USAF 76th ARS Patch

USAF 76th Air Rescue Squadron / "Samaritans of the Sky" Patch

Activated by MATS on November 14th 1952 at Hickam AFB, HI as a component of the Air Rescue Service's 11th Air Rescue Group equipped with SB-17s, SB-29s, SA-16s, and Sikorsky H-19s. In the mid 1950s it replaced the SB-17s and SB-29s with four SC-54Ds and in 1960 it established SC-54 detachments at Tachikawa AB, Japan (Det.1) and Andersen AFB, Guam (Det.2) plus an SA-16 detachment (Det.3 ) at Naha AB, Okinawa. These replaced the 36th, 79th, and 33rd ARS' respectively. Supported "Crow Flight" upper air sampling flights by U-2s from Australia in 1958 and the Antarctic Operation "Deep Freeze" from 1959 to 1961. By 1965 it was operating HC-54s and HC-97s and on January 8th 1966 when MAC replaced MATS it was re-designated the 76th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron. Circa late 1950's / Super hard to find patch!

 

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