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36th Rescue Squadron saves injured hunter in Idaho

Capt. John Harris, co-pilot of the rescue mission, sits in a UH-1N Iroquois helicopter Oct. 10, 2016, at Kootenai Medical Center, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. Harris and three other Airmen were part of a rescue mission to save an injured hunter from the side of a steep ravine. (Courtesy photo)
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36th Rescue Squadron saves injured hunter in Idaho

From left to right, Staff Sgt. Joseph Lopez, 36th Rescue Squadron flight engineer, Tech. Sgt. Amber Schumacher, 336th Training Support Squadron independent medical technician, Capt. Erik Greendyke, 36th RQS operations officer, and Capt. John Harris, 336th Training Group executive officer, pose with the 36th RQS squadron sign. It is squadron tradition to change the number on the sign signifying the amount of people saved by the 36th RQS. This rescue marks the 692nd save the 36th RQS has accomplished. (Courtesy photo)
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Retired Chief Master Sgt. Victor Hugo

Retired Chief Master Sgt. Victor Hugo, former 446th Military Air Wing command chief, retired in 1992 at the age of 60 the oldest age one is allowed to serve while enlisted in the reserves. Hugo served as the 446th MAW Command Chief from 1988 to 1992. (Courtesy photo)
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Lost WWII wallet returned by Spokane neighbors, Airmen

Joseph Hartz (right) and a Navy buddy pose in an Oct. 9, 1944, photo found in the wallet returned to Hartz’s son, Nick Merrill, and his daughter, Patti Speranzi, still living in Spokane, Wash., by Kelsey Nearing, Spokane resident, Staff Sgt. Rich Johnson, a 92nd Air Refueling Squadron boom operator, and Jim O’Connell, 92nd Air Refueling Wing historian, at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash. Rummaging through donations, Nearing found the wallet while volunteering at the Rocky Cove Youth Ranch in Tum Tum, Wash. (Courtesy photo)
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Lost WWII wallet returned by Spokane neighbors, Airmen

Joseph and Florence Hartz are pictured in this photo found in the wallet returned to Hartz’s son, Nick Merrill, and his daughter, Patti Speranzi, still living in Spokane, Wash., by Kelsey Nearing, Spokane resident, Staff Sgt. Rich Johnson, a 92nd Air Refueling Squadron boom operator, and Jim O’Connell, 92nd Air Refueling Wing historian, at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash. Rummaging through donations, Nearing found the wallet while volunteering at the Rocky Cove Youth Ranch in Tum Tum, Wash. (Courtesy photo)
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Lost WWII wallet returned by Spokane neighbors, Airmen

Staff Sgt. Rich Johnson, 92d Air Refueling Squadron boom operator, returns Joseph Hartz’s missing wallet to his son, Nick Merrill, June 21, 2015, in Spokane, Wash. Johnson contacted Merrill and made arrangements to drive the wallet personally over to his home to guarantee the precious memories contained in the wallet were returned to the family. (Courtesy photo)
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Fairchild’s strategic reconnaissance mission explained

FICON RBF-84K Thunderflash, 52-7269, is lowered from the bomb bay of GRB-36D Peacemaker, 49-2696, at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., following an emergency night retrieval on Dec. 12, 1955. The parasite pilot suffered a partial hydraulic system failure but succeeded in hooking onto the trapeze. Post-flight inspection revealed he had turned off his own hydraulic system due to the distractions of approaching the trapeze. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Fairchild’s strategic reconnaissance mission explained

FICON Loading Pit. The $55,000 pit was 142 feet long, 50 feet wide and 12 feet deep. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Fairchild’s strategic reconnaissance mission explained

FICON Loading Pit. The $55,000 pit was 142 feet long, 50 feet wide and 12 feet deep. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Fairchild’s strategic reconnaissance mission explained

The parasite fighter nestled in the belly of the GRB-36 Peacemaker. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Fairchild’s strategic reconnaissance mission explained

It was a tight squeeze, but an RF-84K Thunderflash pilot could get out and walk around. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Fairchild’s strategic reconnaissance mission explained

Maj. Clyde Good, FICON test pilot, working his way from the cockpit of the YRF-84F Thunderflash to the camera compartment. The final FICON evaluation flight of the YRF-84F was flown on June 9, 1954. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Fairchild’s strategic reconnaissance mission explained

Retrieval up close; lookout from the GRB-36D Peacemaker bomb bay. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Fairchild’s strategic reconnaissance mission explained

Close-up of the RF-84F retrieval sequence. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Fairchild’s strategic reconnaissance mission explained

The 91st Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron of the 71st Strategic Reconnaissance (Fighter) Wing at Larson Air Force Base, Wash., operated the FICON RBF-84F Thunderflashes. The RBF-84F designation indicated that the fighters had been modified for bombing and reconnaissance. From front to rear these are 52-7268, 52-7266, 52-7269, 52-7260 and 52-7262. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Fairchild’s strategic reconnaissance mission explained

GRB-36D Peacemaker, 49-2701, flying over Grand Coulee Dam in Washington. Ten GRB-36Ds were modified. They could be distinguished by the AN/APX-29 rendezvous beacon antenna Radom on top of the fuselage. Active duty GRB-36Ds were assigned to the 348th Bomb Squadron of the 99th Strategic Bomber (Heavy) Wing at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Fairchild’s strategic reconnaissance mission explained

Conair GRB-36D Peacemaker, tail 49-2092, 348th Bombardment Squadron, 99th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing (redesignated the 99th Bombardment Wing on Oct. 1, 1955). Color artwork from the Squadron and Signal “B-36 in Action.” Note the trapeze is of the earlier style. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Fairchild’s strategic reconnaissance mission explained

Fairchild Times, Dec. 16, 1956. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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93rd ARS

A KC-135 Stratotanker, assigned to 93rd Air Refueling Squadron at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., refuels a C-17 Globemaster III May 5, 2015, over Western Montana. The KC-135 can hold up to 200,000 pounds of fuel, nearly all of which can be pumped through the flying boom, the KC-135's primary fuel transfer method. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Kedem Alon)
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93rd ARS

A brand new KC-135 Stratotanker, 55-3127, takes off from Larson Air Force Base, Wash., June 28, 1957, on its way to Castle AFB, Wash. This was the first KC-135 delivered to the Strategic Air Command. It underwent company tests and Air Force acceptance flights at Larson AFB prior to its assignment with the 93rd Air Refueling Squadron. (Courtesy photo/Boeing)
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