by Master Sgt. Paul Flipse
920th Rescue Wing Public Affairs
1/21/2014 - PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- A
group of reservists from the 920th Rescue Wing here deployed to the
Horn of Africa Jan. 19 - 20 for contingency support there.
Approximately 70 helicopter crew, maintenance, operations and support
personnel deployed along with several of the wing's HH-60G Pave Hawk
helicopters aboard C-17 Globemasters from the 315th Airlift Wing at
Joint Base Charleston, S.C.
The Reserve Airmen will serve as part of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn
of Africa and will be in place for personnel-recovery operations along
with humanitarian efforts as needed.
The 920th Rescue Wing is the Air Force Reserve's only combat rescue
unit. Air Force rescue units are the Department of Defense's only elite
combat forces specifically organized, trained, equipped and postured to
conduct full-spectrum personnel recovery, to include both conventional
and unconventional combat-rescue operations.
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