The Second 10th, part of 176th Wing (176 WG), Alaska National Guard, along with the 211th RQS (HC-130 Hercules) and 212 RQS ( Parajumpers Air Force, PJs ).
Their linage:
1946 - 10th Air Rescue Squadron ( 10 ARS )
1952/1960 - 71st Air Rescue Squadron ( 71 ARS )
1970/1987 - 71 ARS
1990 - 210th Air Rescue Squadron ( 210 ARS ), Alaska Air National Guard
1994 - Det.1 to Eielson AFB
1995 - 210th Rescue Squadron ( 210 RQS )
The 210th became the first US-based rescue unit to receive the new MH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter when its first one arrived in June 1990. They would be redesignated HH-60Gs in 1992.
1946 - 10th Air Rescue Squadron ( 10 ARS )
1952/1960 - 71st Air Rescue Squadron ( 71 ARS )
1970/1987 - 71 ARS
1990 - 210th Air Rescue Squadron ( 210 ARS ), Alaska Air National Guard
1994 - Det.1 to Eielson AFB
1995 - 210th Rescue Squadron ( 210 RQS )
The 210th became the first US-based rescue unit to receive the new MH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter when its first one arrived in June 1990. They would be redesignated HH-60Gs in 1992.
On night of 30/31 Mar 2013, an HH-60G from 210th RQS was involved in the search for Alaska State Trooper AS350 Squirrel N911AA which had crashed.
News about 210th RQS |
Alaska Rescue Squadron Gets First OLR Pave Hawk
08-Aug-19 - USAF’ 210th Rescue Squadron (RQS) based at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, received the first Operational Loss Replacement (OLR) HH-60G Pave Hawk #PaveHawkOLRNational Guard Pave Hawk in Hurricane Florence Relief
20-Sep-18 - Alaska and New York Air National Guard HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters rescued 19 residents in North Carolina' Sampson and Clinton Counties during Hurricane Florence relief operations #HurricaneFlorenceUSAF Received First of 21 UH-60L OLR
28-Jun-16 - The U.S. Air Force acquired 21 ex US Army UH-60L as Operational Loss Replacement (OLR) helicopters and convert them into the Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) standard HH-60GAlaska Air National Guard Pave Hawks in Nevada Desert
18-Feb-16 - Alaska Air National Guard HH-60G Pave Hawks from 210th Rescue Squadron flew to Nellis Air Force Base in the Nevada desert for Red Flag 16-1Red Flag Alaska 15-3
12-Aug-15 - USAF 210th (Pave Hawks), 211th (HC-130 Hercules) and 212th (PJs) rescue squadrons are participating in Flag-Alaska 15-3More News ... | |
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