KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Staff Sgt. J. Pierre Griffin observes flightline activities during training here. The 31st Rescue Squadron trains, equips and employs combat-ready pararescuemen worldwide. They also use any means available to provide combat and humanitarian search and rescue and medical assistance in all environments. Sergeant Griffin is a pararescueman from the 31st RQS here. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Val Gempis) (Photo courtesy of U.S. Air Force; seen on http://www.visualintel.net) - Visual Intel - Free, High Quality Public Domain Military Photos, Images and Wallpapers!- powered by SmugMug

Pararescuemen (AFSC 1T2X1), also called PJs (a nickname pronounced 'pee jays'), are United States Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) and Air Combat Command (ACC) operatives tasked with recovery and medical treatment of personnel in humanitarian and combat environments. They are the only members of the DoD specifically organized, trained and equipped to conduct personnel recovery operations in hostile or denied areas as a primary mission. Of the 22 enlisted Air Force Cross recipients, 12 have been awarded to Pararescuemen.

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visualintel > An HH-60G Pave Hawk from the 41st Rescue Squadron banks out of a landing zone after retrieving a simulated downed aviator during a combat search and rescue demonstration at Moody Air Force Base, Ga., Oct. 4. The multi-unit demonstration highlighted the CSAR capabilities of pararescuemen from the 38th RQS, Pave Hawks, A-10 Thunderbolt II close-air support fighters and HC-130P Combat King search and rescue aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Parker Gyokeres) (Photo courtesy of U.S. Air Force; seen on http://www.visualintel.net)

visualintel > California Air National Guard pararescuemen of the 129th Rescue Wing, Moffett Federal Airfield, Ca. climb up a moving rope ladder, from the chilly waters outside the Golden Gate Bridge, up to a HH-60G Pave Hawk.

Tech. Sgt. Mike Sampognaro, flight engineer, monitors the training mission from the troop door. Hovering only six feet above the waves, Lt. Col. Thomas Laut must fly with extreme care as he deals with gusting winds, sea spray, sun glare, and sea swells, as he maintains a "low-and-slow" flight.

The HH-60G's primary wartime mission is combat search and rescue, infiltration, exfiltration and resupply of special operations forces in day, night or marginal weather conditions. Some members of the 129th provided technical assistance for the production of the movie "The Perfect Storm." (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Lance Cheung) (Photo courtesy of U.S. Air Force; seen on http://www.visualintel.net)

visualintel > A MH53 helicopter from the Marine Heavy Helo Squadron 464, Marine Corps Air Station, Jacksonville, NC flies low over the Gulf of Aden dropping a Zodiac boat and Pararescuemen from the 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, Davis-Monthn AFB, Tucson, Ariz., during a training mission on May 31, 2008 while deployed to the Combined Joint Task Force- Horn of Africa located at Camp Lemonier, Djibouti. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jeremy T. Lock) (Released) (Photo courtesy of U.S. Air Force; seen on http://www.visualintel.net)

visualintel > U.S. Air Force Pararescuemen from the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron climb a ladder to a U.S. Army MH-60 Black Hawk helicopter Oct. 16, 2008, after completing kangaroo duck Zodiac raft deployment training over Gator lakes on Hurlburt Field, Fla. Kangaroo duck is the term used for dropping a fully inflated water craft from the underside of a helicopter. (DoD photo by Senior Airman Julianne Showalter, U.S. Air Force/Released) (Photo courtesy of U.S. Air Force; seen on http://www.visualintel.net)

visualintel > U.S. Air Force pararescuemen from the 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron give the "thumbs up" signal to a Marine crew chief after jumping out of a CH-53E helicopter assigned to Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 461 during freefall swimmer deployment training in the Gulf of Aden May 9, 2009. Once in the water, deploying team members signal they are okay and have not sustained injuries. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joseph L. Swafford Jr./Released)

visualintel > KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Staff Sgt. J. Pierre Griffin observes flightline activities during training here. The 31st Rescue Squadron trains, equips and employs combat-ready pararescuemen worldwide. They also use any means available to provide combat and humanitarian search and rescue and medical assistance in all environments. Sergeant Griffin is a pararescueman from the 31st RQS here. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Val Gempis) (Photo courtesy of U.S. Air Force; seen on http://www.visualintel.net)

visualintel > A pararescueman hangs by a hoist cable from a CH-47 helicopter from Detachment 1, Company G, 140th Aviation, Nevada Army National Guard, as he is transported from the upper rock face to the lower A-10 debris field. Pararescueman MSGT Rick Weaver stands on the snow covered slope to guide his team member in. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Air Force; seen on http://www.visualintel.net)

visualintel > U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Michael Fleming, front, and Senior Airman Corey Farr, both pararescuemen with the 66th Expeditionary Rescue, wait to board an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter during an operational training exercise at Joint Base Balad, Iraq, Sept. 19, 2008. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Aaron Allmon/Released) (Photo courtesy of U.S. Air Force; seen on http://www.visualintel.net)

visualintel > A U.S. Air Force Pararescuemen, 58th Rescue Squadron, fast ropes out of an HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter as they reach the simulated crash site on Ft. Huachuca, Ariz., during mass casualty training exercise Angel Thunder, Jul. 27, 2006. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Christina D. Ponte) (Released) (Photo courtesy of U.S. Air Force; seen on http://www.visualintel.net)

KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Staff Sgt. J. Pierre Griffin observes flightline activities during training here. The 31st Rescue Squadron trains, equips and employs combat-ready pararescuemen worldwide. They also use any means available to provide combat and humanitarian search and rescue and medical assistance in all environments. Sergeant Griffin is a pararescueman from the 31st RQS here. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Val Gempis) (Photo courtesy of U.S. Air Force; seen on http://www.visualintel.net)