Ready on a moment’s notice – the 306th RQS pararescuemen

DAVIS-MONTHAN AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz. – Pararecuemen (PJs) assigned to the 306th Rescue Squadron receive last minute instructions as they prepare to parachute out of a skydiving aircraft over the Eloy, Arizona skies during a training mission March 2. PJs are specifically organized, trained and equipped to conduct personnel recovery operations in hostile or denied areas as a primary mission. The 306th RQS is a subordinate unit of the 943rd Rescue Group, which trains and equips Citizen Airmen to perform personnel recovery operations worldwide. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Frank Oliver)

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Ready on a moment’s notice – the 306th RQS pararescuemen

DAVIS-MONTHAN AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz. – A pararecueman (PJ) assigned to the 306th Rescue Squadron (Air Force Reserve) completes a jump during a training mission March 2 over Eloy, Arizona. PJ’s are specifically organized, trained and equipped to conduct personnel recovery operations in hostile or denied areas as a primary mission. The 306th RQS is a subordinate unit of the 943rd Rescue Group, which trains and equips Citizen Airmen to perform personnel recovery operations worldwide. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Frank Oliver)

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Ready on a moment’s notice – the 306th RQS pararescuemen

DAVIS-MONTHAN AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz. – Pararecueman(PJ) assigned to the 306th Rescue Squadron (Air Force Reserve) parachute to the ground in Eloy, Arizona, during a training mission March 2. PJ’s are specifically organized, trained and equipped to conduct personnel recovery operations in hostile or denied areas as a primary mission. The 306th RQS is a subordinate unit of the 943rd Rescue Group, which trains and equips Citizen Airmen to perform personnel recovery operations worldwide. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Frank Oliver)

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Ready on a moment’s notice – the 306th RQS pararescuemen

DAVIS-MONTHAN AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz. – Water from a recent rainfall reflects a pararecueman (PJ) assigned to the 306th Rescue Squadron completing his jump during a training mission March 2 in Eloy, Arizona. PJ’s are specifically organized, trained and equipped to conduct personnel recovery operations in hostile or denied areas as a primary mission. The 306th RQS is a subordinate unit of the 943rd Rescue Group, which trains and equips Citizen Airmen to perform personnel recovery operations worldwide. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Frank Oliver)

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Ready on a moment’s notice – the 306th RQS pararescuemen

DAVIS-MONTHAN AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz. – A pararecueman (PJ) assigned to the 306th Rescue Squadron prepares to deploy his parachute over the Eloy, Arizona skies during a training mission March 2. PJ’s are specifically organized, trained and equipped to conduct personnel recovery operations in hostile or denied areas as a primary mission. The 306th RQS is a subordinate unit of the 943rd Rescue Group, which trains and equips Citizen Airmen to perform personnel recovery operations worldwide. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Frank Oliver)

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Ready on a moment’s notice – the 306th RQS pararescuemen

DAVIS-MONTHAN AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz. – A pararecueman (PJ) assigned to the 306th Rescue Squadron parachutes out of a skydiving aircraft over Eloy, Arizona during a training mission March 2. PJ’s are specifically organized, trained and equipped to conduct personnel recovery operations in hostile or denied areas as a primary mission. The 306th RQS is a subordinate unit of the 943rd Rescue Group, which trains and equips Citizen Airmen to perform personnel recovery operations worldwide. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Frank Oliver)

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Wind tunnel provides unique training opportunity

ELOY, Arizona - Two pararescuemen assigned to the 306th Rescue Squadron, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Tucson, Arizona, train in the SkyVenture Arizona skydiving wind tunnel in Eloy, Arizona, March 2, 2014. The Special Forces members use the tunnel to practice techniques. Pararescuemen are combat ready rescue and recovery specialists. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Frank Oliver)

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Training exercise offers realistic possibility

DAVIS-MONTHAN AIR FORCE BASE, Arizona - Pararescuemen assigned to the 306th Rescue Squadron, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Tucson, Arizona, react to an impromptu training scenario March 1, 2014. The PJs had to treat a simulated patient who had been injured from a parachute accident. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Frank Oliver)

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Ready on a moment's notice - the 306th RQS pararescuemen

ELOY, Arizona - Water from a recent rainfall reflects a pararecueman (PJ) assigned to the 306th Rescue Squadron completing his jump during a training mission March 4 in Eloy, Arizona. PJ’s are specifically organized, trained and equipped to conduct personnel recovery operations in hostile or denied areas as a primary mission. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Frank Oliver)

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Ready on a moment's notice - the 306th RQS pararescuemen

Published June 12, 2014

Ready on a moment’s notice – the 306th RQS pararescuemen

Ready on a moment’s notice – the 306th RQS pararescuemen

Ready on a moment’s notice – the 306th RQS pararescuemen

Ready on a moment’s notice – the 306th RQS pararescuemen

Ready on a moment’s notice – the 306th RQS pararescuemen

Ready on a moment’s notice – the 306th RQS pararescuemen

Wind tunnel provides unique training opportunity

Training exercise offers realistic possibility

Ready on a moment's notice - the 306th RQS pararescuemen