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Air
Force names top pararescuers for 1997
Deployed
rescue squadron ready to answer call
Four pararescuemen, or PJs, assigned to the 939th
Rescue Wing, Portland International Airport, Portland,
Ore., prepare
to board an HH-60G helicopter. The pararescuemen
are deployed to Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, for Operation
Northern Watch.
Tech. Sgt. Paul Hayden, a reservist with the 305th
Rescue Squadron, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz.,
prepares
his gear prior to a practice jump. Hayden is deployed
to Incirlik Air Base,Turkey, for Operation Northern
Watch.
Tech. Sgt. Paul Hayden, (right) helps Tech. Sgt.
Brett Konczal tighten
the strap on the pack containing his parachute.
Both pararescuemen are reservists with the 305th Rescue
Squadron, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz. They
are deployed to Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, for Operation
Northern Watch.
PJs are deployed with (among others)...
353
Special Operations Group (320th Special Tactics Squadron)
- The 320th SpecialTactics Squadron pararescuemen
and combat controllers provide for the establishment
of drop and landing zones and provide air traffic
control, combat medical care and evacuation, and combat
search and rescue for both fixed and rotary wing assets.
Recruiting Information
For more information about becoming
a Pararescueman, see your Air Force recruiter or contact
one of the following:
Pararescue / Combat
Control Selection Team
1780 Carswell Ave., Suite 2, Lackland
AFB, TX 78236-5506
Comm: (210) 671-2246
Toll Free: 800-438-2696
Or e-mail at: pj-recruiter@stn.af.mil
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