66th Rescue Squadron

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 66th Rescue Squadron


caption= 66th Rescue Squadron Patch
dates= 14 November 1952 - 18 January 1958
1 January 1991 - Present
country= United States
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branch=United States Air Force
type= Search and Rescue
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command_structure= Air Combat Command
Air Force Warfare Center
57th Wing
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garrison= Nellis Air Force Base
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motto= Haec Ago ut Alii Vivant
These Things I Do So Others May Live
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battle_honours= The 66th Rescue Squadron (66 RQS) is part of the 57th Wing at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. It operates HH-60 Pave Hawk aircraft conducting search and rescue missions.

Mission

History

The 66th flew search and rescue, aeromedical evacuation, disaster relief from, 1952–1958 and since 1991. The squadron deployed to Southwest Asia to ensure Iraq’s compliance with United Nations treaty terms from, January–July 1993. [http://afhra.maxwell.af.mil/rso/squadrons_flights_pages/0066rqs.html AFHRA 66 RQS Page] ]

Operations

=Lineage=

*66th Air Rescue Squadron (1952 - 1993)
*66th Rescue Squadron (1993 - Present)

=Assignments=

*9th Air Rescue Group (1952 - 1958)
**Attached: HQ United States Air Forces in Europe (14 November 1952 - 15 November 1953)
**Attached: 3rd Air Force (15 November 1953 - 1 August 1954)
**Attached: HQ United States Air Forces in Europe (1 August 1954 - c. 18 January 1958)
*Air Rescue Service (1991 - 1993)
**Attached: 4404th Operations Group (Provisional) (25 January - 5 July 1993)
*57th Wing (1993 - Present)

=Bases stationed=

*RAF Manston, England (1952 - 1958)
*Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada (1991 - Present)
**Deployed: Kuwait City, Kuwait (25 January - 5 July 1993)

=Aircraft Operated=

*SA-16 Albatross (1952 - 1958)
*SH-19 Chickasaw (1952 - 1958)
*C-82 Packet (1952 - 1953)
*HH-60 Pave Hawk (1991 - Present)

References

Notes

Bibliography

* [http://afhra.maxwell.af.mil/rso/squadrons_flights_pages/0066rqs.html USAF 66th Rescue Squadron History]

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