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23-Aug-23 - For the first time in over 20 years, the US Air Force and Serbian air force partnered together to conduct the first helicopter flight formation in history and participate in a search and rescue exercise #Serbia
08-Jul-23 - US Air Force 56th Rescue Squadron (56th RQS) Sikorsky HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters based out of Aviano, Italy participated in the 2-week combat search and rescue (CSAR) exercise Jolly Vihar 23-2 at Papa Air Base, Hungary #CSAR
24-Mar-22 - US Air Force 56th Rescue Squadron Pave Hawk helicopters alongside its PJs all based out of Aviano, Italy training in Romania with British Royal Marines and Romanian special forces
14-Oct-21 - After 30 years of service and 9,362.4 flight hours the US Air Force retires the Sikorsky HH-60G Pave Hawk #26212 which served in Kirtland, Keflavik, Lakenheath and finally in Aviano. Will now be used as gate guardian in front of the 56th Rescue Squadron, building 7300 #PaveHawk
19-Jul-20 - US Air Force 56th Helicopter Maintenance Unit (56th HMU) completed move to new base at Aviano Air Base, Italy from RAF Lakenheath, UK. The technical support specialists maintains the 56th Rescue Squadron (56 RQS) HH-60G Pave Hawks flying #Aviano
17-Dec-19 - USAF HC-130J Combat King II from 79th Rescue Squadron (RQS) and HH-60G from 56th RQS which relocated to Aviano last year, trained aerial refueling in Southern Europe #AerialRefueling
17-May-18 - From the YR-4 rescue in Burma during WWII, through the HH-43 Huskie and HH-3E Jolly Green Giant in Vietnam, to nowadays Pave Hawks, the combat search and rescue will continue to evolve and grow #CSAR
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