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309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group
Mission: AMARG has six major
mission elements in direct support
of the warfighter — the highly skilled
700-member workforce regenerates
aircraft (restoring aircraft to flight
capability); performs limited depot-
level maintenance, complementing
the Air Logistics Complexes; and
accomplishes aircraft parts reclama-
tion. These are in addition to its historic storage and disposal func- tions. Its latest mission is financial improvement and audit readiness management.
Description: The group, aligned under the Ogden Air Logistics Complex at Hill AFB, Utah, is a major industrial facility occupy- ing 2,600 acres (four square miles) and managing an inventory of approximately 4,000 aircraft, representing approximately 80 dif- ferent weapon systems. The acquisition value of these aircraft is approximately $35 billion. AMARG also stores 650,000 line items of aircraft production tooling; these are jigs, dies, forms and other tooling used to build aircraft components prior to assembly.
History: AMARG traces its heritage back to 1946 when the 4105th Army Air Base Unit was established to store and manage vast numbers of surplus World War II aircraft, but the group has since evolved. Today, AMARG has five major mission elements in direct support of the warfighter — the highly skilled 620-member workforce restores aircraft to flight capability; performs limited depot-level maintenance, complementing the air logistics com- plexes; and accomplishes aircraft parts reclamation. These are in addition to its historic storage and disposal functions.
943rd Maintenance Squadron
Mission: Provide organic maintenance of six HH-60G aircraft to primarily support all 305th Rescue Squadron flying operations and contingencies. Supports 943rd Rescue Group’s deployment and exercise activities and ensures assigned aircraft, equipment and personnel are ready to deploy to con- duct combat rescue operations globally.
Vision: Building the most effective, well-equipped, highly trained, proficient and sought-after combat rescue maintenance organization in the Air Force.
Description: There are approximately 100 personnel assigned, consisting of seven civilians, 42 Air Reserve technicians, and 45 traditional reservists.
Slogan: “We Maintain So That Others May Live”
79th Rescue Squadron
Mission: Maintains combat-ready status with six HC-130J aircraft and provides rapidly deployable, expeditionary personnel recovery forces to combatant commanders for contin- gency/crisis response operations worldwide. The 79th Rescue Squadron specializes in the rescue of isolated personnel from austere airfields in denied territory using night vision goggles, and also conducts adverse weather, low level, air- drop, air land, helicopter air refueling and for- ward area refueling point operations.
Vision: Combat-ready and adaptive personnel recovery unit ready to fulfill combatant commander needs across the range of operations, from contested combat operations to permissive humanitarian assis- tance, driven by exceptionally trained, innovative, and motivated per- sonnel. They are flexible, prepared and accountable experts.
Recent history: Supported rescue and recovery operations in sup- port of hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Nate and were on standby for Hurricane Maria. More than 1,400 people and 90 animals were saved in support of Harvey in Texas.
Air Force Office of Special Investigations
The Air Force Office of Special Investiga- tions was established in 1949 as a separate operating agency under the staff supervi- sion of the Inspector General. AFOSI is the primary U.S. Air Force investigative agency for major crimes.
The scope of AFOSI’s mission has
evolved significantly. Today, the AFOSI
mission includes such diverse investigative areas as criminal investigations, counterespionage, counterintelligence, anti-terrorism, technical and forensic support, fraud and environmental crimes, and protective services operations. AFOSI Det. 217 falls under the operational control of its headquarters at An- drews AFB, Maryland, and is tasked with the responsibility of providing the full range of AFOSI investigative support to the 355th FW, Headquarters 12th Air Force, and other Air Force and DOD entities/activities.
48th Rescue Squadron
Mission: Organize, train, and equip Guardian Angel, and supporting forces for rapid deployment, and execution of full-spectrum personnel recovery op- erations in support of national security objectives across hostile, uncertain, and permissive environments that support air power from the ground up.
Vision: Develop a combat-ready orga-
nization with the agility to plan and employ high-risk techni- cal rescue capabilities by exploiting the multi-domain environ- ment through inspiring leadership and innovation as a superiorly trained, best maintained, and most capable squadron of person- nel recovery experts in the world.
Description: The 48th RQS consists of approximately 115 pararescuemen; combat rescue officers; survival, evasion, resis- tance and escape specialists; and combat support personnel. The 48th RQS personnel have received hundreds of air medals, nu- merous combat action medals, and several Bronze Stars and Dis- tinguished Flying Crosses.
Slogan: “Valor and Honor”
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