (PJ) glides through the air during a high-altitude, low opening (HALO) team competition in Sebastian, Florida, Sept. 19, 2016. The HALO jump is a method of delivering personnel, equipment, and... More

Japan Air Self-Defense Force pararescuemen jump out

Japan Air Self-Defense Force pararescuemen jump out

Japan Air Self-Defense Force pararescuemen jump out of an MC-130J Commando II during Exercise Keen Sword 17 Nov. 10, 2016, off the coast of Okinawa, Japan. Exercises like Keen Sword are a crucial demonstration ... More

"Charlie" the PJ maintains a list of rules of acquisition

"Charlie" the PJ maintains a list of rules of acquisition

"Charlie" the PJ maintains a list of rules of acquisition and possession to be followed by units desiring to take him from his present location, Nov. 30, 2016. The first two rules establish that Charlie will be... More

An Airman assigned to the 57th Rescue Squadron regroups

An Airman assigned to the 57th Rescue Squadron regroups

An Airman assigned to the 57th Rescue Squadron regroups with the rest of his team after a freefall jump during exercise Ares Shadow near Aviano, Italy, Aug. 9. The 57th RQS is scheduled to move to Aviano Air Ba... More

U.S Air Force Airmen with the 82nd Expeditionary Rescue

U.S Air Force Airmen with the 82nd Expeditionary Rescue

U.S Air Force Airmen with the 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron perform a high altitude-low opening jump at a drop zone near Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, August 30, 2017. The 82nd ERQS conduct full spectrum perso... More

Guests hold hands during a memorial service in honor

Guests hold hands during a memorial service in honor

Guests hold hands during a memorial service in honor of Capt. Mark Weber, March 21, 2018, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. Weber, a 38th Rescue Squadron combat rescue officer and Texas native, was killed in an HH-6... More

Airman 1st Class Nicholas Rodriguez, 41st Helicopter

Airman 1st Class Nicholas Rodriguez, 41st Helicopter

Airman 1st Class Nicholas Rodriguez, 41st Helicopter Maintenance Unit HH-60G Pave Hawk crew chief, helps guide a helicopter into a C-5 Galaxy prior to a deployment, Sept. 26, 2018, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. ... More

U.S. Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground

U.S. Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground

U.S. Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa 19.1 fly on an MV-22 Osprey at Naval Air Station Sigonella, Italy, Dec. 20, 2018. SPMAGTF-CR-AF is deployed to conduct crisi... More

Members of the winning team from the Maltz Challenge

Members of the winning team from the Maltz Challenge

Members of the winning team from the Maltz Challenge pose for a photo at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., March 15, 2019. The winning team finished with an overall time of 20:16. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1... More

U.S. Air Force Combat Rescue Officer assigned to the

U.S. Air Force Combat Rescue Officer assigned to the

U.S. Air Force Combat Rescue Officer assigned to the 306th Rescue Squadron at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., June 1,2019, hugs his wife before departing for a deployment. The 306th Rescue Squadron’s missi... More

A child waits wait for his loved one to arrive during

A child waits wait for his loved one to arrive during

A child waits wait for his loved one to arrive during a redeployment ceremony, June 14, 2019, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. Airmen from the 41st RQS, 38th RQS and 723d Maintenance Squadron were recently deployed... More

First Lt. Michael Parkjung, 723 Aircraft Maintenance

First Lt. Michael Parkjung, 723 Aircraft Maintenance

First Lt. Michael Parkjung, 723 Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS) officer, shakes hands with Col. John Chastain, 23d Maintenance Group commander, during a redeployment ceremony, June 14, 2019, at Moody Air F... More

A U.S. Air Force Special Tactics operator fires his

A U.S. Air Force Special Tactics operator fires his

A U.S. Air Force Special Tactics operator fires his weapon during long-range weapons training as part of a beta Special Reconnaissance training course near Hurlburt Field, Florida, Sept. 20, 2019. The Special T... More

Airmen from the 801st Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron

Airmen from the 801st Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron

Airmen from the 801st Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron install new parts to a HC-130J Hercules at the 1st Expeditionary Rescue Group on Nov. 23, 2019. The group performs rescue operations for all branches of ... More

