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33d Rescue Squadron

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Country
  
United States

Garrison/HQ
  
Kadena Air Base

Type
  
Search and Rescue

33d Rescue Squadron

Active
  
14 November 1952 – 18 March 1960 18 June 1961 – 1 October 1970 1 July 1971 – present

Branch
  
United States Air Force

Part of
  
Pacific Air Forces 5th Air Force 18th Wing 18th Operations Group

The 33d Rescue Squadron (33 RQS) is part of the 18th Wing at Kadena Air Base, Japan. It operates HH-60 Pave Hawk aircraft conducting search and rescue missions.

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History

The 33d has performed search, rescue, and recovery missions from 1952–1960, 1961–1970, and since 1971. The squadron flew missions in support of the Vietnam War from 1965–1967. The 33d supported operations following the seizure of the USS Pueblo by North Korea between 29 January and 16 September 1968 and aided search efforts and salvage operations from September–October 1983, after a Soviet fighter aircraft shot down South Korean airliner KAL 007.

Operations

  • Vietnam War

    • Operation Enduring Freedom- Multiple deployments from 2005–present

    Significant Awards

  • 2009 USAF Vern Orr Award
  • 2009 MacKay Trophy
  • 2011 MacKay Trophy

    • Lineage

  • 33d Air Rescue Squadron (1952–1965)
  • 33d Air Recovery Squadron (1965–1966)
  • 33d Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron (1966–1989)
  • 33d Air Rescue Squadron (1989–1993)
  • 33d Rescue Squadron (1993 – present)

    • Bases stationed

  • Kadena Air Base, Okinawa (1952–1955)
  • Naha Air Base, Okinawa (1955–1960, 1961–1970)
  • Kadena Air Base, Okinawa (1971 – present)

    • References

    33d Rescue Squadron Wikipedia
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