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The base was named in honor of World War I pilots Lieutenants Samuel H. Davis (1896–1921) and Chief Engineer Oscar Monthan (1885–1924), both Tucson natives. [3] Monthan enlisted in the Army as a private in 1917, was commissioned as a ground officer in 1918, and later became a pilot; he was killed in the crash of a Martin B2 bomber in Hawaii on March 27, 1924.
The 920th Rescue Wing is stationed at Patrick Space Force Base, Florida, with additional geographically separated units consisting of the 943d Rescue Group (943d RQG) at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona; the 304th Rescue Squadron (304th RQS) at Portland International Airport, Oregon; and the 920th Aerospace Medicine Squadron (920th AMDS ...
The squadron activated briefly at McConnell AFB in March 1971, but moved to Davis–Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona later that month and was reassigned to the reformed 355th Tactical Fighter Wing and equipped with the new LTV A-7D Corsair II ground support aircraft. [2]
The squadron was first activated as the 48th Air Rescue Squadron in November 1952, when Air Rescue Service expanded its existing rescue squadrons into groups. The 48th was established with the assets of Flight C of the 5th Air Rescue Squadron at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. In January 1955, the squadron moved to Eglin Air Force Base, Florida
F-86D from Davis-Monthan AFB in 1957 [note 2] The squadron was reactivated in 1953 as the 15th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, part of Air Defense Command. It was equipped with North American F-86A Sabre day fighters at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona with a mission of air defense of the Southwest United States.
In October 1993 the squadron was again activated on paper at Davis–Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona. [2] On 1 March 1994, the 71st Special Operations Squadron at Davis–Monthan was inactivated and the 305th assumed its mission, personnel and assets when the 71st returned to Davis–Monthan from a six-month tasking for Operation Provide ...
The group is equipped with six (6) Sikorsky HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopters at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base to support worldwide combat rescue operations. As an Air Force Reserve Command unit, the 943rd is under the control of the 920th Rescue Wing at Patrick Space Force Base , Florida and is the only Air Force Reserve rescue unit in the ...
On 22 January 2003, the squadron was reactivated at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona (USA). [2] Since 2003, the squadron provided rapidly deployable combat search and rescue forces worldwide; and deployed aircraft and crews in response to national disasters, domestic search and rescue, and medical evacuation missions, like during Hurricane ...