Squadron HH-60G flying over the Las Vegas Strip in 2003
Active
1952–1958; 1991–2023
Country
United States
Branch
United States Air Force
Role
Search and Rescue
Part of
Air Combat Command
Garrison/HQ
Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada
Motto(s)
Haec Ago Ut Alii Vivant (Latin: "This I Do That Others May Live")
Engagements
Iraq War Global War on Terror[1]
Decorations
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with Combat "V" Device Air Force Meritorious Unit Award Air Force Outstanding Unit Award[1]
Insignia
66th Rescue Squadron emblem (approved 21 February 1958)[1]
Aircraft flown
Helicopter
HH-60G/W
Military unit
The 66th Rescue Squadron (66 RQS) is an inactive squadron of the United States Air Force that was last stationed at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, where it operated HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopters conducting search and rescue and combat search and rescue missions. At the time of its inactivation in 2023, it was a geographically separated unit of the 563rd Rescue Group, 355th Wing, at Davis–Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona.
^ abcHaulman, Daniel L. (21 March 2017). "66 Rescue Squadron (ACC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
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