USAF / 210th RQS / Full Squadron History / Jolly Green Giant

Lineage

Constituted as 10th Air Rescue Squadron, and activated on 1 Apr 1946

Redesignated 10th Air Rescue Group on 14 Nov 1952.

Inactivated on 8 Jan 1958.

Redesignated 210th Air Rescue Squadron, allocated to Alaska ANG and received federal recognition on 4 Apr 1990.

Activated on 11 Aug 1990.

210th Rescue Squadron on 16 Mar 1992-.

 

Assignments

Alaskan Air Command, 1 Apr 1946;

10th Air Division, 1 Nov 1950-8 Jan 1958.

176th Composite Group, 11 Aug 1990;

176th Group, 1 Jan 1993;

176th Operations Group, 1 Oct 1995-.

 

Components

71st Air Rescue Squadron, 14 Nov 1952-8 Jan 1958.

72nd Air Rescue Squadron, 14 Nov 1952-30 Sep 1953;

73d Air Rescue Squadron, 14 Nov 1952-30 Nov 1953;

74th Air Rescue Squadron, 14 Nov 1952-8 Jan 1958.

 

Stations

Elmendorf AFB, AK, 1 Apr 1946-8 Jan 1958;

Kulis ANGB, AK, 11 Aug 1990;

Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, AK, 18 Feb 2011-.

 

Aircraft

SA-16, 1952-1958;

H-5, 1954-1955;

C-54, 1954-1955;

SH-19, 1954-1956;

SC-54, 1955-1958.

SH-21, 1956-1958.

HC-130, 1990-2004;

HH-60G, 1990-.

 

Operations

Man, equip and train a combat-ready unit to provide and sustain combat search and rescue (CSAR) operations in the Pacific Theatre. Support in-place and deployed contingency operations for Rescue Coordination Centre (RCC) directed, all-weather, long range missions. Provide 24-hour rescue alert for mainland Alaska at Kulis ANGB, and operate as a geologically separate detachment, providing rescue alert and range support at Eielson AFB.