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usa 66th Rescue Squadron

US Air Force

66th RQS







66th rescue squadron pave hawk

66th Rescue Squadron
66th Rescue Squadron, Haec Ago ut Alii Vivant ( These Things I Do So Others May Live ) is a worldwide-deployable Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) unit based at Nellis, Nevada flying the Sikorsky HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter

1952-1958: 66th Air Rescue Squadron (66 ARS) flying SH-19/HH-19 Chickasaw
1991-   : 66th Rescue Squadron (66 RQS)

Major deployments: Jan/Jul 1993 : Kuwait City for Operation Southern Watch over Iraq
2003 : Baghdad Iraq for Operation Enduring Freedom until Operation New Dawn in Dec.2011




1992, Saudi Arabia




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  News about 66th RQS


First HH-60W for USAF 66th Rescue Squadron

First HH-60W for USAF 66th Rescue Squadron

11-Aug-22 - US Air Force 66th Rescue Helicopter Squadron (RQS) part of the 563rd Rescue Group received first Sikorsky HH-60W Jolly Green II combat search and rescue helicopter (CSAR) to began transition from the HH-60G Pave Hawk #JollyGreenII
MH-60G Pave Hawk 009 Retirement

MH-60G Pave Hawk 009 Retirement

11-May-21 - US Air Force retired the Sikorsky MH-60G Pave Hawk tail number 87-26009 after 32 year, 11,000 flight hours and multiple deployments. The helicopter is to be displayed at the Hurlburt Field Memorial Air Park honoring 55th Special Operations Squadron (55 SOS) #PaveHawk
USAF Rescue Ready for SpaceX Crew Dragon

USAF Rescue Ready for SpaceX Crew Dragon

04-Jul-20 - USAF rescue teams with C-17, HC-130J Combat King II and HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters at Nellis, Charleston and Hickam were ready to carry out SAR mission in the event of an abort during the NASA / SpaceX first crewed flight of the Crew Dragon spacecraft #CrewDragon
Nellis AFB with New Jolly Pad

Nellis AFB with New Jolly Pad

16-Sep-19 - USAF’ 66th Rescue Squadron (RQS) Sikorsky HH-60G Pavehawk helicopters have a new helipad at their base at Nellis, Nevada #PaveHawk


  Locations


YearsLocationICAO/FAA
1991-    Nellis AFBKLSV
1952/58UK Kent International / Manston closed 2014EGMH



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Years Models
2022-    HH-60W Jolly Green II
1991-    S-70 H-60
1952/58 S-55 H-19






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