An HH-60 from the 301st Rescue Squadron taxi to provide search and rescue support to the combined federal, Department of Defense, state and local mission underway for a missing Airman in the Gulf of Mexico November 6, 2019. The 301RQS is a part of the 920th Rescue Wing at Patrick Air Force Base, Florida. (U.S. Air Force video by Tech. Sgt. Kelly Goonan)
To pay homage to the retiring fleet, the wing will be hosting an HC-130 Combat-Rescue Aircraft Retirement Event with several generations of aviators from around the world attending Nov. 1 through Nov. 3, 2019. This event will provide an opportunity for past and present Air Force members associated with the HC-130 fixed-wing rescue mission to take part in a meet and greet social, aircraft static display, aerial demonstrations and other...
Six gold--two silver—and three bronze medals later, earned during the Wounded Warrior Games in Tampa, Citizen Airman Amputee SSgt Kevin Greene (Brownsville, New York native who currently resides in Melbourne, Florida) is a champion who showed the COS, his commander, the Air Force, his friends, colleagues and family what he is made of, but most of all he showed himself that an injury doesn’t have to limit one as he effortlessly won the...
The Air Force Space Command and Joint Force Space Component Commander Gen. John W. “Jay” Raymond, presented two bronze star medals, including one with valor, to a Reserve Citizen Airman from the 308th Rescue Squadron on June 14, 2019. Tech. Sgt. Nick Torres, a 308th RQS Pararescueman, was bestowed with the awards for his actions during two combat deployments to Afghanistan.
