The 106th Rescue Wing (106th RQW) is a unit of the New York Air National Guard, stationed at National Security Base Francis S. Gabreski Air, Westhampton Beach, New York. If enabled to a federal service, Wing is acquired by the United States Air Force Special Operations Command.
102d Rescue Squadron, assigned to 106th Operations Group (OG) of 106th RQW, is a descendant of World War I 102d Aero Squadron , founded on August 23, 1917. It was reformed on November 4, 1922, as < b> 102d Observation Squadron , and was one of 29 National Guard Observation Squadrons of the US Army National Guard formed before World War II. The squadron has a history going back to 30 April 1908, and is the oldest unit of the New York Air National Guard.
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Overview
106 Rescue Wing spread around the world to provide search coverage and combat support for US and allied forces. Search and rescue missions include low-level flyers, preferably at night assisted by night vision goggles, to an objective area where refueling of helicopters rescue is done, or pararescue teams are deployed.
During peacetime, the unit also provides search and rescue services to the maritime community, supporting the US Coast Guard on missions beyond their capabilities as well as NASA.
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Unit
The Rescue Wing consists of the following main units
Note: In 2004, the Air Force Special Operations Command rearranged the Air Guard's rescue wings, built a separate squadron for fixed wing aircraft, helicopters and pararescue
History
World War II
It consists of 394 Bombardment Group (Medium) on February 15, 1943. Enabled on 5 March 1943. Trained with B-26's. Moved to RAF Boreham England, February-March 1944, and was assigned to the Ninth Air Force. Their group marking is a white diagonal band across the fins and steering wheel.
When the first Martin B-26 Pirates of the Group arrived some hardstands and buildings were still under construction. The operation started only 12 days after most of the group arrived with the initial mission being flown on 23rd March.
In the following weeks, the 394s were repeatedly sent to attack bridges in France and the occupied Low Countries, causing its own dubbing 'The Bridge Busters'. A total of 96 missions, of which 5,453 tonnes of bombs were dropped, were flown from Boreham before the 394th was transferred on July 24 to RAF Holmsley South in the New Forest due to the urgent requirements of the IX Bomb Command to extend the action part radius of its Martin B-26 Marauder army.
There was no break in operation at this critical period when the Saint-LÃÆ' serangan attack was underway. The 394 received a Distinguished Unit Excerpt for his work during the August 7-9 period, when it made a series of attacks against defended targets, destroying four rail bridges and destroying a dump of ammunition.
During the bridge attack on August 9, Lead B-26, which was piloted by Captain Darrell Lindsey, was hit by flak and the right machine was burned. Despite knowing that the fuel tank is likely to catch fire and explode, Lindsey did not hesitate from leading a bomb operation or ordering his crew to save it until after the bomb was released. Bombardier offers to lower the nosewheel so Lindsey may pass through the nostrils but, knowing the possibility of losing control if this is done, Lindsey ordered the bomber to jump. Lindsey did not run away before the plane crashed.
The Posthumous Medal Medal Award is the only chance that the highest US award for this courage is given to the Nine Bomber crew serving in ETO. All told, six 394 B-26s were lost in operation from Holmsley South. The group's aircraft began moving to the airfield in Tour-en-Bessin in France (A-13) on 21 August and the last personnel left Holmesley South on the 31st.
On the continent, the group reached strong points in Brest and then began operating against the target in Germany. Taking part in the Battle of the Bulge, December 1944 - January 1945, by striking communications to deprive the enemy of supply and reinforcements. Bombed transportation, storage facilities, and other destinations until the end of the war; also dropped the propaganda leaflets.
On VE-Day, the 394 is based in Venlo (Y-55) in the southeastern part of the Netherlands. The group remained at the theater to serve with the United States Air Force in Europe as part of an occupation army in Kitzingen, Germany. It was transferred, without personnel and equipment, to the United States on February 15, 1946 and was inactive on March 31, 1946.
New York Air National Guard
The bombed 394 bombing group was designated as the 106th (Light) bombing group, and was given to the New York Air National Guard, May 24, 1946. Organized at Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn, New York, and extended federal recognition on March 21 1947 and activated by the National Guard Bureau. The Bombing Group 106 was given the pedigree, history, honor, and color of the 394 Bomb Group. It was assigned to the NY Air National Guard 52d Fighter Wing.
