36th Rescue Flight

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unit_name= 36th Rescue Flight


caption= 36th Rescue Flight Patch
dates= 14 November 1952 - 18 September 1960
18 June 1961 - 30 November 1972
1 May 1993 - Present
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type= Search and Rescue
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command_structure= Air Education and Training Command
336th Training Group
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The 36th Rescue Flight (36 RQF) is part of the 336th Training Group at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington. It operates UH-1 Iroquois aircraft conducting search and rescue missions in support of the US Air Force Survival School.

Mission

History

The 36th flew combat rescue missions in the Korean War from, November 1952-July 1953. It conducted search, rescue, and recovery missions in Japan and the waters around Japan from, 1952-1960 and 1961-1972. Since May 1993 the squadron has operated helicopters for survival training. [http://afhra.maxwell.af.mil/rso/squadrons_flights_pages/0036rqf.html AFHRA 36 RQF Page] ]

=Operations=

*Korean War

=Lineage=

*36th Air Rescue Squadron (1952 - 1965)
*36th Air Recovery Squadron (1965 - 1966)
*36th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron (1966 - 1993)
*36th Rescue Flight (1993 - Present)

=Assignments=

*3d Air Rescue Group (1952 - 1957)
*2d Air Rescue Group (1957 - 1958)
**Attached: 5th Air Force
*Air Rescue Service (1958 - 1960)
**Attached: 5th Air Force
*Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Service (1961 - 1967)
**Attached: 5th Air Force
*41st Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Wing (1967 - 1972)
*92d Air Refueling Wing (1993)
*336th Training Group (1993 - Present)

=Bases stationed=

*Johnson Air Base, Japan (1952 - 1960)
*Tachikawa Air Base, Japan (1960, 1961 - 1969)
*Yokota Air Base, Japan (1969 - 1972)
*Kadena Air Base, Okinawa (1972)
*Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington (1993 - Present)

=Aircraft Operated=

*SA-16 Albatross (1952 - 1960)
*H-19 Chickasaw (1952 - 1960)
*C-47 Skytrain (1952 - 1956)
*SC-54 (1955 - 1960)
*HC-54 (1961 - 1966)
*HH-19 Chickasaw (1961 - 1964)
*HH-43 Huskie (1964 - 1965)
*HC-130 Hercules (1966 - 1972)
*UH-1 Iroquois (1993 - Present)

References

Notes

Bibliography

* [http://afhra.maxwell.af.mil/rso/squadrons_flights_pages/0036rqf.html USAF 36th Rescue Flight History]
* [http://public.fairchild.amc.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=3772 36th Rescue Flight Fact Sheet]
* [http://public.fairchild.amc.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=3771 U.S. Air Force Survival School Fact Sheet]

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