Photo By Staff Sgt. Adam Grant | An U.S. Air Force HH-60G Pavehawk helicopter from the 55th Rescue Squadron hovers 600...... read more read more
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DAVIS-MONTHAN AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz. - Six U.S. Air Force pararescuemen Airmen from the 48th Rescue Squadron, commonly referred to as Guardian Angels, and two injured fishermen they were stabilizing were hoisted off of a Venezuelan skiff more than 600 nautical miles off the Pacific coast of Mexico at approximately 11:30 a.m. today.
Two HH-60G Pavehawk helicopters from the 55th RQS and a HC-130J Combat King II from the 79th RQS flew for nine hours over the Pacific Ocean to recover the GA personnel and patients, and conducted four refueling operations on the round-trip flight from Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. The pararescuemen provided lifesaving medical care to the patients and stabilized them for transport to the University of California Regional Burn Unit in San Diego, California.
The helicopters returned to Cabo San Lucas at approximately 4 p.m. and transferred the patients to a 79th RQS HC-130J Combat King II for transport to Naval Air Station North Island, California, with an estimated time of arrival of 7:30 p.m.
| Date Taken: | 05.05.2014 |
| Date Posted: | 05.06.2014 00:27 |
| Story ID: | 128827 |
| Location: | DAVIS-MONTHAN AIR FORCE BASE, ARIZONA, US |
| Web Views: | 188 |
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