31st Rescue Squadron

31st RQS

Established 1952

1952-66 : 31st Air Rescue Squadron ( 31st ARS )
1966-75 : 31st Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron ( 31st ARRS )
1981-89 : id
1989-01 : 31st Special Operations Squadron ( 31st SOS )
2003- : 31st Rescue Squadron ( 31st RQS )

They operated no aircraft; served as all-parachute jump rescue unit

News

USAF Pave Hawks Training at USCG Rescue School

Apr 20, 2023 · US Air Force HH-60G Pave Hawk active duty, Guard and Reserve crews along Canadians from RCAF Comox base completed joint rescue training at US Coast Guard Station Astoria, Oregon
Kadena Pave Hawk Save Downed Osprey Crew

Dec 15, 2016 · USAF 33rd and 31st Rescue Squadrons based at Kadena AFB, Japan rescued five crew of a Marine VMM-265 squadron MV-22B Osprey after an emergency landing into the Pacific Ocean near Camp Schwab off Okinawa

Locations

1952-1975	RPLC CRK	Diosdado Macapagal International Airport
1981-1991	RPLC CRK	Diosdado Macapagal International Airport
1991-1992	ROTM	MCAS Futenma
1992-2001	RKSO OSN	Osan AB
2003-	RODN DNA	Kadena AB

Models

1952-1964	Sikorsky S-55 H-19
1964-1972	Kaman H-43 Huskie
1968-1975	Sikorsky CH/HH-3
1981-1990	Sikorsky CH/HH-3
1990-2001	Sikorsky CH/HH-53

Airframes (4)

Reg	Model	C/N	Built
65-5693	ch-3c	61-544	1965
68-10932	ch-53c	65-261		w/o 1995
92-26467	hh-60g	unknown
92-26470	hh-60g	unknown

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