USAF 106th Rescue Wing Para-Rescue Jumpers Train

Pararescuemen assigned to the 102nd Rescue Squadron simulate recovering a downed F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot during training March 25, 2013, at F.S. Gabreski Air National Guard Base in Westhampton, New York.

Pararescuemen are the only Defense Department elite combat forces specifically organized, trained, equipped and postured to conduct full spectrum personnel recovery to include conventional and unconventional combat rescue operations.

New York Air National Guard Pararescue Jumpers with the 102nd Rescue Squadron simulate recovering a downed F-16 pilot during training at FS Gabreski Air National Guard Base in Westhampton Beach, New York on March 25th, 2013. The Airman are part of the 106th Rescue Wing of the New York Air National Guard.


Source: WESTHAMPTON BEACH, N.Y. – USAF News - 25 March 2013

Photo: The U.S. Air Force Rescue Combat Mission (Photo by Senior Airman Christopher S. Muncy)


(25.03.2013)