The group was tasked with the 106 and 114 bombing squadrons, both of which were equipped with the B-26 Invader attack bomber. Its mission is to train capability with B-26 and get operational readiness with weapons systems. In the postwar era, the Air National Guard is like a flying club for many World War II veterans who fill the ranks. Part is no problem and many experienced maintenance personnel of the time war duty so readiness is quite high and planes are often better maintained than their USAF counterparts. Pilots can often appear in the field, check the plane and fly. However, this unit also has regular military training that continues to improve capability and in cannon and contest bombing, they often score at least or better than the active USAF unit in charge, given the fact that most ANG pilots are World War II war veterans.
In October 1950, the Air National Guard entered the wing-base organization (Hobson Plan). As a result, the 52 Fighter Wing was withdrawn from the Air National Guard and deactivated on 31 October 1950. The 106th Bombing Wing was activated as one of the two new NY ANG wings (the other being the 107th Fighter Wing at Niagara Falls Airport) which replaced it, both reported directly to the General Guard of New York National Guard in Albany.
Korean War Activation
With the sudden invasion of South Korea on June 25, 1950, and the lack of regular military readiness, most of the National Water Guard was normalized on active duty on February 1, 1951. The light bomber B-26s 102d and 114th were dispatched. to the Fifth Air Force in Japan for use in the Korean War, and the 106th Bomb Group was federated and assigned to the Strategic Air Command. On March 28, 1951, Wing deployed less equipment for March Air Force Base, California. The 106th was replenished with Boeing B-29 Superfortresses and was given a mission to train crew reserve ships to re-fill the rotating crew of B-29s serving in Korea. While the air guards underwent training they were paid with a lower reserve wage scale. Personnel and equipment in March were again set up as Wing Bombardment 320 in December 1952 and 106 Bomb Wing returned to New York state control.
Cold War
With his return to New York state control in 1953, the 106 was re-equipped with B-26 Invaders, a plane returned from combat duty in Korea. The 102d was trained in finesse with bomber attacks until the removal of the B-26 from the bombing task in 1956 as nearing the end of their service life.
The 106 was transferred from the Tactical Air Command to the Air Defense Command (ADC) and took over air defense missions in Long Island and New York City, entering the Jet Age with the limited F-94B Starfire All-weather interceptor. With Starfire, the 102d begins to stand the runway air defense end of the runway, ready to launch interceptors if ADC Ground Intercept Radar takes on an unknown target. The squadron is on standby from an hour before sunrise to an hour after sunset every day, 365 days a year. In 1957, ADC increased the 102d Combat-Controlled Squadron to the all-weather Saber F-86D Interceptor. With the receipt of the F-86D, the warning mission is extended to 24 hours a day/7 days a week/365 days a year.
In 1956, Lieutenant Colonel Norma Parsons made military history and the National Guard when he became the first female member of the National Guard, the first female member of the Air National Guard, and the first woman to be assigned to the National Air Guard.
The State of New York was notified by the United States Air Force HQ on September 26, 1957 that support for the 114th Combatron-Combatron Interceptor would end due to fiscal constraints. Despite protests from the Governor of New York State that this was a violation of the law regarding the State militia unit, the Air Force finally won and the 114th FIS was disabled on 30 September 1958.
As a result of an agreement between the office of the Governor of New York and the Air Force, where the State accepts new aeromedical transport duties, thereby preserving the military career-reserve most of the 106th personnel and, at the same time, providing the State with potential valuable air transport. The new 106th Aeromedical Transport Group is reassigned to the Military Air Transport Service (MATS), The 106th works closely with the 1st Aeromedical Transportation Group at Kelly Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas, a regular Air Force unit.
Originally equipped with a special MC-119J Flying Boxcars configured to transport injured and wounded people, 102d Aeromedical Transport Squadron flew wounded critical and sick people until 1964. With air transportation recognized as a critical wartime necessity, 102d returned set as 102d Water. Transport Squadron (Heavy) in January 1964 and equipped with C-97 Stratofreighter heavy transports. With the C-97s, the 102d enhanced the MATS airlift capability around the world to support the needs of the Air Force in Europe. The airline also flies the scheduled MATS transport missions to Europe, Africa, the Caribbean and South America.
