22 Sept 2021

USAF / 308th RQS / Full Squadron History / Jolly Green Giant

Lineage
Constituted as the 308th Rescue Squadron on the 13 Jan 2005.
Activated on the 12 Feb 2005.

Assignments
920 Operations Group, 12 Feb 2005-

Stations
Patrick AFB, FL, 12 Feb 2005-

Operations
The mission of the 308th is to train and maintain the Air Forces only dedicated rescue capability for Department of Defence personnel, in support of Combatant Commander’s wartime objectives as well as peacetime humanitarian and disaster relief activities. They can provide this capability under the harshest of circumstances to include, day/night, inclement weather and all terrain rescue conditions.
The squadron consists of Combat Rescue Officers (CRO), Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape (SERE) and Pararescue men (PJ) which is also known as Guardian Angel. While many candidates enter the 920th from the active duty Air Force, others are accessed directly into the Air Force Reserve. All candidates must pass a physical assessment test which has about 15% success rate.


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