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  • Aircrew from the 40th Helicopter Squadron begin to land at Benefis Hospital in Great Falls after a successful search and rescue March 1, 2019.

    40th HS saves local judge

    An Air Force helicopter crew located and rescued a missing judge Friday just south of Great Falls, concluding the search by ground and air search and rescue groups that began Friday afternoon.The 40th Helicopter Squadron received the request Friday around 3:30 p.m. to assist the Great Falls Police Department in finding a missing judge, dressed only
  • A UH-1N helicopter lands for patient drop off at St. Patrick Hospital and Health Sciences Center Oct. 22, 2018, at Missoula, Mont.

    Heroic, hazardous rescue by 40th Helicopter Squadron

    An Air Force helicopter crew located and extracted a missing hunter Monday near Hamilton, Montana, concluding a search by ground and air search and rescue groups that began Saturday night.The 40th Helicopter Squadron received a request Sunday to assist a Ravalli County search and rescue ground party for a 77-year-old man who became separated, and
  • The 40th Helicopter Squadron performs a live hoist and stokes litter exercise on the flightline Feb. 10, 2016, at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont. The 40th HS is one of the few entities in Montana capable of providing search and rescue with the ability to raise and lower stokes litter. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman Daniel Brosam)

    40th HS rescues hiker

    A UH-1N Iroquois crew assigned to the 40th Helicopter Squadron here rescued an injured male in the Little Belt Mountains near Wheatland, Montana, May 7 at approximately 11:15 a.m.The rescue marked the 417th save for the 40th HS.The aircrew consisted of two pilots: Capt. Daniel Trapani and 1st Lt. Kyle Lenz; two special mission aviators: Tech. Sgt.
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