With the acquisition of KC-97 Stratotankers from the Strategic Air Command, the 104 was transferred back to the Tactical Air Command in September 1969 and the 106 became an air refueling group. Its mission is to provide air refueling for tactical fighters. With the KC-97 as a variant of the C-97 Stratofreighter, unit conversion from transport to fueling aircraft is easy, the squadron receives KC-97L with the addition of a jet engine pod mounted to the outboard wing. The plane rotated personnel and aircraft into West Germany as part of the Operation Creek Party, an ongoing rotational mission that flies from Rhein Main Air Base, West Germany, which provides air for refueling to United States Air Force tactical aircraft in Europe (USAFE ). The success of this operation, which will continue until 1972, demonstrates the ability of the Air National Guard to undertake significant day-to-day missions without mobilization.
In 1969, the Air Force closed Suffolk County Air Force Base and NYANG was moved there. The 102d Airfeeding Squadron returned to the Air Defense Command in 1972 and returned to the air defense unit. The 102d comes back with the Dagger Delta F-102A, which was replaced in an active duty interceptor force by the F-106. The Mach-2 "Deuce", still a very powerful interceptor, was in charge of 106 FIG until June 1975, when the Aerospace Defense Command reduced the USAF interceptor forces because of the threat of Soviet Bombs that attacked the United States.
Rescue Mission
The 102d was converted to Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron in 1975, flying Sikorsky HH-3E Helicopters and HC-130 Hercules tankers for in-flight refueling. The squadron base on Long Island enabled him to act as the only Air Force rescue organization in the northeastern United States. It increased its inventory to provide the capability for long long water missions using HC-130 helicopter helicopter aircraft and Sikorsky HH-60G Pave Hawk capabilities.
After the Space Shuttle explosion "Challenger" in 1986, the 106th Rescue Wing was appointed to provide support for every shuttle launch afterwards. In October 1991, an HH-60 and a tanker flew into an endangered sailboat about 250 miles south of its base. The Pave Hawk and HC-130 dropped survival equipment onto the ship, which was riding the storm, and started returning to the base. Both aircraft suffered bad weather conditions and helicopters could not use fuel.
The HH-60 was forced to ditch in the Atlantic Ocean about 60 miles south of the base in what came to be known as the "Perfect Storm", and all but one crew member was rescued by the United States Coast crew. Cutters Tamaroa . Technical Sergeant Arden Smith, a pararescueman (PJ), lost his life to meet the slogan of the other Life Can Squadron. The mission is told both in bestsellers and big movies.
From 1991 to 2002, 102d RS deployed personnel and aircraft to support Operation Northern Watch in Turkey and Operation Southern Watch in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. In support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, the squadron made its first two rescue war on November 2, 2003 using a hydraulic rescue device to release two wounded soldiers trapped in the wreckage of a CH-47 Chinook helicopter shot down near Fallujah.
The 102d RS received international recognition when two aircrews and PJs from the squadron successfully completed the longest "over-water salvage by helicopter in aviation history" in December 1994, a mission in which a pair of HH-60s flew to Halifax, Nova Scotia, and then 750 miles over the Atlantic Ocean to search for survivors of the Ukrainian cargo ship Salvador Inende . Search the area located the last victim, and PJ TSGT James Dougherty jumped into the sea to save him. During a 15-hour mission, the two helicopter crew refueled 10 flights of aircraft by HC-130.
The 106 Rescue Wing has assisted the country in fighting the 1995 "Sunrise Wildfires" in the Hamptons, they were first on the scene after the TWA Flight 800 crash, and the restoration of debris from a plane flown by John F. Kennedy, Jr., who crashed into the Atlantic Ocean in 1999 The squadron places the transponder from the wreckage of the plane underwater.
In 1998, the wing undertook the longest water rescue mission at HH-60, saving one soul, becoming famous for the book: Pararescue, The Untold Story of the rescue and heroes who successfully did it, written by Michael Hirsh
On September 11, 2001, the first ANG personnel on the World Trade Center scene were from the 106th Rescue Wing.
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force History Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.
Bibliography
- Perfect Storm: The Story of Men Against the Sea , Sebastian Junger, 1997
- Pararescue: The Great Rescue Story and The Fascinating Men, , Michael Hirsh, 1998
- That's Another Person May Live , Jack Brehm, 2000
- Flying War in France , George A. Vaughn, 1922
- The Watchers Watch the Skyward, the Minute Man in Peace & amp; War: A History of the National Guard , Jim Dan Hill, 1964
- Milady Unit , Marc Wortman, 2006
- Deadly Departure: Why Experts Fail to Prevent TWA Flight 800 Disaster and How It Can Happen Again, Christine Negroni, 2000
External links
- Rescue Wing Main Officer 106
- NY Air National Guard
- First Aero Homepage
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