66th Rescue Squadron

66th Rescue Squadron
Squadron HH-60G flying over the Las Vegas Strip in 2003
Active1952–1958; 1991–2023
Country United States
Branch United States Air Force
RoleSearch and Rescue
Part ofAir Combat Command
Garrison/HQNellis Air Force Base, Nevada
Motto(s)Haec Ago Ut Alii Vivant
(Latin: "This I Do That Others May Live")
EngagementsIraq War
Global War on Terror
DecorationsAir Force Outstanding Unit Award with Combat "V" Device
Air Force Meritorious Unit Award
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
Insignia
66th Rescue Squadron emblem (approved 21 February 1958)
Aircraft flown
HelicopterHH-60G/W

The 66th Rescue Squadron (66 RQS) is an inactive squadron of the United States Air Force that was last stationed at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, where it operated HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopters conducting search and rescue and combat search and rescue missions. At the time of its inactivation in 2023, it was a geographically separated unit of the 563rd Rescue Group, 355th Wing, at Davis–Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona.