This section contains various items of historic value that are not appropriate for other areas of the website. |
| USAF Helicopter Pioneers |
| Darkness Falls: A Farewell to the Pave Low |
| A Valley Ruled by Giants |
| Rescue Unit to Support Space Shuttle Launch |
| Rescue Crews Join Search For Missing NFL Players |
| Airmen Advise Afghans on Russian-made Helicopters |
| ANG Saves pilot |
| Three Hundred Saved and Counting |
| Rescue Wing Sends Replacements to Afghanistan |
| Green Hornets Case Their Flag (BY JIM BURNS) |
| Search and Rescue Operations in SEA - 1 Jan 71 - 31 Mar 72 (COURTESY OF DAN WOLFE) |
| USAF Search and Rescue in Southeast Asia 1961 - 1966 (COURTESY OF DAN WOLFE) |
| The evolution of USAF search and rescue in Southeast Asia 1961 - 1968 (COURTESY OF DAN WOLFE) |
| Requiem for a Heavy Lift (BY JIM HENTHORN) |
| 20th S0S (Ponies) 1968 Christmas Card (COURTESY OF ROY ADAMS) |
| VNAF H-19 Info (COURTESY OF SID NANSON) |
| HH-3E Jolly Green Giant Rollout and Awards Ceremony (COURTESY OF JIM BURNS) |
| Tucson Citizen News Article (COURTESY OF LARRY WIELGOSZ) |
| Sikorsky News Article Helicopter Units Aid Hotel Fire Rescues (COURTESY OF LARRY WIELGOSZ) |
| Sikorsky Aircraft Article (COURTESY OF LARRY WIELGOSZ) |
| Rotor & Wing Sept. 1986 How the 601st plays the radar shell game (COURTESY OF LARRY WIELGOSZ) |
| Rotor & Wing Oct. 1986 Article Snagging Cruise Missles with the 6514th (COURTESY OF LARRY WIELGOSZ) |
| Rotor & Wing Oct. 1986 Article Flying with the USAF VIP Helicopter Sq (COURTESY OF LARRY WIELGOSZ) |
| Rotor & Wing Feb. 1981 Article Helicopter Units Aid Hotel Fire Rescues (COURTESY OF LARRY WIELGOSZ) |
| Rotor & Wing Apr. 1992 Out of Ideas Article (COURTESY OF LARRY WIELGOSZ) |
| Rotor & Wing Apr. 1986 Article 67th ARRS (COURTESY OF LARRY WIELGOSZ) |
| Rescue Force by Maj. J. Alan Hassell (COURTESY OF LARRY WIELGOSZ) |
| Quarterly Review 1979 Article FAC Test (COURTESY OF LARRY WIELGOSZ) |
| HH-60G 2nd production HH-60G, 97-26773 (COURTESY OF LARRY WIELGOSZ) |
| HH-53B 1st flight, sn 66-14428 Sikorsky Photo (COURTESY OF LARRY WIELGOSZ) |
| H-60 Sikorsky Brochure (COURTESY OF LARRY WIELGOSZ) |
| Flying Mag. July 1988 Article 129th ARRS (COURTESY OF LARRY WIELGOSZ) |
| Flight Journal Dec. 2008 Bravest of the Brave Article (COURTESY OF LARRY WIELGOSZ) |
| Defence Helicopter May-June 1992 SOF in Reserve Article (COURTESY OF LARRY WIELGOSZ) |
| Combat Aircraft Article (COURTESY OF LARRY WIELGOSZ) |
| ARRS celebrates 30th Anniversay Sikorsky News Article (COURTESY OF LARRY WIELGOSZ) |
| Airman Mag. July 1999 (COURTESY OF LARRY WIELGOSZ) |
| Airman Mag. 1st HS Article, July 1983 (COURTESY OF LARRY WIELGOSZ) |
| Airforces Monthly No.12 March SOS Rescue Article (COURTESY OF LARRY WIELGOSZ) |
| Air Pictoral Article Feb., 1982 That Others May Live (COURTESY OF LARRY WIELGOSZ) |
| Air International Dec. 1996 Article Big Charlie, Jolly Greens & Pave Pigs (COURTESY OF LARRY WIELGOSZ) |
| Air Combat Article In The Spirit of Lindbergh, Apr. 1992 (COURTESY OF LARRY WIELGOSZ) |
| 1550th Air Crew Training and Test Wing (COURTESY OF LARRY WIELGOSZ) |
| US Air Force MH-53s fly final combat missions (COURTESY OF SAM GROCE) |
| The last MH-53s waiting to be shipped home from the AOR (COURTESY OF TOM GREEN) |
| Green Hornets swarm for last time (COURTESY OF JIM HENTHORN) |
| Bittersweet homecoming for 20th Special Operations Squadron (COURTESY OF JIM HENTHORN) |
| H-19A & B History after USAF Service (COURTESY OF SID NANSON) |
| ARRS Memorial (COURTESY OF LARRY WIELGOSZ) |
| MH-53M Pave Low IV, tail number 68-10369 last MH-53 flight from Hurlburt (COURTESY OF TOM GREEN) Personal account of last MH-53 to depart Hurlburt (COURTESY OF JIM BURNS) Newspaper article on the arrival of MH-53M Pave Low IV, tail number 68-10369 at Hill AFB UT |