Participants of the 347th Top Gun Sporting Clay Tournament

Participants of the 347th Top Gun Sporting Clay Tournament

Participants of the 347th Top Gun Sporting Clay Tournament predict the trajectory of a clay pigeon Feb. 21, 2020, in Quitman, Georgia. Airmen and spouses with the 347th Rescue Group and 23d Maintenance Group an... More

After another successful day of training Oct. 8, 2020,

After another successful day of training Oct. 8, 2020,

After another successful day of training Oct. 8, 2020, 720th Aircraft maintenance Airmen configure a 920th Rescue Wing HC-130J Combat King II aircraft for the next training mission with minimal support by condu... More

U.S Air Force Staff Sgt. Dakota Dennis, 55th Rescue

U.S Air Force Staff Sgt. Dakota Dennis, 55th Rescue

U.S Air Force Staff Sgt. Dakota Dennis, 55th Rescue Squadron special missions aviator, shoots a gun on an HH-60G Pave Hawk II off the coast of Naval Air Station North Island, Coronado, California, Nov. 4, 2020.... More

A U.S. Air Force HH-60G Pave Hawk II assigned to the

A U.S. Air Force HH-60G Pave Hawk II assigned to the

A U.S. Air Force HH-60G Pave Hawk II assigned to the 55th Rescue Squadron flies over the Pacific Ocean, Nov. 4, 2020. The 55th RQS completed contested maritime training at Naval Air Station North Island, Califo... More

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Chief Master

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Chief Master

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Chief Master Sgt. Paul "Bear" Barendregt, a pararescueman and chief enlisted manager for the Alaska Air National Guard's 212th Rescue Squadron, applauds after presenti... More

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Adam Azar and Staff Sgt.

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Adam Azar and Staff Sgt.

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Adam Azar and Staff Sgt. Ryan Cloudier, pararescueman (PJ) with the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron, Red Team, practices rappelling on Hurlburt Field, Fla. PJ's are capable of deployi... More

U.S. Air Force pararescueman, 82nd Expeditionary Rescue

U.S. Air Force pararescueman, 82nd Expeditionary Rescue

U.S. Air Force pararescueman, 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron (ERQS), checks the vitals of one of his simulated patients during a Combat Search and Rescue Exercise, on board an MC-130P Combat Shadow aircraft... More

A U.S. Air Force pararescueman, 82nd Expeditionary

A U.S. Air Force pararescueman, 82nd Expeditionary

A U.S. Air Force pararescueman, 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron (ERQS), prepares to rappel down from a HH-60G Pave Hawk, 303rd ERQS, over the Grand Bara Desert, Djibouti, May 8, 2013. The 449th Air Expeditio... More

A pararescueman, assigned to the 56th Rescue Squadron,

A pararescueman, assigned to the 56th Rescue Squadron,

A pararescueman, assigned to the 56th Rescue Squadron, rappels down from an HH-60G Pave Hawk during a combat search and rescue scenario on Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, Jan. 16, 2015. Unlike other rescue... More

Friends and family members watch as a C5 Galaxy arrives

Friends and family members watch as a C5 Galaxy arrives

Friends and family members watch as a C5 Galaxy arrives at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, April 7. The aircraft is carrying approximately 44 members of the 176th Wing, Alaska Air National Guard who returned f... More

A member of the Brazilian air force wears a patch from

A member of the Brazilian air force wears a patch from

A member of the Brazilian air force wears a patch from the 41st Rescue Squadron after swapping patches with Capt. John Tucciarone, 41st Rescue Squadron HH-60 helicopter pilot, on May 12, 2015 in Campo Grande, B... More

Members of the Alaska Air National Guard’s 212th Rescue

Members of the Alaska Air National Guard’s 212th Rescue

Members of the Alaska Air National Guard’s 212th Rescue Squadron participated in a mass-casualty training event on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, May 4. During the exercise, the rescue operators locat... More

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Joshua Clement, 33rd

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Joshua Clement, 33rd

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Joshua Clement, 33rd Helicopter Maintenance Unit crew chief, monitors measurements on a scale June 14, 2016, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. The fuel probe on the HH-60G Pave Hawk was... More

A U.S. Army soldier with Task Force Chosen, places

A U.S. Army soldier with Task Force Chosen, places

A U.S. Army soldier with Task Force Chosen, places a tourniquet on Capt. Joshua Nichols, 455th Air Expeditionary Wing military attorney, during a joint mass casualty and extraction exercise with Airmen from the... More

