The remaining 24 members of the 79th Rescue Squadron at Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz., returned home on Oct. 14 from a deployment supporting Operation Inherent Resolve, according to a base release. The airmen were among the 1,200 from the base deployed this year in support of operations around the globe, marking the “largest deployment at D-M since World War II,” states the release. The airmen, who were assigned to the Personnel Recovery Task Force, were “providing 24-hour personnel recovery, seven days a week, in the Middle East,” said Lt. Col. Jim Brunner, 26th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron commander. “This included Guardian Angel Teams with the HH-60 and we provided the HC-130 support.”
The last remaining T-1 Jayhawk at JBSA-Randolph, Texas, took its final flight to the "Boneyard" at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., on July 15. The 99th Flying Training Squadron will train pilots using T-6 and simulator until it gets T-7 Red Hawk in fiscal 2026.