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  2. United States Air Force Pararescue - Wikipedia

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    The Vietnam War was a pivotal conflict for the Pararescue teams. The Air Force's scope of operations became so large that demand for Pararescue teams expanded as well. The use of helicopters caused new tactics utilizing the speed, distance, and support they could provide.

  3. 38th Rescue Squadron - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. List of United States Air Force rescue squadrons - Wikipedia

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    Pararescue Jumpers [6] 1st Expeditionary Rescue Group: 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing: Previously at Diyarbakır Air Base: 59th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron: N/A: HH-60: Previously at Kandahar Airfield until Feb 2013 (451 AEW). [7] 64th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron: Palm Trees: N/A: HH-60G: 1st Expeditionary Rescue Group

  5. William H. Pitsenbarger - Wikipedia

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    William Hart Pitsenbarger (July 8, 1944 – April 11, 1966) was a United States Air Force Pararescueman who flew on almost 300 rescue missions during the Vietnam War to aid downed soldiers and pilots. On April 11, 1966, Pitsenbarger was killed aiding and defending a unit of soldiers pinned down by an enemy assault during the Vietnam War.

  6. 40th Helicopter Squadron - Wikipedia

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    This rescue was the deepest CSAR mission into North Vietnam and took place 8 km northeast of Yên Bái Air Base, one of the most active Vietnamese People's Air Force MiG airfields. Stovall was awarded a Bronze Oak leaf cluster in lieu of a second award of Silver Star. [30] Stovall was also awarded the 1973 Jabara Award for Airmanship.

  7. United States Air Force Combat Rescue School - Wikipedia

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    The HH-43F units were staffed with USAF Pararescue personnel as part of the combat recovery team. Throughout the war, both HH-43B and HH-43F helicopters flew deep into North Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. HH-43 crews saved more lives than any other USAF rescue helicopter in the Vietnam War. [4] USAF air rescue team

  8. List of allied military operations of the Vietnam War (1971)

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    HELICOPTER Operations in VIETNAM; Special Operations in Vietnam; Information About Records Relating to the Vietnam War Operations Analysis (OPSANAL) System; Naval Operations in Vietnam; The short film A-1-5 1st Air Cavalry, Bình Tuy Province (1971) is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive

  9. List of defunct special forces units - Wikipedia

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    Vietnam War. 46th Special Forces Company; Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol (LRRP) MIKE Force; Military Assistance Command, Vietnam Studies and Observations Group(MACV-SOG) Phoenix Program; Project 404/Palace Dog; Project "Leaping Lena" (Vietnam War) Project DELTA; Project GAMMA; Project Sigma and Project Omega; Raven Forward Air Controllers ...