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Patrick Space Force’s 920th Airmen Conduct Week-Long Mass-Casualty Rescue Exercise

By  //  November 30, 2022

pararescuemen conducted live-fire infantry action drills and small-unit tactics

920th Rescue Wing pararescuemen render care to patients simulating injuries at Avon Park Air Force Range, Florida, Nov. 18, 2022. Airmen from across the wing worked to ensure pararescuemen and aircrew from HH-60G Pave Hawk and HC-130J Combat King II aircraft enhanced their abilities to treat critically injured patients in austere locations, support ground special operations teams, and conduct extended duration overland movement and in-flight patient care. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Kelly Goonan) 

BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – The 920th Rescue Wing conducted a week-long validation exercise designed to refine mass-casualty emergency response procedures.

Airmen from across the wing worked to ensure pararescuemen and aircrew from HH-60G Pave Hawk and HC-130J Combat King II aircraft enhanced their abilities to treat critically injured patients in austere locations, support ground special operations teams, and conduct extended duration overland movement and in-flight patient care.

During the course of the exercise, pararescuemen conducted live-fire infantry action drills and small-unit tactics while maneuvering with patients, called in emergency close air support from HH-60s and F-15E Strike Eagles, and triaged and treated mass casualty patients.

920th RQW HH-60s conducted real-time aircraft deconfliction, high-altitude aerial refueling, and the hoisting, fast roping, and rappelling of ground forces.

The wing’s HC-130s conducted combat search and rescue-commander actions while searching for, authenticating and directing rescue forces to downed pilots, as well as performed air drops of multiple resupply bundles and troops.

920th Rescue Wing pararescuemen render care to a patient simulating injuries as HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters land at Avon Park Air Force Range, Florida, Nov. 18, 2022. Airmen from across the wing worked to ensure pararescuemen and aircrew from HH-60G Pave Hawk and HC-130J Combat King II aircraft enhanced their abilities to treat critically injured patients in austere locations, support ground special operations teams, and conduct extended duration overland movement and in-flight patient care. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Kelly Goonan)
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