List of United States Air Force rescue squadrons

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.

Squadron	Location	Notes
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 Squadron	Ramey AFB
29th Air Rescue Squadron
33d Air Rescue Squadron^[1]	Naha Air Base, Okinawa
34th Air Rescue Squadron
46th Air Rescue Squadron	Otis AFB
49th Air Rescue Squadron
57th Air Rescue Squadron	Lajes Field
62d Air Rescue Squadron	Stead AFB Nevada
64th Air Rescue Squadron	Norton AFB
65th Air Rescue Squadron	Nellis AFB
76th Air Rescue Squadron	Hickam AFB Hawaii	inactivated
81st Air Rescue Squadron
2157th Air Rescue Squadron	K-16, Korea
2190th Air Rescue Squadron
Eastern Air Rescue Center	Robins AFB
Central Air Rescue Center	Richards-Gebaur AFB
Western Air Rescue Center	Hamilton AFB

Squadron	Location	Notes
1st Arctic Search and Rescue Squadron	Bluie West One	Constituted and activated on 25 Jun 1943 at Buckley Field.
2d Arctic Search and Rescue Squadron	Buckley Field	Constituted and activated on 18 Sep 1943.
3d Arctic Search and Rescue Squadron	Buckley Field	Constituted and activated on 18 Sep 1943.

Squadron	Shield	Current Location	Equipment	Supported Unit	Wing	Notes
26th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron	Lightning Bolts	Muwaffaq Salti Air Base	HC-130J^[3]^[4]	1st Expeditionary Rescue Group	332nd Air Expeditionary Wing	Previously at Camp Bastion until 1 January 2014.
46th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron		Muwaffaq Salti Air Base	HH-60G	1st Expeditionary Rescue Group	332nd Air Expeditionary Wing	Previously at Camp Bastion until 30 January 2013 (451 AEW).^[5]
52d Expeditionary Rescue Squadron	Owl	Muwaffaq Salti Air Base	Pararescue Jumpers^[6]	1st Expeditionary Rescue Group	332nd Air Expeditionary Wing	Previously at Diyarbakır Air Base
59th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron		N/A	HH-60			Previously at Kandahar Airfield until Feb 2013 (451 AEW).^[7]
64th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron	Palm Trees	N/A	HH-60G	1st Expeditionary Rescue Group		Previously at Joint Base Balad then Diyarbakır Air Base
81st Expeditionary Rescue Squadron		Camp Lemonnier	HC-130	CJTF-HOA		^[8]
82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron		Camp Lemonnier	Pararescue Jumpers	CJTF-HOA		^[9]
83d Expeditionary Rescue Squadron		N/A	CH-47 (U.S. Army)		455th Air Expeditionary Wing	^[10] Formerly used HH-60G's (USAF) until October 2017. Previously at Bagram Airfield
303rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron		Camp Lemonnier	HH-60W Jolly Green II	CJTF-HOA	449th Air Expeditionary Group	Previous RQS at Portland ANGB, Oregon

Squadron	Location	Motto	Supported Unit	Notes
8th Emergency Rescue Squadron	Camp Carson			^[11]
31st Rescue Squadron	Kadena AB	Vigilance and Honor
33d Rescue Squadron	Kadena AB
36th Rescue Squadron	Fairchild AFB	"That Others May Live"
38th Rescue Squadron	Moody AFB	"PJs"	activate PJ squadron at immediate\|
39th Rescue Squadron	Patrick Space Force Base	"Kings"	Air Force Reserve repeat to nearest loc squad rescue for lost civil at marine loc Pismo
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 Airfield		CA ANG
130th Rescue Squadron	Moffett Federal Airfield		CA ANG
131st Rescue Squadron	Moffett Federal Airfield		CA ANG
210th Rescue Squadron	Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson	"Second to None"	AK ANG
211th Rescue Squadron	Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson		AK ANG
212th Rescue Squadron	Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson		AK ANG
301st Rescue Squadron	Patrick Space Force Base	"Guardian Wings"	Air Force Reserve
303d Rescue Squadron	Portland Air National Guard Base	"Serviens Ut Servet" (Serving To Save)	Air Force Reserve	Inactivated 2003, Reactivated ERQS 2011
304th Rescue Squadron	Portland Air National Guard Base	"Non Pro Se Sed Aliis" (These Things We Do, That Others May Live)	Air Force Reserve
305th Rescue Squadron	Davis-Monthan AFB	"Anytime, Anywhere"	Air Force Reserve
306th Rescue Squadron	Davis-Monthan AFB	"That Others May Live"	Air Force Reserve
308th Rescue Squadron	Patrick Space Force Base	"Ut Ali Vivant"	Air Force Reserve
449th Rescue Squadron
512th Rescue Squadron	Kirtland AFB	"Jolly"	Training

Squadron	Shield	Location	Motto	Supported Unit
37th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron
40th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron
42nd Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron

List of United States Air Force rescue squadrons

Air Rescue Squadrons

Arctic Search and Rescue Squadrons

Rescue Flights (RF)

Expeditionary Rescue Squadrons (ERQS)

Rescue Squadrons (RQS)

Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadrons

See also

References

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