Officials elevated the 36th Rescue Flight to squadron-status in a redesignation ceremony at Fairchild AFB, Wash., last Friday, according to a release. “The flight has been preforming at a squadron level for years,” said Lt. Col. Jason Snyder, the commander of the newly christened 36th Rescue Squadron, during the Aug. 14 ceremony. “This is a great accomplishment for us, and well deserved,” he added. The unit’s UH-1N Huey helicopters mainly support Fairchild’s 336th Training Group, which conducts the Air Force’s survival, evasion, resistance, and escape (SERE) training. “We also do other support, such as hoist training, parachute drop demonstrations, and even some missions that are not in support of the Survival School,” added 36th RQS scheduling chief Capt. Faith Sanders-Walker. The unit is credited with saving 689 lives since its inception as the 48th Aerospace and Recovery Squadron in 1971, according to the release.
Navy CCA Program’s Shape Coming into Focus
Oct. 17, 2025
In announcing its Navy Collaborative Combat Aircraft contract, General Atomics has provided some clues as to where the service is heading with its version of an armed, autonomous fighter escort. It will likely be quite different from the Air Force version.
