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usa 512th Rescue Squadron

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512th RQS







512th Rescue Squadron
512th was a Bombardment unit between 1942 and 1965.

Reactivated as 512th Special Operations Squadron ( 512th SOS ) on 1994 within the 58th Special Operations Wing at Kirtland AFB. Redesignated 512 RQS on October 2000




I flew with 512 SOS from Feb 96 to Jun 97. UH-1N Tail no 603 610 612 629 649 650 665




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  News about 512th RQS


Kirtland AFB Welcomes HH-60W

Kirtland AFB Welcomes HH-60W

18-Dec-20 - USAF 512th Rescue Squadron (RQS), 58th Special Operations Wing (SOW) at Kirtland AFB, New Mexico welcomed the newest combat search and rescue (CSAR) helicopter, the HH-60W “Jolly Green II”, December 17, 2020 #Kirtland
New Detachment Stands Up at Kirtland AFB

New Detachment Stands Up at Kirtland AFB

12-Sep-19 - USAF’ 58th Operations Group (58 OG) Detachment 2 was activated at Kirtland AFB, New Mexico to “Prepare the wing to start formal training on the HH-60W, no later than March of 2021” #Kirtland
512th RQS HH-60G Pave Hawk Reaches 12,000 Hours

512th RQS HH-60G Pave Hawk Reaches 12,000 Hours

10-Jan-17 - An USAF’s Sikorsky HH-60G, tail number 81-23644, passed 12000 flight hours leading all Air Force Pave Hawks. Manufactured in 1983, is flying with the 58th SOW, 512th Rescue Squadron since 1990.


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YearsLocationICAO/FAA
1994-    Kirtland AFBKABQ
1957/65Rickenbacker / Lockbourne AFBKLCK



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Years Models
2021-    HH-60W Jolly Green II
1994-    UH-1N
1994-    S-70 H-60






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