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|identification_symbol_2_label=40th Aerospace Rescue & Recovery Squadron emblem
| aircraft_helicopter_utility =[[Bell UH-1N Twin Huey]]
| aircraft_helicopter_multirole =[[AgustaWestland AW139|Boeing MH-139A Grey Wolf]]
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The '''40th Helicopter Squadron''' is a missile support unit of the [[United States Air Force]]. As the 40th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron it was a helicopter rescue squadron of the USAF during the [[Vietnam War]].
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==History==
The [[squadron (aviation)|squadron]] was activated as the '''40th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron''' at [[Udorn Royal Thai Air Force Base]] in March 1968 with [[Sikorsky HH-3]]s which were nicknamed "Nitnoy." Later [[Sikorsky MH-53|Sikorsky HH-53]]s arrived and these were nicknamed "BUFF."
In March 1968, Detachment 2 of the [[37th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron]] at Udorn RTAFB operating HH-3s and HH-53Bs, was transferred to the 40th ARRS.<ref name=Tilford>{{cite book|last=Tilford|first=Earl|title=Search and Rescue in Southeast Asia 1961–1975|publisher=Office of Air Force History|year=1980|url=https://media.defense.gov/2010/Sep/29/2001329780/-1/-1/0/AFD-100929-010.pdf|isbn=9781410222640|page=81}}{{PD-notice}}</ref>
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*27 June 1972, Pararescueman Sergeant Charles D. McGrath was on a CSAR mission on ''Jolly Green 77'' over North Vietnam. While penetrating dense jungle to rescue [[F-4]] crewman, Captain Lynn A. Aikman, who had a broken leg, knee, elbow and jaw, McGrath exposed himself to intense ground fire in order to drag the incapacitated Aikman to a suitable recovery area. Seeing ''JG73'' crippled by the hostile fire, he directed air strikes against surrounding hostile ground forces until he was able to secure CAikman and himself to the penetrator of ''Jolly Green 57'', the backup helicopter. Rising through constant accurate ground fire, he shielded Aikman with his own body until they were successfully recovered. McGrath and the pilot Captain Dale Stovall were both awarded the Air Force Cross.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://militarytimes.com/citations-medals-awards/recipient.php?recipientid=3607
|title=SGT Charles McGrath, Air Force Cross|work=Military Times}}</ref>
*27 December 1972, ''Jolly Green 73'', HH-53C, ''
*14 June 1973, ''Jolly Green 64'', HH-53C, ''66-10362'', lost its tail rotor and crashed into the [[Tonle Sap]], Cambodia. 3 of the crew were killed<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thewall-usa.com/info.asp?recid=44643|title=CAPT Gilbert A Rovito|work=The Virtual Wall}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://thewall-usa.com/info.asp?recid=34546|title=1LT Francis E Meador
|work=The Virtual Wall}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://thewall-usa.com/info.asp?recid=34290|title=MSGT David V McLeod|work=The Virtual Wall}}</ref> and 2 were rescued.
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: Detachment 1, [[Homestead Air Force Base]], Florida: 8 January 1981 – 1 October 1985
* Detachment 3, Ubon RTAFB, Thailand: 20 August 1972 – 20 August 1974
* Detachment 4, Hill Air Force Base,
* Detachment 5, Udorn RTAFB, Thailand: 20 August 1972 – 30 September 1975
* Detachment 5, [[Edwards Air Force Base]], California: 1 July 1978 – 31 December 1987
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* Detachment 18 [[Plattsburgh Air Force Base]], New York: 8 January 1981 – 30 November 1987
* Detachment 22 [[Mountain Home Air Force Base]], Idaho: 1 July 1978 – 30 November 1987
* Detachment 24 [[Fairchild Air Force Base]],
===Stations===
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*[[Sikorsky HH-3]] (1967–1969)
*[[Kaman HH-43 Huskie]] (1972–1976)
*[[Sikorsky MH-53|Sikorsky HH-53]]B & C (1968–1976)
*[[Lockheed HC-130]]P Hercules(1975–1976)
*[[Bell UH-
*[[AgustaWestland AW139|Boeing MH-139A Grey Wolf]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2024-03-17/mh-139-grey-wolf-malmstrom-afb-13347062.html | title=Malmstrom Air Force Base welcomes new MH-139A Grey Wolf helicopter }}</ref> (2024-present)
==References==
*{{US Air Force}}
*{{Marine Corps}}
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{{USAF South Vietnam}}
[[Category:Military units and formations of the United States Air Force in the Vietnam War]]
[[Category:Helicopter squadrons of the United States Air Force]]
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