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66th Rescue Squadron
Squadron HH-60G flying over the Las Vegas Strip in 2003
Active1952–1958; 1991–2023
Country66th Rescue Squadron United States
Branch66th Rescue Squadron United States Air Force
RoleSearch and Rescue
Part ofAir Combat Command
Garrison/HQNellis Air Force Base, Nevada
Motto(s)Haec Ago Ut Alii Vivant
(Latin: "This I Do That Others May Live")
EngagementsIraq War
Global War on Terror[1]
DecorationsAir 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
HelicopterHH-60G/W

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.

  1. ^ a b c Haulman, Daniel L. (21 March 2017). "66 Rescue Squadron (ACC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 3 November 2016.

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