24 Sept 2021

USAF / 59th ERQS / Full History / HH-60G

As of 2002 the Squadron has no official emblem. 

Lineage
Constituted as the 59th Air Rescue Squadron on the 17 Oct 1952;
Activated on the 14 Nov 1952;
Inactivated on the 8 Dec 1956.
Redesignated as the 59th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron on the 12 Dec 2002.
Deactivated 1 February 2013
 
Stations
Dhahran Airfield (later, AB), Saudi Arabia, 14 Nov 1952-8 Dec 1956.
Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan 2002-1 Feb 2013.
 
Aircraft
SA-16 1952-1956
H-5 1952-1954
H/SH-19 1953-1956
HH-60
 
Operations
SAR & aeromedical evacuation primarily over land & water around Saudi Arabia.

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