Photo by Kristen Pittman | 920th Rescue Wing | 06.05.2025
A 71st Rescue Squadron HC-130J Combat King II aircraft takes off from Patrick Space Force Base, Fla., June 5, 2025. The aircraft carried 308th Rescue Squadron pararescue specialists who conducted several jumps, a capability that allows them to land in austere or hard to reach environments in order to conduct a search and rescue. The 308th RQS is an Air Force Reserve Command combat search and......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Tiffany Emery | 920th Rescue Wing | 04.24.2024
Tech Sgt. James Thomas, a combat camera technician with the 4th Combat Camera Squadron, South Carolina, communicates to aircrew on his headset during a flight on an HC-130J Combat King II, assigned to the 920th Rescue Wing, over southern United States Florida April 24, 2024. The 39th RQS operates the HC-130J to carry out the 920th Rescue Wing’s mission; to plan, lead, and conduct military......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Tiffany Emery | 920th Rescue Wing | 04.24.2024
Tech Sgt. James Thomas, a combat camera technician with the 4th Combat Camera Squadron, South Carolina, communicates to aircrew on his headset during a flight on an HC-130J Combat King II, assigned to the 920th Rescue Wing, over southern United States Florida April 24, 2024. The 39th RQS operates the HC-130J to carry out the 920th Rescue Wing’s mission; to plan, lead, and conduct military......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Tiffany Emery | 920th Rescue Wing | 04.24.2024
Tech Sgt. James Thomas, a combat camera technician with the 4th Combat Camera Squadron, South Carolina, communicates to aircrew on his headset during a flight on an HC-130J Combat King II, assigned to the 920th Rescue Wing, over southern United States Florida April 24, 2024. The 39th RQS operates the HC-130J to carry out the 920th Rescue Wing’s mission; to plan, lead, and conduct military......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Tiffany Emery | 920th Rescue Wing | 04.24.2024
Maj. Carl Price, 39th Rescue Squadron pilot, operates an HC-130J Combat King II aircraft over southern United States April 24, 2024. The 39th RQS, 920th Rescue Wing, operates the HC-130J to carry out the 920th Rescue Wing’s mission; to plan, lead, and conduct military rescue operations and missions to deny competitors and adversaries exploitation of isolated personnel. (U.S. Air Force Staff......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Tiffany Emery | 920th Rescue Wing | 04.24.2024
Tech. Sgt. Jonathan Findle, 39th Rescue Squadron loadmaster, orchestrates the loading of cargo into an HC-130J Combat King II aircraft on the flight line at Patrick Space Force Base, Florida April 24, 2024. The 39th RQS, 920th Rescue Wing, operates the HC-130J to carry out the 920th Rescue Wing’s mission; to plan, lead, and conduct military rescue operations and missions to deny competitors......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Tiffany Emery | 920th Rescue Wing | 04.24.2024
Tech. Sgt. Jonathan Findle, 39th Rescue Squadron loadmaster, orchestrates the loading of cargo into an HC-130J Combat King II aircraft on the flight line at Patrick Space Force Base, Florida April 24, 2024. The 39th RQS, 920th Rescue Wing, operates the HC-130J to carry out the 920th Rescue Wing’s mission; to plan, lead, and conduct military rescue operations and missions to deny competitors......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Tiffany Emery | 920th Rescue Wing | 04.23.2024
Several 39th Rescue Squadron, 920th Rescue Wing, HC-130J Combat King II aircraft sit on the flight line at Patrick Space Force Base, Florida, April 23, 2024 as the sun begins to set. The HC-130J is the only dedicated fixed-wing Personnel Recovery platform in the Air Force inventory. Its mission is to rapidly deploy to execute combatant commander directed recovery operations to austere......