Members of the Alaska Air National Guard’s 210th, 211th

Members of the Alaska Air National Guard’s 210th, 211th

Members of the Alaska Air National Guard’s 210th, 211th and 212th Rescue Squadrons and 176th Security Forces Squadron, along with the 163rd Security Forces Squadron from the California Air National Guard, parti... More

Pararescuemen from the 212th Rescue Squadron, Alaska

Pararescuemen from the 212th Rescue Squadron, Alaska

Pararescuemen from the 212th Rescue Squadron, Alaska Air National Guard, move a simulated casualty to their Arctic Sustainment Package during exercise Arctic Chinook, near Kotzebue, Alaska, August 23, 2016. Arc... More

A pararescueman (PJ) glides through the air during

A pararescueman (PJ) glides through the air during

A pararescueman (PJ) glides through the air during a high-altitude, low opening (HALO) team competition in Sebastian, Florida, Sept. 19, 2016. The HALO jump is a method of delivering personnel, equipment, and ... More

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Maurice Muro, 31st Rescue

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Maurice Muro, 31st Rescue

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Maurice Muro, 31st Rescue Squadron operations superintendent, signals pararescuemen of the time left until a jump during Exercise Keen Sword 17 Nov. 10, 2016, off the coast of Okinawa... More

"Charlie" the PJ is displayed in the 57th Rescue Squadron's

"Charlie" the PJ is displayed in the 57th Rescue Squadron's

"Charlie" the PJ is displayed in the 57th Rescue Squadron's heritage room at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, Nov. 30, 2016. Charlie re-joined the squadron in September 2016, returning to England after an a... More

An Airman assigned to the 57th Rescue Squadron covers

An Airman assigned to the 57th Rescue Squadron covers

An Airman assigned to the 57th Rescue Squadron covers his team after a freefall jump during exercise Ares Shadow near Aviano, Italy, Aug. 9. During the exercise, RAF Lakenheath pararescuemen and combat rescue o... More

U.S Air Force Airmen with the 82nd Expeditionary Rescue

U.S Air Force Airmen with the 82nd Expeditionary Rescue

U.S Air Force Airmen with the 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron perform a high altitude-low opening jump at a drop zone near Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, August 30, 2017. The 82nd ERQS conduct full spectrum perso... More

Maj. Jason Egger, 38th Rescue Squadron commander, shakes

Maj. Jason Egger, 38th Rescue Squadron commander, shakes

Maj. Jason Egger, 38th Rescue Squadron commander, shakes hands with Ron Weber, father of Capt. Mark Weber, during a memorial, March 21, 2018, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. Mark, a 38th RQS combat rescue officer ... More

Capt. Travis Worrell, 41st Rescue Squadron HH-60G Pave

Capt. Travis Worrell, 41st Rescue Squadron HH-60G Pave

Capt. Travis Worrell, 41st Rescue Squadron HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter pilot, embraces his wife Brittany prior to a deployment, Sept. 26, 2018, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. The 41st RQS and the 41st Helicopter ... More

A U.S. Marine with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground

A U.S. Marine with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground

A U.S. Marine with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa 19.1 prepares for landing during a flight on an MV-22 Osprey at Naval Air Station Sigonella, Italy, Dec. 18, 2018. SPMAGTF-... More

A participant in the Maltz Challenge does push-ups

A participant in the Maltz Challenge does push-ups

A participant in the Maltz Challenge does push-ups at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., March 15, 2019. This annual event began in 2006 and is held in memory of U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Michael Maltz, a pararesc... More

Tech. Sgt. Daniel St. Pierre, 355th Logistics Readiness

Tech. Sgt. Daniel St. Pierre, 355th Logistics Readiness

Tech. Sgt. Daniel St. Pierre, 355th Logistics Readiness Squadron, checks the gap between cargo loader (K Loader) and a C-17 Globemaster III at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., June 1, 2019. The ISU contains... More

Capt. Jesse Reynolds, 41st Rescue Squadron (RQS) HH-60G

Capt. Jesse Reynolds, 41st Rescue Squadron (RQS) HH-60G

Capt. Jesse Reynolds, 41st Rescue Squadron (RQS) HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter pilot, greets his wife, Leah, during a redeployment ceremony, June 14, 2019, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. Airmen from the 41st RQS an... More

