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{{Infobox military unit
|unit_name= 40th Helicopter Squadron
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|caption=An HH-53B of the 40th ARRS refueling from an HC-130P over North Vietnam, 1969–70
|dates=1968-1976; 1978-1987; 1993-present
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The '''40th Helicopter Squadron''' is a missile support unit. 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 [[HH-3]]s which were nicknamed "Nitnoy." Later [[HH-53]]s arrived and these were nicknamed "BUFF."
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|title=MAJ John W Goeglein|work=The Virtual Wall}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://thewall-usa.com/info.asp?recid=3386|title=SSGT Marvin E Bell|work=The Virtual Wall}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://thewall-usa.com/info.asp?recid=25774|title=MSGT Paul L Jenkins|work=The Virtual Wall}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://thewall-usa.com/info.asp?recid=12479
|title=SSGT Michael F Dean|work=The Virtual Wall}}</ref> The crash site was excavated in December 1993 and remains were identified as a group on 7 March 1995. Capt Schaneberg was posthumously awarded the Air Force Cross.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://militarytimes.com/citations-medals-awards/recipient.php?recipientid=3562|title=Capt Leroy Schaneberg Air Force Cross|work=Military Times Hall of valor}}</ref>
[[Image:Former Son Tay raider Apple 1.jpg|thumb|HH-53B of the 40th ARRS which participated in the Son Tay Raid<ref group=note>Aircraft, serial 68-10357, is pictured after it was converted to an MH-53M Pave Low IV. During the Son Tay raid its call sign was Apple 1. It is on display at the [[National Museum of the United States Air Force]]</ref>]]<ref>
*21 November 1970, 5 of the squadron's HH-53s took part in [[Operation Ivory Coast]], the raid on the [[Son Tay]] POW camp.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://militarytimes.com/citations-medals-awards/recipient.php?recipientid=3507|title=COL Warner Britton, Air Force Cross|work=Military Times}}</ref>
*21 June 1971, ''Jolly Green 54'', HH-53, ''66–8285'', was shot down over Laos while attempting to recover an [[AQM-34]] ''Buffalo Hunter'' drone. Crew were all rescued.
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* [[Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base]], Thailand, 15 September 1975 - 31 January 1976
* [[Hill Air Force Base]], Utah, 1 July 1978 - 31 December 1987
* [[Malmstrom Air Force Base]], Montana, 1 May 1993
==Aircraft==
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