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  • Homecoming

    Family and friends greet redeploying members assigned to the 355th Wing and 563rd Rescue Group on the flight line at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, June 7, 2022. After an overseas deployment supporting the Air Force mission, these members returned home to their families.

  • Rescue Group Airmen help save hiker in Chiricahua National Monument

    A joint rescue mission with the 563rd Rescue Group, the Arizona Cochise County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue Team and the Arizona Department of Public Safety saved an unconscious and severely hypothermic 67-year-old hiker at the Chiricahua National Monument in Wilcox, Arizona, Jan. 8, 2022.

  • Rescue Airmen participate in readiness exercise

    The 563rd Rescue Group conducted Operation Spud Smoke 2021 in Boise, Idaho, March 14-28, 2021. “Operation Spud Smoke 2021 is a terminal employment phase exercise for the 563rd RQG,” said U.S. Air Force Capt. Kimberly Albanese, 55th Rescue Squadron pilot.

  • 563rd RQG saves four stranded teens

    Airmen assigned to the 563rd Rescue Group rescued four teenagers that were stranded on Mount Baldy in Dixie National Forest, Utah, Nov. 12, 2020.

  • 563d RQG Airmen rescue injured Mexican sailors

    Airmen from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base’s 563d Rescue Group traveled more than 1700 miles, to save two critically injured Mexican fishermen onboard the Mazatun fishing vessel, July 10, 2019.The fishermen were injured when their vessel’s crane collapsed more than 1300 miles southwest of San Diego in

  • One base, one boss: 355th wing strengthens mission competence

    After winning the 2018 U.S. Air Force Commander-in-Chief’s Installation Excellence award, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base continued to strengthen its mission competence by officially re-designating as the 355th Wing on Jan. 2, 2019.Davis-Monthan AFB, previously home to the 355th Fighter Wing, expanded

  • 563rd RQG realigns to the 355th FW

    The 563rd Rescue Group, a geographically-separated unit out of Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, was realigned from the 23rd Wing to Davis-Monthan AFB’s 355th Fighter Wing Oct. 1, 2018.The realignment brought all rescue squadrons and maintenance units that fall under the 563rd RQG, to include other

  • Couple provides support for foster animals

    Whether they are kept for a few weeks or a lifetime, sheltered animals around the nation rely on dedicated and caring individuals that can help them find a home.To ensure these animals receive the support they need, U.S. Air Force Capt. Daniel Hale, 563rd Rescue Group Plans and Scheduling officer in