Aircrafts from the 129th Rescue Wing fly in formation over San Francisco, California, circa 2000.

Aircrafts from the 129th Rescue Wing fly in formation over San Francisco, California, circa 2000. The mission of the 129th is to train and be prepared to perform its wartime mission of combat search and rescue anywhere in the world. Its personnel and aircraft locate and recover aircrew and non-aircrew personnel from both enemy-held and friendly territory and seas. In addition, the 129th provides manpower, materiel and equipment to conduct peacetime search and rescue operations in the Pacific Ocean and off the coast of California. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Rich Loomis)

Pararescuemen stage dive from 10,000 feet

Pararescuemen assigned to the 131st Rescue Squadron prepare to board an HH-60G Pave Hawk rescue helicopter for a training jump at Moffett Federal Airfield, Calif., May 6, 2012. Pararescuemen jumped from various altitudes to conduct static line, freefall, and tandem jumps with personnel and medical equipment. (Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Jessica Green)

Pararescuemen stage dive from 10,000 feet

Staff Sgt. Chris Klaftenegger, a pararescueman assigned to the 131st Rescue Squadron, prepares to board an HH-60G Pave Hawk rescue helicopter for a training jump at Moffett Federal Airfield, Calif., May 6, 2012. Pararescuemen jumped from various altitudes to conduct static line, freefall, and tandem jumps with personnel and medical equipment. (Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Jessica Green)

Pararescuemen stage dive from 10,000 feet

Pararescuemen assigned to the 131st Rescue Squadron repack parachutes after jumping out of an HH-60G Pave Hawk rescue helicopter at Moffett Federal Airfield, Calif., May 6, 2012. Pararescuemen jumped from various altitudes to conduct static line, freefall, and tandem jumps with personnel and medical equipment. (Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Jessica Green)

Pararescuemen stage dive from 10,000 feet

An HH-60G Pave Hawk rescue helicopter approaches a drop zone at Moffett Federal Airfield, Calif., to pick up Pararescuemen from the 131st Rescue Squadron to conduct jump training May 6, 2012. Pararescuemen jumped from various altitudes to conduct static line, freefall, and tandem jumps with personnel and medical equipment. (Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Jessica Green)

129 RQW participates in ACC Operational Readiness Inspection

California Air National Guard Senior Airman Clinton Bailey, 129th Rescue Security Forces Squadron, marks off a restricted area around aircraft at Moffett Federal Airfield, Calif., Dec. 4, 2011. Senior Airman Bailey is taking part in the 129th Rescue Wing’s Operational Readiness Inspection, which tests the unit's wartime capabilities and readiness to deploy. (Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Kim E. Ramirez)