THE USAF RESCUE COLLECTION: 2011

Thursday, December 29, 2011

Hazard 4 / Combat EMT / Morale Patch

Amazing detailed morale patch from Hazard 4. Many PJ´s were reported using this in the field.

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Friday, October 28, 2011

SARVEZA - The CSAR beer!

Thanks to my good friend Rico L., I´ve got this very rare bottles of CSAR beer. They´re rare and awesome to add to my collection. Made by Florida Beer Company specially for the Kings Club in Cocoa Beach, FL.

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Wednesday, August 17, 2011

USAF 1730th PRS / Pararescue / ¨We're all mad. You know¨ Patch

USAF 1730th PARARESCUE SQUADRON "PARARESCUE - WE'RE ALL MAD, YOU KNOW!"

Large colour, 1980s. This is probably one of my favorite patches. Features the Cheshire Cat. Large sized, extremely rare!

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USAF 1730th PRS / OL - A Detachment 1 Patch / Very Rare!

USAF 1730th PARARESCUE SQUADRON OL-A DETACHMENT 1, colour patch, 1980s.

This is an incredible and very rare patch!

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USAF 939th ARRG Patch

939th AEROSPACE RESCUE & RECOVERY GROUP.
939th. ARRG colour patch. Complete with historical documentation and letter of provenance from unit base at Portland, OR dated 1989.

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USAF 71st. ARRS / Artic Rescue - Alaska Patch

USAF 71st. AEROSPACE RESCUE & RECOVERY SQUADRON - ARCTIC RESCUE - ALASKA (Jolly Green & King callsigns)

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USAF 48th ARS Patch

USAF 48th Air Rescue Squadron

This is a circa 1952 through 1955 United States Air Force 48th Air Rescue Squadron jacket patch. The squadron was part of the 5th Air Rescue Group, which was then stationed at Maxwell Air Force Base, Montgomery, Alabama. The patch shows a winged hand above a globe flanked by many lightning bolts featuring the S.O.S signal. Very Rare!

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USAF 9th. SOS / Night Wings / Patch

9th. SPECIAL OPERATIONS SQUADRON. Colour patch, together with unit insignia description and history, unit lineage and honors, photo of in-flight refuelling, and letter of provenance from unit based at Eglin AFB, FL dated 1990.

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USAF 67th. SOS and ARRS Subdued Patch Set

USAF 67th. SPECIAL OPERATIONS SQUADRON subdued patch; also 67th. AEROSPACE RESCUE & RECOVERY SQUADRON subdued. Together with letter of provenance from the 67th. SOS, dated 1989

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USAF 304th. ARRS Patch

USAF 304th. AEROSPACE RESCUE & RECOVERY SQUADRON
304th. ARRS patch: 1 x large colour. Complete with historical documentation and letter of provenance from unit base at Portland, OR, dated 1989.

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USAF 304th. ARRS / Colored & Subdued Patch Set

304th. AEROSPACE RESCUE & RECOVERY SQUADRON
Group of three 304 ARRS patches: 2 x variant colour, 1 x subdued. Complete with historical documentation and letter of provenance from unit base at Portland, OR, dated 1989.

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USAF 301st. ARS / Subdued Patch

USAF 301st. ARS / Subdued Patch / Patrick AFB

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Tuesday, August 16, 2011

USAF / Pedro - Afghanistan Ops. / CSAR Patch

Rare patch!

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Sunday, August 7, 2011

USAF PJ - PEDROS / OVERSEAS OPERATIONS PATCH

USAF PJ - PEDROS / OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATION PATCH

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USAF PJ Pararescue / Challenge Coin

USAF PJ Pararescue / ¨If you go down...we will come¨ Challenge Coin

This is very cool, large and heavy coin painted with quality.

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Thursday, August 4, 2011

USAF 720th. Special Tactics Group / PJ Challenge Coin

This is a nice challenge coin featuring the Jolly Green footprints and the Latin phrase ¨Mal ad os¨ (Bad in the end), plus the Airborne - Halo - Scuba words.

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USAF 33rd. RQS / Jolly Green / Kadena, Japan AFB / PJ Challenge Coin

This coin has awesome graphic images. It is a heavy coin measuring 1 3/4 inches and is embossed on both sides.

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Tuesday, August 2, 2011

USAF 512th. RQS / Challenge Coin

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Monday, August 1, 2011

PJ - CSAR / Elvis / Tan Color / Morale Patch

PJ - CSAR / Elvis / Morale Patch / Tan Color

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Saturday, July 30, 2011

USAF 56th. RQS / RAF LAKENHEATH AFB / CSAR CHALLENGE COIN

This is a big and beutyfull challenge coin that shows the green footprints and the HH-60G Pavehawk among the UK map with an star over Lakenheath.

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Thursday, July 28, 2011

USAF - Pararescue / Combat Diver / Unofficial Patch

USAF - Pararescue / Special Operations Diver / Unofficial Patch

This is a rare and nice patch!

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Wednesday, July 27, 2011

USAF PARARESCUE OFFICER / BERET BADGE-FLASH

USAF PARARESCUE/COMBAT RESCUE OFFICER / BERET BADGE-FLASH

Official isue to PJs officers since midle 90's

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Monday, July 25, 2011

USAF 55th. ARRS Patch

USAF 55th. ARRS / "NIGHT WINGS" Patch. Unit was at Eglin, Florida AFB. Had this ARRS designation 1966-1988. Unit is now RQS. Old and rare.

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Friday, July 22, 2011

USAF 304th. ARRS Patch

USAF 304 Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Service Patch

This is and original and old patch!

