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.

The 39th Rescue Squadron, located at Patrick Space Force Base, Florida, operates HC-130J Combat King II aircraft that 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.

MISSION: The 305th RQS trains personnel, with equipment, to achieve and maintain the capability to perform day/night combat rescue missions; search for, locate and recover United States Air Force and other Department of Defense personnel involved with United States defense activities; provide search and rescue support of civilians as directed ...

Headquartered at Patrick Space Force Base, Florida, the 920th RQW is AFRC's premier combat search and rescue (CSAR) unit. The wing consists of over 2,500 combat rescue Airmen, trained and equipped to locate and recover U.S. Armed Forces personnel during both peacetime and wartime military operations.

The 308th Rescue Squadron trains and maintains the Air Force’s dedicated rescue capability of Department of Defense personnel, in support of Combatant Commander’s wartime objectives. Air Force Pararescuemen are the only DoD elite combat forces specifically organized, trained, equipped and postured to conduct full-spectrum Personnel Recovery ...

212th Rescue Squadron (212 RQS) The busiest rescue force in the Department of Defense, the 212th Rescue Squadron provides elite pararescuemen (PJs), combat rescue officers (CROs) and Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape (SERE) specialists to carry out the 176th Wing's wartime and peacetime rescue missions.

The 66th Rescue Squadron (66 RQS) is an inactive squadron of the United States Air Force that was last stationed at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, where it operated HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopters conducting search and rescue and combat search and rescue missions.

211th Rescue Squadron (211RQS) The 211th Rescue Squadron is one of three flying squadrons that work together to execute the 176th Wing's search-and-rescue missions. Specifically, the 211 RQS operates four HC-130J Combat King II aircraft.

2024年11月30日 · The 212th Rescue Squadron is one of the most elite units in the US Air Force. It specializes in high-risk rescues in extreme conditions worldwide.

2023年5月30日 · Originally called the 79th Air Rescue Squadron, the 79th RQS was activated in November 1952 and operated out of Anderson Air Force Base, Guam. After periods of inactivation and reactivation, the 79th Air Rescue Squadron was redesignated as the 79th Rescue Squadron in 2003 and activated at DM under the 563rd Rescue Group, where it has remained ...