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Air Force Reserve Command

Bon voyage

A group of reservists from the 920th Rescue Wing here deploy to the Horn of Africa to for contingency support there. Approximately 30 pararescuemen and various support personnel from the 920th deployed in a C-17 Globemaster from the 514th Air Mobility Wing at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakenhurst, N.J. Seen here, wing commander Col. Jeffrey Macrander sees his Airmen off as they depart. Air Force pararescuemen are specifically organized, trained and equipped to conduct personnel recovery operations in hostile or denied areas as a primary mission. (U.S. Air Force file photo/Master Sgt. Paul Flipse)

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Rescue reservists deploy to Africa

Published May 28, 2015
920th Rescue Wing Public Affairs

PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. --

A group of reservists from the 920th Rescue Wing here deployed to the Horn of Africa May 24 for contingency support there.

Approximately 30 pararescue and support personnel will spend the next four months as part of Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa and will be in place for personnel-recovery operations and humanitarian efforts as needed.

The 920th Rescue Wing is the Air Force Reserve's only combat rescue unit. Air Force rescue units are the Department of Defense's only elite combat forces specifically organized, trained, equipped and postured to conduct full-spectrum personnel recovery, to include both conventional and unconventional combat-rescue operations.

Bon voyage