SecAF flies with 129th RQW Pave Hawk Crew

Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley flew with members of the 129th Rescue Squadron during a visit to Vandenberg Air Force Base to tour the base and observe the intercontinental ballistic missile, Minuteman III, test launch, June 15, 2010. (Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Dan Kacir/RELEASED)

Pave Hawks get a lift to Afghanistan

An HH-60G Pave Hawk rescue helicopter from the 129th Rescue Wing, Moffett Federal Airfield, Calif., is prepped for loading in a C-17 Globemaster. More than 50 Airmen and three Pave Hawks from the 129th Rescue Wing deployed to Afghanistan May 3, 2009. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Dan Kacir)

Aerial refueling over Louisiana

Two HH-60G Pave Hawks perform an aerial refueling mission with an MC-130P Combat Shadow over Louisiana Sept. 2. The aircraft and crew are from the 129th Rescue Wing based out of Moffett Federal Airfield, Calif. More than 80 Airmen from the 129th RQW deployed to Ellington Field, Texas, as part of Joint Task Force 129, which supported Hurricane Gustav rescue operations. Air National Guardsmen from the 106th Rescue Wing, Gabreski Airport, N.Y., and 176th Wing, Kulis Air National Guard Base, Alaska, were also part of the rescue task force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Ray Aquino)

Pave Hawk crew named AFA Outstanding Airmanship award winners

Air Force Association Chairman Robert Largent (left) and Lieutenant General Craig McKinley, Director Air National Guard (far right) present the Earl T. Ricks award for Outstanding Airmanship to the crew of Jolly 92; Pilots Capt. Matt Redmond, Major Tom Keegan, Door Gunner Senior Airman Sean Pellaton and Flight Engineer Tech. Sgt. Trey Hicks at the Annual Air Force Association awards banquet in Washington D.C. Sept. 24, 2007. (Photo courtesy of Air Force Association)

Air National Guard unit ready to fight wildfires and save lives

Senior Airman Sean Pellaton, an HH-60G flight engineer from the 129th Rescue Wing, California Air National Guard, pulls a water bucket hoist. The aircrews were training with water buckets, becoming the only crews certified for firefighting suppression duty in the U.S. Air Force and Air National Guard. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Barbara Apkarian)

Air National Guard unit ready to fight wildfires and save lives

An HH-60G Pave Hawk from the 129th Rescue Wing, California Air National Guard, releases water from an attached bucket near Sacramento, Calif. July 2. The aircrews were training with water buckets, becoming the only crews certified for firefighting suppression duty in the U.S. Air Force and Air National Guard. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Barbara Apkarian)