PJs save fishermen 700 miles off coast of Mexico

Guardian Angel Pararescuemen from the 129th Rescue Wing carry an injured fisherman from an HH-60G Pave Hawk rescue helicopter at General Juan N. Álvarez International Airport, Acapulco, Mexico, March 12, 2012. The injured fisherman was transferred to an MC-130P Combat Shadow aircraft and flown to Marine Corps Air Station Miramar near San Diego, Calif., for further medical treatment. 129th RQW Airmen conducted a long-range over-water rescue mission 700 miles off the coast of Mexico March 10-12 to save two fishermen who were burned in a diesel fire onboard the Chinese fishing vessel, Fu Yuan Yu #871. (Air National Guard photo by Airman 1st Class John Pharr)

New California Air Guard Commander tours wing

Brig. Gen. James C. Witham, commander of the California Air National Guard, conducts a town hall meeting with 129th Rescue Wing Airmen at Moffett Federal Airfield, Calif., Feb. 4, 2012. This is Witham’s first visit to the 129th since becoming the CA ANG commander and it gave Airmen an opportunity to ask questions about the future of the Guard. (Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Kim E. Ramirez)

Save 948: Beijing MSC

Master Sgt. Jimmy Petrolia and Staff Sgt. Adam Vanhaaster, pararescuemen assigned to the 131st Rescue Squadron, provide medical attention to a 54-year-old male patient suffering from stroke-like symptoms Feb. 4, 2012. Responding to the call from the Eleventh District Coast Guard at Alameda, pararescuers, or PJs, two HH-60G Pave Hawks and one MC-130P Combat Shadow aircraft departed Moffett Federal Airfield for the MSC Beijing, acargo ship more than 200 miles off the coast of California. Guardsmen air lifted the patient to the San Jose Regional Medical Center. (Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Jessica Green)

Save 948: Beijing MSC

Master Sgt. Jimmy Petrolia and Staff Sgt. Adam Vanhaaster, pararescuemen assigned to the 131st Rescue Squadron, provide medical attention to a 54-year-old male patient suffering from stroke-like symptoms Feb. 4, 2012. Responding to the call from the Eleventh District Coast Guard at Alameda, pararescuers, or PJs, two HH-60G Pave Hawks and one MC-130P Combat Shadow aircraft departed Moffett Federal Airfield for the MSC Beijing, acargo ship more than 200 miles off the coast of California. Guardsmen air lifted the patient to the San Jose Regional Medical Center. (Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Jessica Green)

Save 948: Beijing MSC

Master Sgt. Jimmy Petrolia, a pararescueman assigned to the 131st Rescue Squadron, sets up an IV drip for the patient in preparation for transport Feb. 4, 2012. Responding to the call from the Eleventh District Coast Guard at Alameda, pararescuers, or PJs, two HH-60G Pave Hawks and one MC-130P Combat Shadow aircraft departed Moffett Federal Airfield. The team provided medical assistance to a 54-year-old male who had suffered stroke-like symptoms on the MSC Beijing, acargo ship more than 200 miles off the coast of California. Guardsmen medically evacuated the patient to the San Jose Regional Medical Center. (Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Jessica Green)

Save 948: Beijing MSC

Tech. Sgt. Sean Pellaton, an aerial gunner assigned to the 129th Rescue Squadron, and Staff Sgt. Adam Vanhaaster, a pararescueman assigned to the 131st Rescue Squadron, load a patient into the HH-60G Pave Hawk rescue helicopter Feb. 4, 2012. Responding to the call from the Eleventh District Coast Guard at Alameda, pararescuers, or PJs, two Pave Hawks and one MC-130P Combat Shadow aircraft departed Moffett Federal Airfield. The team provided medical assistance to a 54-year-old male who had suffered stroke-like symptoms on the MSC Beijing, acargo ship more than 200 miles off the coast of California. Guardsmen medically evacuated the patient to the San Jose Regional Medical Center. (Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Jessica Green)