| Last HH-53C at Sikorsky Aircraft (COURTESY OF LARRY WIELGOSZ) |
| Last flight of MH-53J tail #73-1652 |
| French Captain joins 41st RQS as exchange officer |
| Air National Guard members save lives by land, sea |
| Air National Guard unit ready to fight wildfires and save lives |
| Gary AFB History (COURTESY OF HARVEY MELTZER) |
| Air Force Search-and-Rescue Crews Stressed by War |
| Hurlburt immortalizes MH-53 in air park |
| Final MH-53 Pave Low leaves RAF Mildenhall |
| 21st SOS Pave Low Being Prepared For Air Shipment To Davis-Monthan |
| 1975 21st SOS Presentation (COURTESY OF 21ST H-53 PILOT DAVE LYKENS, RECEIVED FROM BOB BLOUGH) |
| Air Rescue Service - A Direction for the Twenty-first Century (Published Airpower Journal Fall 1990) (COURTESY OF JIM BURNS) |
| Search and Rescue in Southeast Asia, 1961-1975 (Air University Review, January-February 1980) (COURTESY OF JIM BURNS) |
| Heritage of The Combat Search and Rescue Professionals |
| Black Hats and White Hats: The Effect of Organizational Culture and Institutional Identity on the Twenty-third Air Force |
| Pave Low Helicopters Depart Kirtland AFB NM (COURTESY OF TOM GREEN) |
| 551st SOS Deactivates at Kirtland AFB NM |
| First Pave Low to AMARC |
| Special Ops Halts Pave Low Training |
| CSAR Under New Management 2006 (ACC) |
| CSAR Under New Management 2003 (AFSOC) |
| Combat Rescue Units See Shift in Missions |
| Flight Mechanics to become Helicopter Flight Engineers. (COURTESY OF TOM GREEN) |
| 917th FTD Stead AFB NV To Saigon RSVN (COURTESY OF JIM MOORE) |
| On Nov 3, 1944, Japan released the first of more than 9,000 bomb-bearing ballons. They were called the Fu-Go Weapon. It is estimated that nearly 1,000 reached North America. They were found in several states as well as in Canada and Mexico. The last one found in North America was in Alaska in 1955 - its payload still lethal after 10 years of erosion. It was picked up by a 74th Air Rescue Squadron helicopter crew from Ladd Air Force Base. |
| First recorded military rescue by helicopter. |
| The Korean War Fiftieth Anniversary Commemorative Edition. "THAT OTHERS MAY LIVE" USAF Air Rescue in Korea. (COURTESY OF DON CANNON) |
| The 21st Special Operations Squadron (SOS), assigned to NKP Thailand was heavily involved in many aspects of the "Secret War", the war in Laos. One of the former members, Bob Arnau, has compiled what he calls "Knife Tales" in which he has documented numerous "first hand" experiences of many of the former members of the Squadron. He continually adds "stories" as he receives them and forwards a copy to the former members of the 21st SOS. The "Knife Tales" is the history of many of those that served honorably during their tour(s) with the 21st. (COURTESY OF BOB ARNAU) |
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On 7 June 1969 a Silver Helicopter Anniversary Banquet was held at Sheppard AFB TX. The banquet was in commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the USAF Helicopter Pilot school. The USAFHPA website had detailed information of the history of the USAF Helicopter Pilot School. (COURTESY OF DON CANNON)
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| On 10 July 1967 One of the two Bell H-13J helicopters assigned to Presidential services during former President Eisenhower's Administration was turned over to the Air Force Museum at Wright-Patterson AFB. (COURTESY OF DON CANNON) |
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"FREEDOM ISN'T FREE" ~SOMEONE PAYS FOR YOU AND ME~ "HELICOPTERS" - THE ONLY WAY TO FLY ~NEVER FORGOTTEN~ |
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