Elvis Patch, 66th Rescue Squadron CSAR, If He's Out There, We’ll Find Him, HH-60

Description

Vintage, original patch given to me by the
Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR)
unit during support at Red Flag Exercise at Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas, Nevada in the 90's.
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The 66th Rescue Squadron is stationed at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, where it operates HH-60 Pave Hawk aircraft conducting search and rescue and combat search and rescue missions. It is geographically separated unit of the 563rd Rescue Group at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, which is part of the 23d Wing at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia.
The primary mission of the 66th Rescue Squadron is worldwide combat rescue in support of combat air forces. The 66 RQS is one of six Air Force active-duty HH-60 combat rescue units and is geared for worldwide deployment.
The squadron performs other vital functions in addition to worldwide combat rescue. The unit's secondary mission is to provide rescue support for air operations over the Nellis Range Complex and backup rescue for civilian agencies in the local area and the greater Southwestern United States.
Depending on the mission, a typical rescue crew may include a pilot, co-pilot, flight engineer, aerial gunner and two pararescuemen. These Pararescue Jumpers, or "PJs," are qualified as combat paramedics, scuba divers, parachutists, mountain climbers and survivalists.
The unit provides rapidly deployable combat search and rescue (CSAR) forces to theater CINCs worldwide and conducts peacetime search and rescue in support of the National Search and Rescue Plan and the U.S. Air Force Warfare Center.
The 66th also directly supports HH-60G logistical and maintenance support requirements for the U.S. Air Force Weapons School and Air Combat Command-directed operational test missions.
The 66th flew search and rescue, aeromedical evacuation, disaster relief from, 1952–1958 and since 1991. The squadron deployed to Southwest Asia to ensure Iraq’s compliance with United Nations treaty terms from, January–July 1993.
The unit was in Afghanistan in the summer of 2010. Media reported 4 aircrew deaths in June when a Pave Hawk helicopter was shot down during a rescue mission on 9 June.  Flight engineer David Smith was lost on impact. On 2 July a fifth death was added to the list of four when Captain David Wisniewski died from injuries received in 9 June crash. Captain Wisniewski is credited with saving more than 240 soldiers during his seven tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan, 40 of which were saved in his final rescue mission in June. The only two survivors were Captain Anthony Simone and Master Sergeant Christopher Aguilera.
Lineage
Constituted as the 66th Air Rescue Squadron on 17 October 1952
Activated on 14 November 1952
Inactivated on 18 January 1958
Activated on 1 January 1991
Redesignated 66th Rescue Squadron on 1 February 1993
Assignments
9th Air Rescue Group, 14 November 1952 – 18 January 1958 (attached to United States Air Forces in Europe until 15 November 1953, Third Air Force until 1 August 1954, United States Air Forces in Europe until c. 18 January 1958)
Air Rescue Service, 18 January 1991 (attached to 4404th Operations Group (Provisional) 25 January - 5 July 1993)
57th Operations Group, 1 February 1993
563d Rescue Group, 1 October 2003
Stations
RAF Manston, England, 14 November 1952 – 18 January 1958
Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, 18 January 1991 – present (deployed to Kuwait City, Kuwait 25 January - 5 July 1993)
Aircraft
Grumman SA-16 Albatross (1952–1958)
Sikorsky SH-19 (1952–1958)
Fairchild C-82 Packet (1952–1953)
Sikorsky HH-60 Pave Hawk (1991 – present)
The MH-60G Pave Hawk's primary mission is insertion and recovery of special operations personnel, while the HH-60G Pave Hawk's core mission is recovery of personnel under hostile conditions, including combat search and rescue. Both versions conduct day or night operations into hostile environments. Because of its versatility, the HH-60G may also perform peacetime operations such as civil search and rescue, emergency aeromedical evacuation (MEDEVAC), disaster relief, international aid and counter-drug activities.
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