563rd RQG Medevac Mission

A U.S. Air Force HC-130J Combat King II aircraft refuels an HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter during a medevac mission over the Pacific Ocean Dec. 1, 2018. Pararescuemen aboard the HH-60 were assigned the job of recovering a civilian on a tanker and transporting them to a hospital. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Frankie D. Moore)

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563rd RQG Medevac Mission

A tanker carrying an injured civilian sails across the waters of the Pacific Ocean Dec. 1, 2018. Assets from the 563rd Rescue Group mobilized after receiving the call to medevac a civilian on the tanker. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Frankie D. Moore)

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563rd RQG Medevac Mission

A U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft with the 151st Air Refueling Wing prepares to refuel an HC-130J Combat King II aircraft with the 79th Recuse Squadron after a medevac mission over the Pacific Ocean Dec. 1, 2018. After a seven and a half hour flight, the HC-130 needed fuel to reach its destination of Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Frankie D. Moore)

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563rd RQG Medevac Mission

U.S. Air Force pararescuemen with the 58th Rescue Squadron aboard an HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter rescues a civilian during a medevac mission over the Pacific Ocean Dec. 1, 2018. The civilian was transported to a hospital where further medical procedures were carried out. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Frankie D. Moore)

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563rd RQG Medevac Mission

U.S. Air Force Capt. Andrew Kim ,left, and Capt. Joel Primm, 79th Rescue Squadron pilots, fly an HC-130J Combat King II aircraft over the Pacific Ocean towards a tanker that requested rescue support Dec. 1, 2018. Assets from the 563rd Rescue Group mobilized soon after receiving a call to provide medevac support for a civilian on this tanker. (U.S. Air Force photo illustration by Airman Frankie D. Moore)

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563rd RQG Medevac Mission

Published Dec. 4, 2018
By Airman Frankie D. Moore
355th Fighter Wing Public Affairs

DAVIS-MONTHAN AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz. -- Assets from the 563rd Rescue Group mobilized soon after receiving a call to provide medevac support for a civilian on a tanker approximately 600 miles off the coast of California.