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USAF ARRS / 1st. Edition Patch

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USAF 102nd. ARRS Patch

1986 Edition / 102nd AEROSPACE RESCUE & RECOVERY SQ Patch

(June 14, 1975 – October 1, 1989)

The 102d traces its lineage back to the 1st Aero Company, which was originally formed in 1908 in the New York (National) Guard.^[1] In 1915, with the First World War going on in Europe, the 1st Aero Company was officially organized by the military as an unnumbered detachment of the 1st Battalion Signal Corps, training at Mineola, Long Island.

The 1st Aero Company should not be confused with the 1st Aero Squadron, the first in the Army Air Corps, which was deployed to New Mexico. By virtue of its participation as a combat unit with the Punitive Expedition into Mexico, the 1st Aero Squadron was the first organization of its kind that was ever used in active field service in the history of the United States Army. The squadron took to the field with airplanes of very low military efficiency, and with less than 50 percent of its authorized allowance of truck transportation.

After World War I, the 1st Aero Company was renamed and officially numbered the 102nd Observational Squadron, and assigned to the New York Guard.

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USAF 512th. RQS / HO HO HO / Christmas Edition Patch

USAF 512th. RQS / HO HO HO - Christmas Edition Patch

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USAF 56th. RQS / RAF Lakenheath-UK / USAFE Patch

USAF 56th. RQS / RAF Lakenheath-UK / USAFE Patch

This is a great and rare patch with nice details!

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USAF 939th. RQW / Subdued Patch

In 2000, the Air Force remissioned the 939th Rescue Wing to the 939th Air Refueling Wing, although it was not until 2003 that the rescue aircraft had officially left the station in Portland.

The 939th serves as headquarters for 15 subordinate units. The 939th Air Refueling Wing operates and maintains eight assigned KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft. Operational missions include support of DOD/NCA conventional and Single Integrated Operational Plan (SIOP) taskings. The wing is responsible for the manning, training, equipping and combat readiness of over 887 reservists. Supports pararescue administrative operations.

The 939th Air Force Reserve unit was first established as the 939th Troop Carrier Group (Medium), on Jan. 15, 1963, at the Portland International Airport, Ore. The unit was commanded by Colonel Vernon E. Acker. The unit was redesignated as the 939th Tactical Airlift Group, Jul. 1, 1967, and again Jul. 15, 1968, as the 939th Military Airlift Group (MAG Associate). At that time, the unit moved from Portland International Airport to McChord Air Force Base, Wash. The unit also transferred from C-119 aircraft, which it had flown since inception, to C-141 aircraft. The 939 MAG (Associate) was inactivated on Jul. 1, 1976.

The 939th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Group (now the 939th Rescue Wing), was activated Apr. 1, 1985. The conversion of the 304th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron, (located at the Portland International Airport, Ore.), into the 939th began by programmed Air Force Reserve changes to, among other units, the 303rd Air Rescue and Recovery Squadron, March Air Force Base, Calif.

The squadron then became the 943rd Tactical Airlift Group. That unit received eight C-130 aircraft for the tactical airlift mission and, in turn, transferred its HC-130H aircraft, (modified for rescue and recovery use), to the 304th. The additional mission load and manpower requirements promoted the need for an upgrading of the 304th to composite group status. On Dec. 30, 1986, the unit began its conversion of the five UH-1N "Huey" helicopters to four Sikorsky twin engine Jolly Green Giant (H-3) helicopters. Two H-3s arrived on base Dec. 30, 1986, and two more were added to the unit's inventory on Jan. 16, 1987.

On Aug. 1, 1989, Military Airlift Command's Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Service was redesignated as Air Rescue Service with its own headquarters at McClellan Air Force Base, Calif. The 939th and subordinate units, as well as all Reserve rescue resources, then reported during wartime through ARS to Headquarters Military Airlift Command. Before ARS was redesignated, the 939th and subordinate units reported (wartime) through 23rd Air Force to Headquarters Military Airlift Command.

On Apr. 1, 1990, the 939th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Group was redesignated as the 939th Air Rescue Wing. The 939th's three flying squadrons (301st, 304th, and 305th) were also redesignated on the same date from aerospace rescue and recovery squadrons to air rescue squadrons.

There were no major personnel or aircraft authorization changes involved in these re-designations. February 1991, the 939th and subordinate squadrons began conversion from HH-1H and H-3 helicopters to HH-60G Sikorsky Pave Hawk helicopters. Until the arrival of the first unit-assigned Pave Hawk, 939th members trained on loaner H-60 aircraft, the first of which arrived on base May 1991. The last flight of the unit-assigned H-3 helicopters was on Jun. 18, 1991. The final H-1 flight was on Oct. 28, 1991, and the last two H-1 helicopters departed the base Oct. 31, 1991.

The first unit-assigned Pave Hawk was flown from Pensacola, Fla., to Portland on Jan. 29, 1992, by a 939th aircrew. The crew included as aircraft commander, the most junior pilot in the unit and as co-pilot, the commander of the 304th RQS.

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Thursday, July 21, 2011

PJ / MedEx Express / OD / Morale Patch

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Wednesday, July 20, 2011

TOML Foundation / PJ Support / Challenge Coin

That Others May Live Foundation (TOML) / PJ Support Challenge Coin

This is probably one of the most beautiful challenge coins made related with the USAF Pararescue. Incredible details, colors but the best is that with the purchase of this coin, you support the TOML endeavors in order to help children and families of fallen rescue heroes to have the opportunity for success in their lives, providing scholarships, career guidance and many more!

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USAF PARARESCUE / BERET BADGE-FLASH

USAF PARARESCUE / BERET BADGE-FLASH

Worn by PJ´s from the early days until 90´s

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