Story by Staff Sgt. Anthony Nin Leclerec | Joint Base Langley-Eustis | 03.09.2023
After 30 years of being part of an Army-driven HH-60 helicopter repair curriculum, the Air Force has stepped out on their own....
Story by Staff Sgt. Janiqua Robinson | 23rd Wing | 05.08.2019
More than 400 members of the rescue community gathered to commemorate the 50th, and final, Jolly Green Association (JGA) reunion, May 2-4, in Fort Walton Beach, Fla. The three-day event brought past and present ‘Jolly Greens’ together to celebrate their heritage, reminisce about past missions and to present the JGA’s final Rescue Mission of the Year award to crews from the 41st Rescue......
Story by Senior Airman Greg Nash | 23rd Wing | 01.29.2019
In the realm of team sports where expectations and the stakes to win are high, teams rely on continuity and chemistry to maximize their effectiveness and propel them to the top. Utilizing a similar game plan, operating as a ‘hard crew’, a team of Moody’s HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter aircrew recently unified and flew every mission together at Avon Park Air......
Story by Senior Airman Greg Nash | 23rd Wing | 01.16.2019
When lives are on the line, there is no margin for error – and for a group of Air Force Combat Search and Rescue personnel, their razor thin life-saving operations were recently put to the test as they mobilized to Avon Park Air Force Range, Fla. During their pre-deployment ‘spin-up’ training, Moody’s 347th Rescue Group tested and maximized their CSAR and personnel recovery......
Story by Senior Airman Greg Nash | 23rd Wing | 10.12.2018
Team Moody and loved ones welcomed back personnel from the 41st and 71st Rescue Squadrons (RQS) as they returned home from a deployment, Oct. 9, 2018, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga....
Story by Senior Airman Greg Nash | 23rd Wing | 10.04.2018
Loved ones bid farewell to Airmen from the 41st Rescue Squadron prior to deploying, Sept. 26, 2018, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. The 41st RQS and the 41st Helicopter Maintenance Unit will provide combat search and rescue capabilities and maintenance operations in a forward deployed location utilzing the HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter....
Story by Airman 1st Class Eugene Oliver | 23rd Wing | 06.29.2018
For the first time, Airmen from Moody’s 23d Civil Engineer Squadron (CES) competed against each other to enhance their chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive (CBRNE) capabilities during a CBRNE Olympics, June 21, here. During the competition, CES Airmen from all career fields built camaraderie by relying on their teammates to accomplish their objective of staying mission......
Story by Airman 1st Class Eugene Oliver | 23rd Wing | 05.29.2018
The Battlefield Airmen of the 93d Air Ground Operations Wing (AGOW) welcomed Col. Paul Birch and said farewell to Col. Jeffrey Valenzia during a change of command ceremony, May 23, here. Maj. Gen. Scott Zobrist, 9th Air Force commander, presided over the ceremony, offering remarks on what Valenzia has achieved and also introducing Birch as the 7th Airman to take command of the 93d AGOW....
