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On April 24, the Senate passed an amendment to the bill (S. 1484). S.1484, also called the Vietnam Contingency Act, established the Vietnam contingency fund and lowered the amount of funds to $1 million during 1975 for humanitarian and withdrawal purposes that the President determines is in the national interest.
Kevin Hill, 42, from Moore County — just north of Fort Liberty (formerly Fort Bragg) — is a former Air Force combat controller who retired a little over a year ago.
By 1950, the unification of all the formerly independent Air Rescue Squadrons under the umbrella of the Air Rescue Service was complete. In 1950, North Korea attacked across the 38th parallel and began the Korean War. This was an opportunity for Air Rescue to put training into practice and to develop theories into policies.
The 38th Rescue Squadron (38 RQS) is an active United States Air Force Pararescue squadron. Part of the 347th Rescue Group , 23rd Wing , it is stationed at Moody Air Force Base , Georgia . The squadron flew combat search and rescue missions during the Korean War and the Vietnam War .
The concept of a rescue mission inside North Vietnam began on 9 May 1970. An Air Force intelligence unit concluded through analysis of aerial photography that a compound near Sơn Tây, suspected since late 1968 of being a prisoner of war camp, contained 55 American POWs and that at least six were in urgent need of rescue.
There he piloted 68 combat missions, 53 of which were over North Vietnam, before being captured. Arcuri was a B-52 copilot with the 744th Bomb Squadron of the 456th Bomb Wing at Beale AFB, California.
A rescue squadron's main task is to provide both combat, and peacetime search and rescue operations. Which involve the search for and the provision of aid to those in danger or distress, in combat the role may overlap somewhat with casualty evacuation operations.
Detachment 5, Edwards Air Force Base, California: 1 July 1978 – 31 December 1987; Detachment 6 Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico: 1 July 1978 – 31 December 1987; Detachment 7 Da Nang Air Base, South Vietnam: 11 December 1972 – 10 February 1973; Detachment 8 Takhli RTAFB, Thailand: c. Dec 1972 – 31 January 1973