List of United States Air Force rescue squadrons

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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.

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Air Rescue Squadrons

SquadronEmblemLocationNotes
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 Hawaiiinactivated
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

Arctic Search and Rescue Squadrons

SquadronEmblemLocationNotes
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.

Rescue Flights (RF)

SquadronShieldLocationMottoSupported Unit

Expeditionary Rescue Squadrons (ERQS)

SquadronShieldCurrent
Location
EquipmentSupported UnitWingNotes
26th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron Lightning
Bolts
Muwaffaq Salti Air Base HC-130J [2] [3] 1st Expeditionary Rescue Group 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing Previously at Camp Bastion
until 1 January 2014.
46th Expeditionary Rescue SquadronMuwaffaq Salti Air BaseHH-60G1st Expeditionary Rescue Group 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing Previously at Camp Bastion
until 30 January 2013 (451 AEW). [4]
52d Expeditionary Rescue Squadron OwlMuwaffaq Salti Air BasePararescue Jumpers [5] 1st Expeditionary Rescue Group 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing Previously at Diyarbakır Air Base
59th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron N/AHH-60Previously at Kandahar Airfield
until Feb 2013 (451 AEW). [6]
64th Expeditionary Rescue SquadronPalm
Trees
N/AHH-60G1st Expeditionary Rescue GroupPreviously at Joint Base Balad then Diyarbakır Air Base
81st Expeditionary Rescue Squadron Camp Lemonnier HC-130 CJTF-HOA [7]
82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron Camp LemonnierPararescue JumpersCJTF-HOA [8]
83d Expeditionary Rescue Squadron
83rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron.jpg
N/ACH-47 (U.S. Army) 455th Air Expeditionary Wing [9] Formerly used HH-60G's (USAF) until October 2017.
Previously at Bagram Airfield

Rescue Squadrons (RQS)

SquadronShieldLocationMottoSupported UnitNotes
8th Emergency Rescue Squadron Camp Carson [10]
31st Rescue Squadron
31st Rescue Squadron.jpg
Kadena AB Vigilance and Honor
33d Rescue Squadron
33d Rescue Squadron.jpg
Kadena AB
36th Rescue Squadron
36th Rescue Squadron.jpg
Fairchild AFB "That Others May Live"
38th Rescue Squadron
38th Rescue Squadron.jpg
Moody AFB "PJs"
39th Rescue Squadron
39th Rescue Squadron.jpg
Patrick Space Force Base "Kings" Air Force Reserve
41st Rescue Squadron
41st Rescue Squadron.jpg
Moody AFB "Jolly Green"
48th Rescue Squadron
48th Rescue Squadron.jpg
Davis-Monthan AFB "Move the World"
55th Rescue Squadron
55th Rescue Squadron USAF.jpg
Davis-Monthan AFB "We Come in the Dark"
56th Rescue Squadron
56th Rescue Squadron.jpg
Aviano Air Base, Italy
57th Rescue Squadron
57th Rescue Squadron.png
Aviano Air Base, Italy
58th Rescue Squadron
58th Rescue Squadron.png
Nellis AFB
66th Rescue Squadron
66th Rescue Squadron.jpg
Nellis AFB
71st Rescue Squadron
71st Rescue Squadron.jpg
Moody AFB "Kings"
79th Rescue Squadron
79th Rescue Squadron USAF.jpg
Davis-Monthan AFB
101st Rescue Squadron
101st Rescue Squadron emblem.jpg
Francis S. Gabreski ANGB "Servare vitam"
(To save lives)
NY ANG
102d Rescue Squadron
102d RQS Official Patch.png
Francis S. Gabreski ANGB "That Others May Live"
"ANG’s Oldest Unit"
NY ANG
103d Rescue Squadron
103d Rescue Squadron.png
Francis S. Gabreski ANGB "We're all mad... you know!" NY ANG
129th Rescue Squadron
129 Rescue Squadron emblem.svg
Moffett Federal Airfield CA ANG
130th Rescue Squadron
130th Rescue Squadron emblem.jpg
Moffett Federal Airfield CA ANG
131st Rescue Squadron
131st Rescue Squadron emblem.jpg
Moffett Federal Airfield CA ANG
210th Rescue Squadron
210 Rescue Squadron emblem.svg
Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson "Second to None" AK ANG
211th Rescue Squadron
211th Rescue Squadron emblem.jpg
Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson AK ANG
212th Rescue Squadron
212th Rescue Squadron emblem.jpg
Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson AK ANG
301st Rescue Squadron
301st Rescue Squadron.png
Patrick Space Force Base "Guardian Wings" Air Force Reserve
303d Rescue Squadron
303d Rescue Squadron.jpg
Portland IAP Air Force Reserve inactivated 2003
304th Rescue Squadron
304th Rescue Squadron.jpg
Portland IAP Air Force Reserve
305th Rescue Squadron
305th Rescue Squadron.png
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
512 Rescue Sq.jpg
Kirtland AFB "Jolly"Training

Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadrons

SquadronShieldLocationMottoSupported Unit
37th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron
40th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron
42nd Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron

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References

Citations

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