Air Force Pararescue is the only United States Department of Defense elite combat force specifically organized, trained, equipped, and postured to conduct full spectrum personnel recovery to include both conventional and unconventional combat rescue operations. These Battlefield Airmen are the most highly trained and versatile personnel recovery specialists in the world. Pararescue is the nation’s force of choice to execute the most perilous, demanding, and extreme rescue missions anytime, anywhere across the globe.
01Jul
82nd ERQS Pararescue Water Operations
Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti - Pararescue personnel from the 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron and the 20th Expeditionary Special Operations Squadron conduct…
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Rescue Reservists deploy to Africa
PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE, FLORIDA -- A group of reservists from the 920th Rescue Wing here deployed to the Horn…
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Rescuers ready if trouble hits on Mount Rainier
SEATTLE (AP) — As the climbing season gets underway on Mount Rainier, a specialized rescue team has been training to…
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Air Force testing gender-neutral standards in San Antonio
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS - By 2016, all branches of the military must integrate women into all units, including combat. For…
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PARARESCUE reservists conduct water rescue training
PORTLAND, Oregon -- Rescue reservists from the 304th Rescue Squadron here and 305th RQS from Davis Monthan Air Force Base,…
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SMSgt Douglas Widener – Guided by faith, driven by a calling to serve
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — To look at him, you wouldn’t know that he was a decorated combat veteran or…
Read More04Mar
Bagram Airfield remembers Operation Anaconda’s fallen
BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan - “Senior Airman Cunningham,” said Master Sgt. Chris Young, 83rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, pausing for a response.…
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38th RQS PARARESCUE Jump
Major Joseph Barnard, Major David Depiazza, and Senior Master Sergeant Brendan Deligio of the 38th Rescue Squadron at Moody Air…
Read MoreMission
To rescue, recover, and return American or Allied forces in times of danger or extreme duress. Whether shot down or isolated behind enemy lines; surrounded, engaged, wounded, or captured by the enemy; PJs will do whatever required to deny the enemy a victory and bring our warriors home to fight another day.
Capabilities
The qualifications and capabilities of Pararescue teams are extensive: all PJs are qualified experts in Advanced Weapons and Small Unit Tactics, Airborne and Military Free Fall, Combat Divers, High Angle/Confined Space Rescue operations, Small Boat/Vehicle Craft utilization, Rescue Swimmers, and Battlefield Trauma/Paramedics.
THE PARARESCUE CREED
It is my duty as a Pararescueman to save lives and to aid the injured. I will be prepared at all times to perform my assigned duties quickly and efficiently, placing these duties before personal desires and comforts. These things I do, that others may live.
It is my duty as a Pararescueman to save lives and to aid the injured. I will be prepared at all times to perform my assigned duties quickly and efficiently, placing these duties before personal desires and comforts. These things I do, that others may live.
