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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 512th RQS on October 2000. Now part of Air Education and Training Command (AETC) to provide mission-ready H-1 and H-60 crew members to helicopter units worldwide




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


A USAF UH-1N Helicopter Reaches 55 Years of Service

A USAF UH-1N Helicopter Reaches 55 Years of Service

02-Apr-24 - A Bell UH-1N Twin Huey helicopter assigned to the US Air Force’s 58th Special Operations Wing (SOW), 512th Rescue Squadron, has reached 20,000 flight hours, five times its original life expectancy. This is only the third Huey to reach this milestone #veteran
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 HH-60G Pave Hawk






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