66th Rescue Squadron

66th RQS

Established 1952

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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

News

First HH-60W for USAF 66th Rescue Squadron

Aug 11, 2022 · 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
MH-60G Pave Hawk 009 Retirement

May 11, 2021 · 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
USAF Rescue Ready for SpaceX Crew Dragon

Jul 4, 2020 · 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 spacec
Nellis AFB with New Jolly Pad

Sep 16, 2019 · USAF’ 66th Rescue Squadron (RQS) Sikorsky HH-60G Pavehawk helicopters have a new helipad at their base at Nellis, Nevada

Locations

1952-1958	EGMH MSE	Manston
1991-	KLSV LSV	Nellis AFB

Models

1952-1958	Sikorsky S-55 H-19
1991-2024	Sikorsky HH-60G Pave Hawk
2022-	Sikorsky HH-60W Jolly Green II

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