A U.S. Air Force Special Tactics operator sets up satellite

A U.S. Air Force Special Tactics operator sets up satellite

A U.S. Air Force Special Tactics operator sets up satellite communications during a full mission profile as part of a beta Special Reconnaissance course near Hurlburt Field, Florida, Sept. 25, 2019. The Special... More

Airmen from the 801st Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron

Airmen from the 801st Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron

Airmen from the 801st Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron observe an installation of new parts to a HC-130J Hercules at the 1st Expeditionary Rescue Group on Nov. 23, 2019. The group performs rescue operations f... More

A participant of the 347th Top Gun Sporting Clay Tournament

A participant of the 347th Top Gun Sporting Clay Tournament

A participant of the 347th Top Gun Sporting Clay Tournament takes a shotgun from a rack Feb. 21, 2020, in Quitman, Georgia. Airmen and spouses with the 347th Rescue Group and 23d Maintenance Group and members o... More

An Airman assigned to the 55th Rescue Squadron shoots

An Airman assigned to the 55th Rescue Squadron shoots

An Airman assigned to the 55th Rescue Squadron shoots a gun on an HH-60G Pave Hawk II off the coast of Naval Air Station North Island, Coronado, California, Nov. 4, 2020. The 55th RQS completed contested mariti... More

An Airman assigned to the 55th Rescue Squadron inspects

An Airman assigned to the 55th Rescue Squadron inspects

An Airman assigned to the 55th Rescue Squadron inspects a gun on a U.S. Air Force HH-60G Pave Hawk II at Naval Air Station North Island, Coronado, California, Nov. 4, 2020. The 55th RQS completed contested mari... More

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- A pararescueman

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- A pararescueman

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- A pararescueman with the 212th Rescue Squadron, Alaska Air National Guard, presents a shadow box to Chief Master Sgt. Paul "Bear" Barendregt, a pararescueman and chief... More

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Chris Johnston, a pararescueman

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Chris Johnston, a pararescueman

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Chris Johnston, a pararescueman (PJ) with the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron, Red Team, prepares to fast rope out of the back of a hollowed out helicopter used for fast rope training... More

U.S. Air Force pararescuemen, 82nd Expeditionary Rescue

U.S. Air Force pararescuemen, 82nd Expeditionary Rescue

U.S. Air Force pararescuemen, 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron (ERQS) and U.S. Soldiers, 2nd Battalion, 138th Field Artillery, Site Security Team walk with simulated patients to an awaiting MC-130P Combat Sha... More

A U.S. Air Force Flight Engineer, 303rd Expeditionary

A U.S. Air Force Flight Engineer, 303rd Expeditionary

A U.S. Air Force Flight Engineer, 303rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron (ERQS), hoists pararescumen, 82nd ERQS, to an awaiting HH-60G Pave Hawk during a training mission over the Grand Bara Desert, Djibouti, May ... More

The 56th Rescue Squadron pilots fly an HH-60G Pave

The 56th Rescue Squadron pilots fly an HH-60G Pave

The 56th Rescue Squadron pilots fly an HH-60G Pave Hawk during a combat search and rescue scenario on Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, Jan. 16, 2015. Unlike other rescue squadrons, the 56th RQS is the only ... More

Approximately 44 members of the Alaska Air National

Approximately 44 members of the Alaska Air National

Approximately 44 members of the Alaska Air National Guard’s 176th Wing were greeted by friends and loved ones when they returned home from a six-month deployment to the Horn of Africa, April 7. The Guardsmen de... More

Airmen from Air Forces Southern and Airmen from the

Airmen from Air Forces Southern and Airmen from the

Airmen from Air Forces Southern and Airmen from the Brazilian air force gather for a group photo next to the “That others may live” statue during a week-long exchange focused on enhancing the Search and Rescue ... More

Members of the Alaska Air National Guard’s 212th Rescue

Members of the Alaska Air National Guard’s 212th Rescue

Members of the Alaska Air National Guard’s 212th Rescue Squadron participated in a mass-casualty training event on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, May 4. During the exercise, the rescue operators locat... More

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