News - Tag 920th Rescue Wing

May 13, 2026
920th Rescue Wing assists in rescue of 11 survivors off Florida coast

Reserve Airmen assigned to the 920th Rescue Wing assisted in the rescue of 11 survivors from a downed civilian aircraft approximately 80 miles east of Melbourne, Florida, May 12, 2026. An emergency locator transmitter signal from a twin-engine turboprop aircraft alerted Coast Guard Southeast
July 10, 2025
Total Force team Rescues Pregnant Woman 250 Miles off Pacific Coast

A Total force team of Air Force Reserve, active duty, and Air National Guard Airmen executed a life-saving rescue mission involving a pregnant woman aboard a civilian ship off the Pacific coast July 6.
July 17, 2024
‘Fly Like a Girl’: Inspiring the next generation of female pilots

More than 75 middle school and high school students attended the first-ever Fly Like a Girl event to celebrate women in all military professions with an emphasis in aviation at Patrick Space Force Base, Florida, July 12, 2024.
March 15, 2023
308th Rescue Squadron honors Jolly 51

The 308th Rescue Squadron, Gold Star family members, and friends conducted a special memorial "Jolly 51" workout event at Patrick Space Force Base, Florida, March 9, honoring the seven service members who made the ultimate sacrifice on March 15, 2018, in the helicopter crash of "Jolly 51" that was
March 7, 2023
920th Mission Support Group executes agile combat employment concepts

The 920th Mission Support Group applied Agile Combat Employment concepts to hone their tactics, techniques, and procedures to execute field operations in contested, austere environments during exercise DISTANT SHADOW here, March 2. Over 150 MSG Airmen from the 920th Rescue Wing were taken to a
Aug. 17, 2022
Wing exercise validates combat rescue sustainment functions

More than 140 sustainment and operations Airmen from the 920th Rescue Wing established a temporary contingency location (TCL) in less than 24 hours here Aug. 1-10, 2022 to conduct the wing’s Distant Horizon exercise, which validated the multi-capable sustainment abilities of a Personnel Recovery
Aug. 9, 2022
New 920th tactics unleash .50-caliber aircraft weapons from contingency locations

When United States military personnel are trapped in enemy territory every minute counts as danger approaches and when the 920th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron’s weapons specialists were tasked to find a way to use the wing’s HH-60G Pave Hawk weapons systems as a way to defend a contingency location
June 3, 2022
304th Rescue Squadron assists civilian search and rescue

An eight-member Guardian Angel team from the 304th Rescue Squadron was called upon to assist with the rescue efforts of two injured climbers from Mount Rainier, Washington on May 13.
May 3, 2022
920th aircraft structural maintenance shop accelerates change

When a bird struck the leading edge of one of the wing’s C-130J Combat King II aircraft during a flight the 920th Maintenance Squadron’s aircraft structural maintenance shop successfully repaired the damage and returned the aircraft to flying operations within two months; saving the wing more
April 14, 2022
920th Rescue Wing develops enhanced combat rescue structure

After two years of assessment and validation the 920th Rescue Wing has developed an enhanced Personnel Recovery Task Force (PRTF) structure along with overhauled tactics, techniques, and procedures with a specific design to deny competitors exploitation of isolated personnel.The structure

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