38th Rescue Squadron

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unit_name= 38th Rescue Squadron


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dates= 14 November 1952 - 18 September 1957
30 June 1965 - 1 July 1971
1 July 1978 - 15 February 1996
1 May 2001 - Present
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type= Search and Rescue
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23d Air Force
347th Rescue Group
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The 38th Rescue Squadron (38 RQS) is part of the 347th Rescue Group at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia. It operates various fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft conducting search and rescue missions.

Mission

The 38 RQS trains, equips, and employs combat-ready pararescue and supporting personnel worldwide in support of U.S. national security interests and NASA. This squadron provides survivor contact, treatment, and extraction during combat rescue operations, and uses various fixed/rotary wing insertion/extraction assets and employs by any means available to provide combat and humanitarian search, rescue, and medical assistance in all environments. [http://www.moody.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=3442 347 RQG Fact Sheet] ]

History

The 38th conducted search, rescue, and recovery in Japan and adjacent waters from, 1952-1957 including supporting operations in Korea and adjacent waters from, 1952-1953. It operated 14 search and rescue detachments in Vietnam and Thailand from, 1965-1971. THe squadron provided light-lift helicopter operations east of the Mississippi River from, 1978-1980. It also flew rescue helicopter operations in South Korea and adjacent waters from, 1981-1995. [http://afhra.maxwell.af.mil/rso/squadrons_flights_pages/0038rqs.html AFHRA 38 RQS Page] ]

=Operations=

*Korean War
*Vietnam War

=Lineage=

*38th Air Rescue Squadron (1952 - 1966)
*38th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron (1966 - 1989)
*38th Air Rescue Squadron (1989 - 1994)
*38th Rescue Flight (1994 - 2001)
*38th Rescue Squadron (2001 - Present)

=Assignments=

*3d Air Rescue Group (1952 - 1957)
**Attached: HQ Far East Air Forces (14 November 1952 - 1 July 1954)
**Attached: Japan Air Defense Force (1 July - 1 August 1954)
**Attached: Pacific Air Forces (1 August 1954 - c. 18 September 1957)
*2d Air Rescue Group (1957)
*Military Air Transport Service (1965)
*Air Rescue Service (1965 - 1966)
**Attached: 2d Air Division (1 July 1965 - c. 7 January 1966)
*3d Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Group (1966 - 1971)
*39th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Wing (1978 - 1981)
*41st Rescue and Weather Reconnaissance Wing (1981 - 1989)
*Air Rescue Service (1989 - 1993)
*51st Fighter Wing (1993 - 1996)
*347th Rescue Group (2001 - Present)

=Bases stationed=

*Misawa Air Base, Japan (1952 - 1957)
*Tan Son Nhut Air Base, South Vietnam (1965 - 1971)
*Homestead Air Force Base, Florida (1978 - 1981)
*Osan Air Base, South Korea (1981 - 1996)
*Moody Air Force Base, Georgia (2001 - Present)

=Aircraft Operated=

*SA-16 Albatross (1952 - 1957)
*H-5 Dragonfly (1953)
*H/SH-19 Chickasaw (1954 - 1957)
*CH/HH-3 (1965 - 1966)
*HH-43 Huskie (1965 - 1971)
*UH-1 Iroquois (1978 - 1980)
*CH-3 (1979 - 1980, 1981 - 1990)
*HH-60 Pave Hawk (1990 - 1995)

References

Notes

Bibliography

* [http://afhra.maxwell.af.mil/rso/squadrons_flights_pages/0038rqs.html USAF 38th Rescue Squadron History]
* [http://www.moody.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=3442 347th Rescue Group Fact Sheet]

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