Free fall

SUMMERSIDE, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, Canada - Tech. Sgt. Simon Friedman, 304th Rescue Squadron, Portland Ore. pararescueman, free falls from a WC-130J Hercules aircraft. Friedman was participating in a parachuting accuracy exercise here during the U.S. and Canadian Search and Rescue Exercise (SAREX). (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Cathleen Snow)

Patient treatment

PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. - 920th Rescue Wing Reservist Tech. Sgt. Dave Foster, Combat Search and Rescue Medical Element team member, secures a simulated critically injured patient prior to flight. The CSARME teams train onboard an HC-130P/N aircraft to get used to the altitude, G-forces, low light working conditions and cramped areas while treating critically injured battlefield Airmen oversesas. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Master Sgt. John Schiller)

All systems go for Guardian Angels

PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. - Guardian Angel Weapons System Airmen from the 920th Rescue Wing here, Tech. Sgt. Adrian Durham (Right) and Master Sgt. Jon Grant, pararescuemen, prepare for astronaut rescue prior to boarding an HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter May 16, 2011 prior to the launch of Space Shuttle Endeavor. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Anna-Marie Wyant)

Malabar Field Exercise

U.S. AIR FORCE MALABAR TRANSMITTER ANNEX, Fla. - Reservists from the 920th Rescue Wing Mission Support Group activated the Post Attack Reconnaissance teams, PAR, to sweep the area for unexploded ordnances during a field training exercise at the U.S. Air Force Malabar Transmitter Annex Sunday May 8th. These teams carefully searched for these dangerous pieces of equipment and quarantined anything suspicious - following the same procedures as they would in a real-world event. This two-day field training was to simulate a working deployment with make-shift shelters, chemical gear, unexploded ordinance detection, hostage situations and field cooking. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Natasha Dowridge)

Air Force rock band features special operators in new video, song release

Published March 4, 2012
By Capt. Ryan Liss
920th Rescue Wing Public Affairs

PATRICK AFB. FLA - -- Max Impact, the premier rock band of the U.S. Air Force, recently released their newest song, "Send Me." Written by Max Impact members Senior Master Sgt. Matt Ascione and Master Sgt. Ryan Carson, the song is a tribute to the tireless efforts by members of the various Air Force special operations units.

"This song embodies the values of our entire wing and its search-and-rescue mission," said 920th Rescue Wing commander, Col. Jeffrey Macrander. "We currently have some 150 volunteer Airmen deployed saving lives worldwide."

The song is accompanied by a music video that intersperses images of the band performing with video shots of special tactics units in action, to include rescue operations.

"The song rocks!" said Chief Master Sgt. Douglas Kestranek, pararescueman and superintendent, 308th Rescue Squadron, part of the 920th Rescue Wing here. "The words in the song, that others may live--that's what we live and die by."

Air Force Rescue is the nation's force of choice to execute the most perilous, demanding and extreme rescue missions anytime, anywhere across the globe. The Air Force's more than 500 PJs are assigned to Guardian Angel and Special Tactics Squadrons throughout the active duty, Guard, and Reserve Air Force.

"The name of the song 'Send Me' goes along with our attitude here," said Kestranek. "We have guys who just returned from Afghanistan a month ago, and are volunteering to support active duty rescue personnel, and go back to Afghanistan."

Wing Airmen are currently serving in Germany, Afghanistan and the Horn of Africa region, among other locations worldwide. On their most recent ongoing deployment 920th Airmen are credited with saving more than 500 lives and counting.

The 920th RQW is an Air Force Reserve combat-search-and-rescue unit that trains and equips approximately 1,700 Airmen to search for, locate and recover U.S. Armed Forces personnel during military operations.

There are approximately 48 Guardian Angel Airmen assigned to the 920th RQW at Patrick. Guardian Angel Airmen comprise combat rescue offers, survival evasion resistance escape specialists and pararescuemen.

The video can be viewed by clicking on this link here.

To learn more about the 920th RQW, visit their Facebook page and follow them on Twitter.

Free fall

Patient treatment

All systems go for Guardian Angels

Malabar Field Exercise

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